Senior Manager, Program Management

Company: CareerLink
Location: Columbia
Posted on: October 15, 2020

Job Description:

Position Summary The Senior Program Manager is responsible for assuring the alignment of IT services to the current and future needs of Aflac and leads IT's efforts to understand and collaborate with business and IT owners on where the business is today, where it is headed in the future, how well the IT platform(s) are supporting the business, and what things need to be done to fill gaps. He/she must be able to facilitate reviews of the business and the IT portfolio and be able to assist with the formulation of business cases, shape programs/projects, create continuous improvement strategies and interface with both the business and IT competencies to drive value for the business and be able to quantify the value. The ability to help prioritize wide demands against constrained resources will be critical. Responsibilities Collaborates with business and IT leaders to schedule and manage demand for projects, SCRs and IRs within the IT shop. Responsible for assuring that business priorities are visible and established in a way to optimize the efficiency of the IT delivery operation. Responsible for making the process of demand management visible throughout the organization Collaborates with the business team to assure that business cases are developed and visible before accepting work to be scheduled Works with project managers and business stakeholders to help develop and prioritize technology portfolios based on the business area's objectives as well as the company's strategic direction; works in partnership with Project Managers to ensure that final completion of projects are on time and within budget Drives program or multiple project delivery consistency and reporting Develops and maintains an IT roadmap depicting the systems portfolio showing current systems, future systems and intervening projects to achieve agreed and funded goals; conducts periodic briefings around technology innovations and new technology capabilities that will drive value for the business to include business model changes, new technologies etc.; reviews, improves and implements processes for engaging IT Works closely with the IT Architecture team to assure that enterprise and, as appropriate, department level architectures are completed in advance of technology delivery. Acts as a control mechanism to avoid architecture by project and serves as a catalyst to

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