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Strategic Program Manager

IBM · San Jose, CA · 3 wk ago
HybridProject ManagementFull-time
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Content: Introduction: description about IBM Finance & Operations. Your Role And Responsibilities: description of role. Primary Job Responsibilities: list of responsibilities. Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree Required Technical And Professional Expertise: list of requirements. Preferred Technical And Professional Experience: list of preferred experience. We need to map to sections. We have "About the role" could be the introduction paragraph. "Responsibilities" could be the Primary Job Responsibilities list. "Requirements" could be Required Technical And Professional Expertise. "Qualifications" could be Preferred Education and maybe Preferred Technical And Professional Experience? Actually qualifications often include education and certifications. We'll combine. "Skills" could be some of the expertise like facilitation, communication, etc. But we might not need separate Skills if covered. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". No pay/schedule/benefits given, so omit those sections. We need to use

for each section heading. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. We need to use

    for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We must not repeat job title. We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's none. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract prose. Introduction paragraph: "At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM’s transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You’ll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment." That's prose. Role And Responsibilities heading: "Your Role And Responsibilities A Strategic Program Manager (LPM) stewards critical strategic investments and transformational change by providing leadership and direction to programs. You'll partner with other organizations within Red Hat to facilitate project delivery and motivate teams to achieve program goals. You'll be responsible for planning, governance, and overseeing the successful output of a program. This role involves coordinating program delivery across multiple areas to drive high-quality outcomes for the business. Programs, by nature, have a start and end date. Strategic Program Managers will move to the work as business needs dictate." That's prose. Then "Primary Job Responsibilities" list: each bullet. Let's list them: - Provide overall program leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of a given program, including requirements gathering, business case creation, and implementation in partnership with Product Management. - Develop and implement program management strategy, standards, and processes to ensure projects and programs are delivered effectively and efficiently. - Identify opportunities to streamline the program and introduce efficiencies / new initiatives related to the scope in order to focus on long term successes and drive Red Hat’s vision. - Adapt methods, structures, and processes to the needs of the program with a focus on continuous improvement. - Provide steady leadership in the face of change and aggressive deadlines with the support of Product Management, who ultimately provides prioritization guidance. - Proactively support and coach teams, helping them manage expectations of delivery and requirements, yielding consistent results. - Proactively identify and manage business facing, program-level risks and interdependencies, with a focus on business partners and organizations outside of IT. - Implement and manage governance processes for the program that ensure high-quality delivery on schedule, including meeting cadences, status reporting, budget management, milestone achievements, risk management, issue tracking & prioritization, blockers threatening timeline or quality, and escalation management. - Manage different levels of stakeholder communication across the organization in order to facilitate project / program success and promote collaboration and coordination. - Build a level of trust and collaboration between the product team and business in order to ensure they are working towards a common goal, including, but not limited to Release Train Engineers, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Readiness teams, etc. - Support the design of KPIs and measurement methods to capture program success criteria. Collect, calculate, track and report program KPIs and outcomes to various stakeholders including C-level. - Assist Product Managers with decision-making facilitation and escalation management – ensuring the right people, with the right content, structured in the right way to get decisions made on time. - Propose solutions and action plans for goals not met or at risk. - Develop, optimize, and continuously evaluate and adapt the resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities. That's a list. Then "Preferred Education Bachelor's Degree" Then "Required Technical And Professional Expertise" list: - More than ten years of project management experience, including large-scale complex technical projects, large portfolios OR equivalent experience. - Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques, methods, and tools. - Implementation and management of effective program governance frameworks (templates, processes, etc.). - Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, both virtually and in-person. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels in a dynamic matrix organization. - Ability to message for executive audiences at SVP and C-suite level, including distilling complex concepts into consumable content to support decision making. - Proven problem-solving, consultative, influencing, and decision-making skills. - Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions. - Must have demonstrated leadership ability, business acumen, organizational skills, and industry knowledge. - Strong knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and process design procedures. - Capacity to effectively understand SFDC and Agile delivery models. - High attention to detail with cross-organization coordination skills to keep respective people responsible for tasks. Then "Preferred Technical And Professional Experience": - Bachelor’s in computer science, information technology, management, or related field. - Project management certification or program management certification (PMP) are a plus. We need to decide sections. Potential sections: - About the role (intro) - Responsibilities (Primary Job Responsibilities list) - Requirements (Required Technical And Professional Expertise list) - Qualifications (Preferred Education + Preferred Technical And Professional Experience) Maybe also Skills? But we could incorporate skills within Requirements. We must not create sections with filler. All sections have content. We need to output HTML fragment with

    headings and appropriate

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      . We must not repeat job title. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information: we must include the intro prose, the role description prose, the responsibilities list, the preferred education line, the required expertise list, the preferred experience list. We must not lose any detail. Let's craft:

      About the role

      At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM’s transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You’ll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.

      Responsibilities

      Your Role And Responsibilities A Strategic Program Manager (LPM) stewards critical strategic investments and transformational change by providing leadership and direction to programs. You'll partner with other organizations within Red Hat to facilitate project delivery and motivate teams to achieve program goals. You'll be responsible for planning, governance, and overseeing the successful output of a program. This role involves coordinating program delivery across multiple areas to drive high-quality outcomes for the business. Programs, by nature, have a start and end date. Strategic Program Managers will move to the work as business needs dictate.

      • Provide overall program leadership, guidance, and manage all aspects of a given program, including requirements gathering, business case creation, and implementation in partnership with Product Management.
      • Develop and implement program management strategy, standards, and processes to ensure projects and programs are delivered effectively and efficiently.
      • Identify opportunities to streamline the program and introduce efficiencies / new initiatives related to the scope in order to focus on long term successes and drive Red Hat’s vision.
      • Adapt methods, structures, and processes to the needs of the program with a focus on continuous improvement.
      • Provide steady leadership in the face of change and aggressive deadlines with the support of Product Management, who ultimately provides prioritization guidance.
      • Proactively support and coach teams, helping them manage expectations of delivery and requirements, yielding consistent results.
      • Proactively identify and manage business facing, program-level risks and interdependencies, with a focus on business partners and organizations outside of IT.
      • Implement and manage governance processes for the program that ensure high-quality delivery on schedule, including meeting cadences, status reporting, budget management, milestone achievements, risk management, issue tracking & prioritization, blockers threatening timeline or quality, and escalation management.
      • Manage different levels of stakeholder communication across the organization in order to facilitate project / program success and promote collaboration and coordination.
      • Build a level of trust and collaboration between the product team and business in order to ensure they are working towards a common goal, including, but not limited to Release Train Engineers, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Readiness teams, etc.
      • Support the design of KPIs and measurement methods to capture program success criteria. Collect, calculate, track and report program KPIs and outcomes to various stakeholders including C-level.
      • Assist Product Managers with decision-making facilitation and escalation management – ensuring the right people, with the right content, structured in the right way to get decisions made on time.
      • Propose solutions and action plans for goals not met or at risk.
      • Develop, optimize, and continuously evaluate and adapt the resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for projects and for the day-to-day operational activities.

      Requirements

      • More than ten years of project management experience, including large-scale complex technical projects, large portfolios OR equivalent experience.
      • Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques, methods, and tools.
      • Implementation and management of effective program governance frameworks (templates, processes, etc.).
      • Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, both virtually and in-person.
      • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels in a dynamic matrix organization.
      • Ability to message for executive audiences at SVP and C-suite level, including distilling complex concepts into consumable content to support decision making.
      • Proven problem-solving, consultative, influencing, and decision-making skills.
      • Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions.
      • Must have demonstrated leadership ability, business acumen, organizational skills, and industry knowledge.
      • Strong knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and process design procedures.
      • Capacity to effectively understand SFDC and Agile delivery models.
      • High attention to detail with cross-organization coordination skills to keep respective people responsible for tasks.

      Qualifications

      Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree

      • Bachelor’s in computer science, information technology, management

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