IS Program Manager

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As part of IS Domain Effectiveness and its mandate for cross Domains Programs/ Projects delivery and execution, the IS Domain Effectiveness Program Manager leads the identification, planning and coordination of a set of related projects (or large workstreams) within a program of business change, to manage their interdependencies in support of specific business strategies and objectives of large strategic IS Domain programs. The Program Manager will maintain a strategic view over the set of projects, providing the framework for implementing business initiatives, or large-scale change, and communicating the vision of the outcome of the program and associated benefits (including business case). This role report to the GBS IS Domains Effectiveness Manager .

Your responsibilities

• Defines, with key stakeholders, the scope of work, cost/budget, resources required, time schedule, and detailed work allocation for the projects within the program.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed business benefits and business case(s) of programs/ projects.
• Is responsible for the daily management of deliverables throughout the life cycle of the program.
• Is responsible for the delivery/ output product of the program, which consists of one or more projects, on time, in scope, and within agreed quality and cost/ budget.
• Coordinates and prioritizes program tasks, manages timelines, maintains program plans, and communicates status to key stakeholders.
• Stays informed about any change in strategy and is consulted regarding any change or other project which might have a major impact on the program.
• Serves as the key contact for the program stakeholders, and as escalation point for project issues.
• Ensures projects within the program follow sound methodology and execution practices in accordance with standard ABB internal directives and procedures.
• Ensures appropriate ABB IS Project Management standards and methods are followed.
• Coordinates the resources allocated to the program and the projects within the program, de-fining main guidelines, allocating project tasks, and motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones.

Your background

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Engineering or equivalent Experience.
• Outstanding influence skills to drive transformation across the whole IS community.
• Enthusiasm for continuously improving the IS experience, making it more enjoyable and productive for consumers.
• Strong leadership skills and superior expertise in project management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to influence and coordinate with team members and senior management.
• Excellent resource planning and task management skills.
• Excellent experience in financial management and controlling for the projects and overall program.
• Proven ability to build solid relationships with the customers based on trust, professional-ism and transparency.
• Demonstrated customer focus with the ability to build effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Proven ability to prioritize customer and consumer needs for a successful outcome.
• Organization, time management, decision making, negotiation, optimism, flexibility, persistence, quality and results orientation.
• Ability to facilitate an effective retrospective meeting, also with challenging audience (anxiety, helplessness, apathy, detachment, resignation, etc.).
• Ability to work with virtual teams in international environment.

More about us

Global Business Services (GBS) is ABB’s shared services organization which delivers operational and expert services in Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, Legal, Global Travel Services and external Customer Contact Centers. With employees based in five main hubs and front offices, GBS provides mainly Business services to ABB teams across the globe as well as supports with external customer inquiries. Interested in joining our team in this role? If so, we look forward to receiving your application via our online careers tool. Please submit your CV and motivation letter in English – documents in other languages will not be reviewed. Global Talent Acquisition Team, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. Let’s write the future. Together. www.abb.com/careers We reserve the right to withdraw this posting at any time.