Senior Program Manager

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Senior Program Manager leading complex public safety software and Command Center deployments for Motorola Solutions. Managing teams, budgets, risks, customers, and government-agency delivery programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead large programs or portions of very complex programs up to $10M
  • Direct and coordinate project team work activities
  • Manage project managers or technical personnel and supervise other disciplines or technologies
  • Communicate with key customer stakeholders and senior stakeholders
  • Participate with sales on overall project strategy to increase revenue
  • Conduct needs assessments and requirements gathering
  • Define program scope, objectives, detailed plans, budgets, and metrics
  • Manage projects from inception through completion or transition
  • Track and evaluate project performance and ensure adherence to plans, quality metrics, and budgets
  • Recommend corrective actions and implement changes
  • Identify and mitigate risks and develop risk mitigation plans
  • Procure internal and external resources
  • Allocate project staff with required competencies
  • Act as primary interface to internal teams
  • Manage challenging vendor relationships
  • Lead communications and negotiations with internal or external clients
  • Provide input into proposals, statements of work, specifications, and cost estimates
  • Identify and manage program enhancements and process improvements
  • Conduct project reviews throughout the project lifecycle
  • Create a motivated team environment with support, engineering, systems integration, and other departmental resources
  • Gather lessons learned throughout projects
  • Apply best-practice project management methodologies
  • Allocate resources to meet financial and customer satisfaction goals

Requirements:

  • Remote position based in the United States
  • Must be willing to travel (75%)
  • Travel requirements: 50-75%
  • Prior people management experience required
  • Skilled in using Microsoft Project and similar applications for project schedule planning
  • Experience with project risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies
  • Self-motivated team player able to work effectively with general guidance toward objectives
  • Excellent interpersonal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • PMP Certification is preferred
  • Must be able to pass a criminal background check
  • Must pass and maintain CJIS Security and Privacy: Privileged Role certification requirements
  • High School diploma, Associates, or Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Engineering, Economics, Finance, IT, Management, or Technology
  • 5+ years of Public Safety, Project Management, or Program Management experience managing complex deployments and/or software application deployments for State and Local Public Safety government agencies
  • Must be able to obtain a background clearance as required by government customers
  • No relocation provided

Benefits:

  • Incentive Bonus Plans
  • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
  • 401K with Company Match
  • 10 Paid Holidays
  • Generous Paid Time Off Packages
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid Parental & Family Leave
  • Referral Payment Plan
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Travel reimbursement/coverage implied by required business travel