IT Help Wanted: [itroundtable] FW: Program Manager needed in New York, NY (Direct Hire)

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

[itroundtable] FW: Program Manager needed in New York, NY (Direct Hire)

From: jamesd@sgainc.com [mailto:jamesd@sgainc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:18 PM
To: scott.sommer@ieee.org
Subject: Program Manager needed in New York, NY (Direct Hire)

Hi Scott,

My name is James Dixon and I am a senior technical recruiter with Software Guidance & Assistance (SGA).

www.sgainc.com

I came across your profile and wanted to let you know about an opportunity we have that I thought you might be interested in. I have attached the description below. If you are interested or know anyone that might be interested, please email or have them email me an updated copy of your/their resume. I look forward to working with you. (EMAIL IS THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME)

Program Manager -- Global Sourcing Solutions Desk New York NY

One of SGA’s major financial clients is seeking a Program Manager for a fulltime position in New York, NY.

Responsibilities:

Driving the regional execution of sourcing mandates and ensuring alignment with the broader Center Of Excellence (CoE)strategy, as well as determining and driving the necessary actions to meet regional alignment requirements
Interfacing with the Central GSSD Head on a regular basis to understand the IT CoE strategy, progress of global implementation, interpreting the impact it has on the region and providing inputs into it
Ascertaining the various impacted divisions within the region, and agreeing the Client Operating Model for the function in a uniform manner
Managing the relationship with functions and performing an advisory role in respect to:

Developing sourcing strategy for the function
Implementation of regional strategy aligned to overall CoE
Sourcing and vendor strategies
Converging divisional CoE footprint along process/domain based competencies to improve efficiencies

Defining and executing the regional book-of-work in line with the overall regional sourcing mandate. This includes managing the execution steps in compliance with the firm’s standard processes like the Migration Planning Process
Ensuring application of consistent tools, methods and processes as prescribed by Central GSSD.
Collaborating with other key enablers/partners across the region e.g. Supply Management, Legal, IT, Finance and control to ensure all upstream and downstream processes are executed in support of required deployments
Execution of regional CoE governance remit including execution of regional governance forums
Acting as escalation point of contact for all deployment related Issues and Risks
Providing oversight to regional GSSD team, manage people and continuously mentor the regional GSSD support members to better perform in their roles
Understanding, applying, monitoring, assessing and tracking the current deployments within the region against key performance metrics as defined by Central GSSD
Forecasting, as well as understanding the reasons for variance against targets along with interpreting and communicating the impact of this on the broader strategy to varying audience levels, including senior stakeholders and Central GSSD, on a proactive basis

Required Skills:

Solid 10+ years in Investment Banking with the following Business experience:

Experience in Consulting/Transformational advisory
Experience in sourcing execution including implementation of governance
Solid strategy execution experience
Experience in setting and executing sourcing strategy including Offshoring and outsourcing
Experience in dealing with senior management
Experience in Change management
Experience in Project management and relationship management
Good knowledge and experience on key aspects of Banking