Senior Project Manager, new gTLD Program

Serve as the project manager for various projects in the Next Round of the new gTLDs Program. Work directly with project leads to manage the project team, providing structure, tools, and processes to enable successful delivery of project scope and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage all day-to-day operational aspects of the project and scope.
• Lead the definition of project scope and goals in collaboration with team leads, senior management, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate all activities of the project team through the project lifecycle and identify appropriate resources needed.
• Support the Project Lead to manage the team assigned to the project to deliver the scope of work.
• Create project management artifacts including scope, schedule, resource plan, budget, risk/issues/decision log, status report, and action logs.
• Coordinate project meetings, monitor, and control the project within the governance model of the Next Round Program.
• Collaborate with other Next Round project leads and PMs for integration and dependency management.
• Align ways of working within the defined program delivery methodology and tools under the direction of the program leadership team.
• Develop and manage schedules to ensure timely completion of projects, including milestones with clear deliverables at each stage.
• Track progress, monitor, and communicate project status regularly.
• Identify and resolve issues hindering progress and completion of projects.
• Utilize and train the project team on relevant project management software/tools.
• Provide planning and resource allocation services that support the project schedule.
• Track status of the project including schedule, risks, issues, action items, and trade-offs; report status to the project team and senior management.
• Support the preparation of progress reports, standardized reporting procedures, and monitoring of overall project performance.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

• Strong project management skills and knowledge of project management best practices.
• Proven ability to prepare clear and concise reports, analyses, and presentations.
• Proven ability to analyze processes and recommend compelling process improvements.
• Quantitative skills and ability to develop budgets, resource forecasts, performance metrics, and other quantitative means of expressing progress.
• Ability to work within a budget and with limited resources.
• Ability to work productively and effectively with diverse, distributed cross-functional ICANN staff.
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Effectively apply PM methodology and enforce project standards.
• Facilitate project meetings effectively.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and make constructive suggestions for change.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently (self-motivated).
• Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to multitask.
• Experience leading projects with business process design components enabled through technology solutions.
• Experience with Google Suite, Office Suite, Smartsheet, and Project Planning tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Minimum ten (10) years of project management-related planning experience and cross-functional management experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of project/program manager experience.
• Project Manager Certification (such as PMP) preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English required.
• Fluent written and spoken skills in any of the other official United Nations languages strongly preferred.

Pay

Targeted base salary range: $100,000.00 – $138,000.00, plus 20% bonus and benefits. Note: The salary range provided is a general estimation based on the primary location. Salary ranges vary by geographic region and country. Final compensation packages consider a variety of factors including location, work experience, knowledge, skills, and other compensable factors.

Schedule

Work will be performed remotely and will require use of ICANN computer equipment including a laptop, Zoom meetings, and other software tools.