UL

Program Manager - Premium Client

UL$140K — $160K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Over ten years of project management experience leading large-scale and complex projects.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with a history of effective communication with executives.
  • Proven experience in building integrated teams from diverse organizations.
  • Strong understanding of strategic and tactical planning for technology projects.
  • Ability to achieve objectives with minimal supervision and promote innovative solutions.
  • Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in financial contexts.
  • Experience with Organizational Change Management.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the implementation of complex programs with multiple projects.
  • Provide leadership and support to project teams.
  • Act as a front-line contact for program activities, addressing issues and risks.
  • Manage risks, issues, and take corrective actions as needed.
  • Interface with C-Suite and finance to develop financial metrics such as ROI and IRR.
  • Partner with purchasing to create POs and manage supplier relationships.
  • Oversee stakeholder communications and ensure effective governance throughout the program.

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Wellness benefits focusing on mental and financial health support.
  • Retirement savings plan (401K) with standard contributions.
  • Generous paid time off, including 15 vacation days, 12 holidays, and 72 hours of sick leave.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Managing the implementation of large and complex programs.
  • Provides overall leadership and support to one or more project teams.
  • Acts as front-line contact on program related activities, issues, and risks.
  • Manages risks and issues and takes corrective measurements.
  • Interfaces with C-Suite Executives, Business Unit Leaders and finance to develop ROI, IRR and other financial measures.
  • Partners with purchasing to develop POs and manages suppliers and vendor relationships.
  • Manages stakeholders' communication.
  • Defines the program governance (controls).
  • Plans the overall program and monitors the progress and performs daily program management throughout the program life cycle.
  • Manages the programs budget and financial performance.
  • Coordinates the projects and their interdependencies.
  • Manages and utilizes resources across projects.
  • May manage the performance of direct reports by defining accountabilities, establishing performance objectives and goals, providing feedback and guidance and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.


Qualifications

SKILLS
  • Demonstrated leadership ability, technical and business acumen and industry knowledge.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, with Executive Level reporting and escalation experience.
  • Proven ability to build and lead integrated teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites.
  • Communication across programs, projects and areas (business functions and IT functions).
  • Background in the development of strategic and tactical planning of technology and people resources necessary for successful completion of several large-scale projects.
  • Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision.
  • Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change.
  • Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and financial skills.
  • Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions.


EXPERIENCE
  • Over ten years of project management experience running large-scale, distributed/complex projects with multiple parallel threads of work.
  • Experience developing, evaluating and submitting business cases for major capital investments.
  • Experience with cross geographical project coordination and management.
  • Experience with developing RFI/RFP and scoring mechanisms preferred.
  • Experience in Organizational Change Management.


EDUCATION
  • Bachelors' degree required; Advanced degree preferred.
  • Examples include: MBA, MA in Project Management, or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
  • PMP and/or Agile certifications preferred but not required with related hands-on delivery experience.


Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000 USD and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

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About UL

UL is a global safety certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. It was founded in 1894 and has been providing safety testing, inspection, and certification services for over 125 years. UL operates in over 100 countries and has more than 14,000 employees worldwide. The company's mission is to promote safe living and working environments by advancing safety science. UL's services cover a wide range of industries, including consumer products, industrial equipment, building materials, and more.
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