Program Manager IV

Program Manager IV

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Program Manager IV for Onsite.

Position Title: Program Manager IV
Location: Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6+ Months.

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: TBD

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Client Design Operations is focused on improving Design's operational efficiency through establishing unified tools, frameworks, and processes. We do this in partnership with Designers as well as our XFN partners.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and supporting design operations
• Coordinate projects, making plans to accomplish goals and deliverables
• Manage & support capacity
• Craft and share comms; considering the right message tailored to the right audience
• Define, maintain and refine rhythms of business
• Contribute to sprint strategy, planning and facilitation

Top 3 must have skills:

• Effective Communication: Facilitating effective communication among team members and stakeholders to keep everyone informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle, adapting style or approach as needed.
• Collaboration / Partnering: Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, to ensure alignment and smooth project execution.
• Embracing Ambiguity: Quickly adjusts to new conditions and helps others do the same, working effectively through ambiguity and adversity

Good to have skills:

• Improving systems
• Prioritizing
• Efficiency
• Establishes strong working relationships, trust and reliability with stakeholders and cross-functional peers within immediate program areas
• Acts as a connector and utilizes relationships to drive impact
• Effectively drive progress with little to no oversight from manager.

Skills:

• Effective Communication: Facilitating effective communication (verbal & written) among team members and stakeholders to keep everyone informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle, adapting style or approach as needed.
• Collaboration / Partnering: Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders, to ensure alignment and smooth project execution.
• Embracing Ambiguity: Quickly adjusts to new conditions and helps others do the same, working effectively through ambiguity and adversity
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Strong knowledge of the product design lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.

Education/Experience:

• Deep experience working with portfolio management tools such as Jira, Wrike, Asana
• Program Management within a design context
  
  

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 222119 when responding to this ad.

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