Senior Program Manager (Security Systems Access Control Migration)

Senior Program Manager (Security Systems Access Control Migration)
Location: Jersey City, NJ or Houston, TX 
Pay: $90-95/hr

The role will report to the Portfolio Execution Lead and will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects aligned to the Strategic Initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Project planning and management of multiple large and complex projects simultaneously with strong customer focus

• Strategic thinking and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and influence cross-functional teams for effective solutions

• Translate project sponsors expectations into clearly defined scope. Responsible for end-to-end coordination, ensuring delivery on needs, goals and expectations of the functional stakeholders

• Provide guidance to the various work streams, and structure and develop project plans with direction from appropriate functional and business area stakeholders

• Bridge gap between business outcomes needed and technical delivery by having good business sense and willing to learn about the areas supported

• Identify and report on project health, risks, issues and dependencies. Effectively manage timely escalation and resolution of roadblocks

• Lead in a changing and fast-paced environment while being comfortable with ambiguity. Keep team nimble to adapt quickly to minimize impacts to outcomes

• Manage all aspects of physical security technical projects from design to completion

• Enforce enterprise standards during the planning/design, installation and commissioning phases

• Develop security budget requirements, obtain ROM pricing and quotes, ensure project budgetary items are communicated and processed in a timely manner

• Document stakeholder signoffs and deliver project summaries and presentations to leadership

• Ensure all project deliverables are communicated and documented

• Attend project meetings, provide regular updates to stakeholders and act as the single point of contact for the security project

• Effectively manage project installation, technology refresh, decommissioning, etc. projects on schedule and within budget

• Coordinate security vendor and Landlord/Property Management to investigate single badge access to building 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or another related field

• 10 years of relevant professional experience, ideally including experience working in a similar or related function in the IT, Insurance, Finance industries

• Deep project management experience managing a diverse portfolio (Innovation, Data, Regulatory, Compliance, Digital, etc.) consisting of both systems/technical and business changes

• Successfully delivered multiple $1m projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment

• Financial acumen with proven experience in managing and participating in budget reviews, including forecasting and presentation to senior leadership

• Sound knowledge and practice of agile framework and roles

• Experience in coaching others in project or program management roles

• Proven problem-solving skills along with the ability to assess current practices, identify opportunities for improvement, build consensus and drive the implementation of related changes

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal), including meeting facilitation

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills

• Ability to interpret floor plans and technical designs

• Thorough understanding of physical security installation and service elements of operational performance

• Excellent leadership skills with managing professionals in a construction setting with thorough understanding of permitting and union complexities

• Subject matter expert on integrated physical security system platforms to include software, hardware, integrations, customizations and overall administration

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive level briefing experience

• Experience with MS Office 365 suite; Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

• Physical security industry certifications preferred (CPP, PSP, CSPM, etc.)

• Experience with CRM ticketing systems preferred (i.e. ServiceNow)