Overview
Program Manager Jobs in Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt at Digital Egypt For Investment Co.
Title: Program Manager
Company: Digital Egypt For Investment Co.
Location: Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Duties And Responsibilities
- Lead multiple projects within a program of work.
- Develop program’s integrated plan, budget and scope and identify interdependencies between different workstreams.
- Define program governance arrangement win accordance to the PMO governance and delivery frameworks.
- Direct and coach the project managers to ensure alignment to the program’s vision.
- Report to the steering committee on the overall program progress, risks and issues.
- Manage vendors and external program stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the outcomes.
- Oversee the day to day program activities and resolve any conflicts.
- Engage through contract negotiations and be responsible for translating requirements into operational plans, seeking buy-in across all stakeholder groups.
- Continuously benchmark program management performance with the support of the PMO to identify improvements and achieve higher capability maturity in the delivery.
- Manage interdependencies between the program projects and other related projects.
- Ensure all projects resource requirements are fulfilled.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Proven experience with Custom Applications Development and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Excellent communications, influence, negotiation and leadership skills
- Significant stakeholder and relationship management at different levels.
- Strong vendor management experience.
- Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g. MS Project Server, MS SharePoint, Jira, ..etc).
- Resilient and be comfortable working in an ambiguous environment with ability to lead teams in this.
- Results-oriented, out-of-the-box, problem solver.
- Exposure to different technologies and integration between systems and applications is highly desirable.
- Experience in procurement and tendering.
- Experience in different project delivery methodologies from waterfall to Lean/Agile.
- Understanding the systems and operations of Government is a plus.
- Previous experience in delivering large complex projects in public sector is a plus
Requirements / Certifications
- B.Sc. degree in Engineering, Computer Science or another relevant field.
- 10+ years of experience in program and projects management.
- Certified in Program and /or Project management (PgMP/MSP and/or PMP) or equivalent.
- Demonstrated professional experience in leading programs and projects.