Senior Program Manager

2 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States UL Solutions Full time

JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Senior Director, as a Senior Program Manager, you will lead a group of projects and/or programs supporting a major enterprise initiative. You will provide governance, oversight and coaching related to multiple projects supporting large, strategic, and complex programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for leading and managing the implementation of large, complex, cross-functional, global, and strategic projects making up a program.
  • Provides overall leadership and support to one or more enterprise-wide programs.
  • Plans the overall program, monitors the progress, and performs daily program management duties throughout the program life cycle.
  • Serves as Point of Contact on all program related activities, issues, and risks. Manages risks and issues and takes corrective measurements. Identify and escalate risks as appropriate.
  • Interfaces with C-Suite Executives and Business Unit Leaders. Effectively communicate and stakeholder key leaders across the program.
  • Defines the program governance (controls). Develops key program metrics. Facilitates portfolio/program level reviews addressing action items, risk, issues, and drive to resolution. Complete status reports.
  • Manages the program's budget and financial performance. Baseline scope, schedule, budget, and resources. Manage Change Requests as necessary.
  • Plans, manages, and effectively utilizes people resources across the program and projects.
  • Coordinates the project deliverables. Identifies, documents and reports on project/program interdependencies with other key initiatives.
  • Lead, manage and support the Global Project Management (GPM) process. Work directly with GPM advisor team and project managers while overseeing project portfolio.
  • Performs other duties as directed


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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum of (10) ten years of project management experience running large-scale, distributed/complex projects with multiple parallel threads of work.
  • Ability to lead major global programs delivering agreed upon scope on time and on budget.
  • Experience leading complex technical projects with aggressive schedules
  • Ability to build and lead integrated teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites
  • Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision
  • Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change
  • Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations
  • Strong analytical and financial skills
  • Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions
  • An independent problem-solver that can make high quality judgements and decisions quickly with excellent organizational skills
  • Effective consultative and influencing approach
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, with Senior Executive Level reporting and escalation experience.
  • Solid foundation on latest technologies to be able to understand service interdependences and drive towards technical solutions for multi-tiered systems a plus
  • Led complex technical projects with aggressive schedules
  • Experience with cross geographical project coordination and management is a plus
  • PMP/Agile certification is a plus but not required with related, applicable experience.


ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth.
The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission.
We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.
From the adoption of electrification to the enablement of 5G and new mobility, we collectively look toward new frontiers, working for a safer world. Our science is your advantage.
Mission: Working for a safer world

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