Job description

Our client, an IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Program Manager - Mainframe Software migration for their Remote location. Responsibilities: • Provide project management of software migration projects for clients on the IBM Z platform • Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, and allocation of resources • Analyze the need for and provide the necessary project management for project planning, execution (including the development of project plans) • Report on project activities, changes in scope, challenges and requirements to the leadership team as a strategic tool in keeping implementers and decision makers moving toward consistent, business or mission-focused goals and objectives • Communicate with management internally and at the customer on ongoing status, milestones, and project risks • Review and analyze process & procedures in order to find opportunities for improvement and increased efficiencies, then help drive implementation of these improvements • Monitor, assess, and improve the effectiveness of program best practices, ensuring continual process and quality improvement with a primary focus on the client account Requirements: • At least five years of technical project management experience • PMP or PRINCE2 certification • Demonstrated knowledge of operations and project management skills • Demonstrated excellent written and communications skills • Experience managing cross-functional technical teams, with overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management • Demonstrated experience creating and managing complicated project plans that span multiple years that leverage client, consulting and 3rd party organization resources • Strong negotiation skills with the ability to organize competing priorities and adapt to change • Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise: • IBM Z Mainframe experience • Experience with IBM Z software products • Microsoft Office (Word, PPT) certification • Top 3 skills required for this role • Project management experience • IBM Z Mainframe experience `and Experience with IBM Z software products • Experience doing application development on IBM Z, including programming languages like Cobol or PL/1 is a plus • 19.00 Years of Experience Why Should You Apply? • Health Benefits • Referral Program • Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

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Must-haves

Our client, an IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Program Manager - Mainframe Software migration for their Remote location.
Provide project management of software migration projects for clients on the IBM Z platform
Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, and allocation of resources
Analyze the need for and provide the necessary project management for project planning, execution (including the development of project plans)
Communicate with management internally and at the customer on ongoing status, milestones, and project risks
Review and analyze process & procedures in order to find opportunities for improvement and increased efficiencies, then help drive implementation of these improvements
Monitor, assess, and improve the effectiveness of program best practices, ensuring continual process and quality improvement with a primary focus on the client account
At least five years of technical project management experience
PMP or PRINCE2 certification
Demonstrated knowledge of operations and project management skills
Demonstrated excellent written and communications skills
Demonstrated experience creating and managing complicated project plans that span multiple years that leverage client, consulting and 3rd party organization resources
Strong negotiation skills with the ability to organize competing priorities and adapt to change
IBM Z Mainframe experience
Experience with IBM Z software products
Microsoft Office (Word, PPT) certification
Top 3 skills required for this role
Project management experience
IBM Z Mainframe experience `and Experience with IBM Z software products
19.00 Years of Experience
Why Should You Apply?
Referral Program
Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

Nice-to-haves

Experience doing application development on IBM Z, including programming languages like Cobol or PL/1 is a plus

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