[Remote] Senior Program Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. American AgCredit is a national financial organization dedicated to supporting agriculture. They are seeking a Senior Program Manager responsible for developing and executing strategic programs that align with the company’s top initiatives, working closely with leadership to ensure successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct one or more cross-functional strategic initiatives. These initiatives will be high visibility and large, complex, and strategic in scale
• In partnership with leadership, define the scope and objectives of each initiative and achieve Stakeholder and team buy-in of objectives
• Drive execution of initiatives working with team to develop actionable program roadmaps and milestones. Helps with estimation and drives resource planning
• Understand Project and Software Delivery Lifecycles and project/program best practices
• Build, develop, and maintain strategic, cross-functional stakeholder relationships by identifying key partnerships across the company
• Ensure appropriate engagement by Process and Enterprise Architecture, Change Enablement, Technology and Business Stakeholders
• Evaluate program performance by comparing objectives to actual results, identifying, measuring, and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs), and trend data
• Understand program risks and issues and manages appropriately
• Effectively communicate initiative progress to executive leadership, Association management, and general staff
• Partner with Change Enablement team and champion standards of effective change

Skills

• Minimum 10 years of total work experience (including internships)
• Minimum 7 years of program management experience (including time leading on site consulting teams)
• Consulting Experience
• Strong history of Relationship Management
• MBA, Master's Degree in relevant field or equivalent work history
• IT Program Management Experience – in waterfall, agile or hybrid delivery models
• Previous experience with strategic execution
• Leadership experience
• C-suite level interactions
• Must have the ability to perform basic office tasks and work in a typical office setting
• Employee will be sitting for extended periods of time and accomplishing work at a desk and work at a computer for an extended period
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills to adequately convey ideas and work well with a team
• Ability to talk and hear, sit and use their hands and fingers, and reach in all directions is essential in performance of the job
• Some lifting and moving of items up to 25 pounds required
• Work during established business hours and may require occasional weekend and/or evening work
• Travel required

Benefits

• Commitment to agriculture and the communities we serve
• Family friendly work environment
• Investment in employee development
• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• Outstanding 401k – automatic 3% employer contribution, plus match up to 6%
• Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation accrued at 21 days annually, Sick Days accrued at 15 days annually, 12 paid holidays, plus 16 hours of volunteer time)
• Competitive Incentive Compensation Plan
• Disability & Life Insurance
• Employee mental, physical, and financial wellness programs
• The position is bonus eligible based on association and personal performance

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