It Program Manager Jobs in Tempe, AZ (NOW HIRING)

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

• Role Purpose Responsible for planning, directing and coordinating projects from initiation through to implementation.
• Leads cross-functional project teams and works with Business Analysts/partners to determine and translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Responsible for managing project costs, resources, change requests, risk and issues to ensure that maximum business benefit maintained as well as provision of regular project status updates.
• Typically has previous IT and business work experience including managing team(s) in analysis and/or programming functions.
• Requires financial acumen in terms of representing project financials within the Clarity tools.
• Works with Program Managers, Directors of Technical Delivery and Portfolio Management to ensure quality and timely delivery of projects.
• Accountable for ensuring appropriate/optimal engagement of delivery resources (may work with Resource Manager to allocate resources).
• Context - Management Dimensions May be required to undertake people management responsibilities for up to 5 team members.
• May be required to undertake coaching and guidance to the Project Management community to promote best practice in Project Management.
• May have a mentor to assist with relevant project management or business domain experience. 
• May be required to promote Project Management practices through formal and informal networks.
• Functional Capability Develops high-level project plans and ensures that the scope and approach are fully understood by all stakeholders.
• Ensures that the supporting Business Case is updated throughout the course of delivery and works with the business to ensure business case objectives are met.
• Assembles project plans, ensures all systems of record for project reporting are kept current, and directs and monitors work effort on a regular basis.
• Reviews development estimates from Development Teams and actively seeks clarification/verification as appropriate.
• Ensures accurate reflection of Project Budgets, Forecasts and Actuals within Clarity.
• Identifies and tracks key project milestones (base-lining critical path).
• Monitors and communicates the progress of project delivery and ensures timely and effective communication of project status in terms of cost, forecast, schedule and assessment of risks/issues.
• Negotiates and influences cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels are engaged and maintained throughout the course of the development life cycle.
• Pro-actively anticipates project risks and issues and ensures adequate mitigation is put in place to ensure delivery is not compromised.
• Ensures effective change control procedures and processes are efficiently used to maintain control on scope, schedule and cost.
• Oversees quality assurance and ensures appropriate levels of end-to-end testing resources across the project are deployed.

Project management, budgeting, reconciliation, manage SOW, ariba orders

To know more on this position, please contact:

Vishwas Jaggi

973-475-7482