Project/program Mgmt Director

**Company Description**
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What You Get To Do In This Role**:
Manage Program Scope, Objectives and Targets (Strategic Program Management)
- Advise Portfolio, Project, PMO and/or business leaders _to_ establish, measure, monitor and manage the Marketing Transformation Program’s vison, scope/charter, objectives and time horizon specific targets.
- Align the program plan with ServiceNow’s strategic plan targets (costs, revenue, profit) _to_ reconcile and remediate actual targets through gap-closing recommendations.
- Actively analyze the program’s objectives and targets to identify expected gaps or trends and proactively provide solutions _that _optimize program performance.

Manage Program Lifecycle
- Recommend program resources that deliver agreed upon objectives and targets _to _ensure that allocated resources are balanced against the confirmed resource needs.
- Identify choices, trade-offs and the prioritization of projects _to_ optimize the allocation of resources that achieve program objectives and targets or support new projects.
- Build and manage the program schedule, defining the critical path and tracking activities_ to _ensure that projects are meeting agreed upon deadlines, generating and communicating status reports, and escalating critical issues.
- Meet program financial objectives and targets _by _forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
- Achieve program objectives _by _contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews, preparing and completing action plans, implementing productivity, quality, change management and customer-service standards.
- Define_ _program management standards for successful end-to-end program ownership, accountability, execution of timelines, risk management, and change management for all relevant work-streams.

Manage Program Metrics, Evaluation & Prioritization
- Establish, design, deploy, monitor and report key leading and lagging performance indicators _to_ ensure real-time or near real-time program transparency for key stakeholders.
- Evaluate existing projects and manage the intake and demand pipeline of the program, calibrating the assessment with governance and leadership Teams _to_ ensure data-based decision-making when selecting and de-selecting projects.

Drive Program Governance
- Orchestrate and own the Marketing Transformation Program’s governance structure (e.g., SteerCo, cascading sub-team structures, meeting cadence, etc.) _that_ ensures clear and timely decision ownership and optimal program resource allocation.
- Prepare and communicate status reports, dashboards, decisions and ongoing lessons learned to relevant leadership teams and appropriate stakeholders _that _ensures support and buy in for the program’s vision.

Oversee the Program’s Projects
- Deploy best-practice program and project management principles, tools and methods to ensure _that_ the program achieves cost, schedule, quality and adoption objectives.
- Lead program and project phase gate reviews and audits_ to _ensure that current and future risks are identified, and remediation plans are designed and deployed when necessary.
- Actively monitor in-process or completed projects _to_ ensure the achievement of committed benefits and value realization.

Optimize Program Processes
- Drive continuous improvement in program processes, governance and reporting _to_ _ensure waste minimization and strong buy-in for the program vision.
- Manage the program’s planning, review, and remediation processes _to_ ensure alignment with enterprise planning processes.

Critical Success Behaviors
- Flexibility and Adaptability - Mastery of successful approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment; ability to design approaches and processes assuming that changes are inevitable.
- Influencing - Expert knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to elevate the most critical questions/issues and impact decisions within and outs