CDW
Program Manager - Cleared - Onsite - Colorado Springs, CO (Position Pending Contract Award)
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The Program Manager will oversee project stakeholders, manage project profitability, negotiate changes, and ensure successful project delivery while maintaining strong client relationships.
Description
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.
* Responsibilities:
* Manages Stakeholders: Creates and maintains presence with all project stakeholders acting as a CDW steward for quality. Dedicated to meeting or exceeding stakeholder expectations. Identifies success criteria and ensures that it is met by involving the stakeholders in key decisions.
* Negotiation: Recognizes the need for negotiations gathers relevant information and seeks advice when needed from sales and management before proceeding. Negotiates small changes (cost, scope, effort, schedule solution, resource commitment, etc.) to agreeable result. Effective in negotiating changes to achieve stakeholder satisfaction and project results.
* Problem Solving & Decision Making: Works with team members to gather information and determine possible/probable impacts to the project, document mitigation steps taken in troubleshooting and communicate these to the team and customer.
* Project Management: Independently manages projects adhering to CDW's project management methodology.
* Accountable for project profitability. Monitors, interprets and communicates project budget.
* Ensures that time, expenses and invoices are accurately tracked and approved against the project in a timely manner.
* Validates initial project scope and estimates. Manages change order process including determining the need for a new Statement of Work versus a Change Order.
* Ensures all items defined in CDW Statement of Work are delivered and performs quality assurance throughout the life cycle of the project.
* Identifies and successfully mitigates project risks.
* Establishes monitors, adjusts and communicates tasks and associated schedule to the project team. Remediating when necessary.
* Aids in identifying proper resources and optimizing billable schedules, monitoring and adjusting assignments as necessary.
* Identifies, documents, tracks and communicates project issues, aids in bringing to resolution.
* Manages equipment, software, licensing and outside services procurement and delivery schedules.
* Documents outcomes, lessons learned and shares appropriately with colleagues.
* Leadership: Takes accountability for project results. Is fiscally responsible to the client, the project and to CDW. Holds project team accountable.
* Instills trust with our clients by building strong relationships with stakeholders.
* Leverages business acumen and political savvy as well as relevant personal and CDW experience to build credibility.
* Demonstrates ability to diffuse uncomfortable situations with client and/or project team.
Required Qualifications:
* Active Secret clearance with Eligibility for Top Secret/SCI
* Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
* 5+ years of experience working in a project / program management role
* PMP or PgMP certification
* Salary range: $145,000 - $165,000, depending on experience and skill set
* Benefits overview: [ https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/)
* Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials
* We make technology work so people can do great things.
* CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.
* Responsibilities:
* Manages Stakeholders: Creates and maintains presence with all project stakeholders acting as a CDW steward for quality. Dedicated to meeting or exceeding stakeholder expectations. Identifies success criteria and ensures that it is met by involving the stakeholders in key decisions.
* Negotiation: Recognizes the need for negotiations gathers relevant information and seeks advice when needed from sales and management before proceeding. Negotiates small changes (cost, scope, effort, schedule solution, resource commitment, etc.) to agreeable result. Effective in negotiating changes to achieve stakeholder satisfaction and project results.
* Problem Solving & Decision Making: Works with team members to gather information and determine possible/probable impacts to the project, document mitigation steps taken in troubleshooting and communicate these to the team and customer.
* Project Management: Independently manages projects adhering to CDW's project management methodology.
* Accountable for project profitability. Monitors, interprets and communicates project budget.
* Ensures that time, expenses and invoices are accurately tracked and approved against the project in a timely manner.
* Validates initial project scope and estimates. Manages change order process including determining the need for a new Statement of Work versus a Change Order.
* Ensures all items defined in CDW Statement of Work are delivered and performs quality assurance throughout the life cycle of the project.
* Identifies and successfully mitigates project risks.
* Establishes monitors, adjusts and communicates tasks and associated schedule to the project team. Remediating when necessary.
* Aids in identifying proper resources and optimizing billable schedules, monitoring and adjusting assignments as necessary.
* Identifies, documents, tracks and communicates project issues, aids in bringing to resolution.
* Manages equipment, software, licensing and outside services procurement and delivery schedules.
* Documents outcomes, lessons learned and shares appropriately with colleagues.
* Leadership: Takes accountability for project results. Is fiscally responsible to the client, the project and to CDW. Holds project team accountable.
* Instills trust with our clients by building strong relationships with stakeholders.
* Leverages business acumen and political savvy as well as relevant personal and CDW experience to build credibility.
* Demonstrates ability to diffuse uncomfortable situations with client and/or project team.
Required Qualifications:
* Active Secret clearance with Eligibility for Top Secret/SCI
* Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
* 5+ years of experience working in a project / program management role
* PMP or PgMP certification
* Salary range: $145,000 - $165,000, depending on experience and skill set
* Benefits overview: [ https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/)
* Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials
* We make technology work so people can do great things.
* CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive. CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.
Top Skills
Project Management Methodology
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