Project Manager

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We have an immediate contract position with our direct client. If you are interested and available, please respond with your resume ASAP and suggest a good time to call you.

Job Title: Project Manager / Business Systems Analyst (Contract)
Location: San Francisco, CA (2 days onsite and 3 days work from home)
Duration: 12 Months contract
Pay Rate: $55-$58/hr on W2

GIC Strategy & Transformation - Program Manager with BSA Skills

Description

Client is looking for a talented and dynamic Program Manager with Business Systems Analyst skills to join the Global Incentive Compensation - Strategy & Transformation team to support our team's strategy, growth, and innovation. This position is for a highly skilled program manager with a proven experience managing complex enterprise technology programs. The candidate must possess excellent communication skills, experience managing projects in a matrix organization, the ability to drive decisions and projects to completion, and enjoy working in a dynamic and collaborative environment. You will need to evaluate data, utilize best practices and identify processes to improve/automate. This position will require you to traffic manage Interactive/Creative projects.

As the ideal candidate, you are comfortable working at all levels of an organization and possess exceptional communication and conflict resolution skills. This role will require you to use both your strategic as well as tactical implementation and operational excellence skills. You will be a self-starter who can work cross-functionally and build strong working relationships with internal organizations. You will be both program managing and if needed, will roll up your sleeves to help gather requirements, create readouts and flow diagrams.

You are an extraordinary leader who inspires collaboration on your team and continuously drives your team to deliver timely and satisfying solutions. You embody the client value of trust and we expect transparency and a "do the right thing" attitude in all your actions. You lead by example, you inspire your team and make sure accountability and integrity are core values for your team. It would be a bonus if you're also a client platform expert.

Your Impact

Success will be measured by: excellent business partner satisfaction; operational excellence for efficiency across the team; proactive proposals or insights based on detailed analysis; a "get it done" attitude when put under sudden pressure and/or uncertainty; proper issue handling capability depending on a variety of challenges, priorities and complexities; and becoming a great team-player. The project focus will be both M&A and internal Business Transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities
Program Manage cross collaborative cross functional enterprise projects and represent the compensation organization as a key stakeholder.
Serve as a mentor and knowledge resource, to ultimately build credibility and trust within your team and other stakeholders.
Lead (or contribute to) project teams focusing on key compensation initiatives related to compensation strategy, requirements gathering, and tool implementation or development.
Create and manage project plans; monitor and review project progress and timelines; work with project stakeholders to adjust schedules and plan as needed; identify and resolve issues to ensure project success.
Facilitate discussions with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business pain points, align on strategy and recommend the path forward.
Create/Support the documentation (process flows, user guides, enablement materials, requirements) across key projects.
Write business requirements and document change management/enablement content for key projects.
Partner with key stakeholders to launch new tools/processes, define success metrics and publish project outcomes.
Seek opportunities for process improvements through automation or integration of systems.
Make compensation recommendations and resolve issues using a data-driven approach.
Write and maintain operational playbooks.
Create Test Coverage and Test Scripts for UAT
Participate in UAT Test Execution
Ability to Triage system issues and engage the right folks to resolve

Required Skills/Experience
4 - 5+ years experience in program management of cross functional enterprise projects.
2+ years of Business Systems Analyst or equivalent technical experience.( requirements gathering, flow diagrams, use cases and UAT facilitation )
Experience of making an impact in a software product/technical support department.
Ability to create leadership-quality power point summary decks.
Proven ability to take initiative and produce results, including a history in bringing projects successfully to completion.
Possesses the ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders.
Experience creating concise use cases, functional and business requirements documents, and current/future state assessments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to work with stakeholders at all levels of the business (both business and technical-facing).
Ability to work independently and consider cross-functional and upstream/downstream impacts.
Strong technical/analytical skills with an ability to manipulate data using Heroku is nice-to-have.
Detail-oriented, problem-solver, and possess the ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Performs well under pressure and can work independently and as a part of a team.
Program Management capability.
Bachelors degree is required.

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