Senior Program Specialist (Remote)

First American•Usa, TX

23h•Remote

About The Position

A Senior Program Specialist provides a wide range of support activities to the management of multiple programs and processes across more than one functional area. The scope of support activities may include some or all these areas: vendor analysis & selection, contracting and management, ongoing relationship management, program design and delivery, and program assessment. This job will work with functional leads responsible for the program and its delivery.

Requirements

Generally requires a Bachelor's degree in a business field or equivalent work experience
Typically 4-6 years of directly related experience
Strong understanding of program/project management best practices and current technologies
Knowledge of program/project management methodologies and techniques
Ability to effectively communicate with team members, customers, and management
Strong project planning skills
Experience facilitating meetings
Strong presentation skills
Experience in organizing projects and budgets
Knowledge of program/project management tools to create documents and reports
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and teamwork skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks, respond quickly to emergent problems, and focus both on long-range projects and immediate tasks

Responsibilities

Oversees the planning and coordination of activities related to the delivery of the multiple programs the job supports
Coordinates activities in the different program management areas the job supports such as: identifying appropriate resources needs, developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects needed for program assessment and delivery
Responsible for defining scope and objectives to support program needs, as well as to effectively coordinate the activities of the different program management team which could be mostly cross functional teams
Assists in preparing project plans specifying goals, strategy, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, budgets, and allocation of available resources
Regularly facilitates status and milestone meetings with cross functional groups.
Plans and attends collaboration meetings to ensure work on program deliverables are on schedule
Prepares documentation related to project work towards delivery of programs, which may include training/process materials
May be required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs
Other duties as assigned.