Company Profile
At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.
Overview
This role is responsible for facilitating the intake of new projects and performing roadmap development, status reports, tracking, coordination in a technical/data science environment. Responsible for establishing/building, tracking, maintaining and proactively fixing/improving relevant systems, process flows, dashboards, reports, end user instructions, training and adoption efforts, project communications, and the budget/forecast, to communicate and optimize project success. This position is located in Denver, CO and requires some on-site days, as well as remote flexibility. Qualified candidates must live in the Greater Denver metro area and be authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Daily program/project management throughout the program life cycle, while working in a technical environment
- Plan the overall program and monitor progress
- Help facilitate the intake of new projects
- Own overall project plan and manage cross-functional resources, ensuring on-time delivery, meeting of budgetary demands, status reporting, and achievement of business goals.
- Work with management to review, optimize and document repeatable and effective program management
- Liaison between cross functional teams such as product development, IT, engineering, operations, data team, billing teams, etc.
- Build program documentation
- Integrate business policies and governance processes into project planning & accountability
- Manage the program’s budget and forecast
- Manage risks and issues and taking corrective measurements
- Identify, track and report program KPIs to assess impact
- Coordinate, manage and monitor workflow of the cross-functional teams
- Provide and perform quality assurance checks on project artifacts and deliverables
- Facilitate and lead project meetings and discussions with stakeholders at all levels
- Implement change management process
Requirements
Desired Skills & Experience
- Strong knowledge of project and program management methodology and techniques, preferably in the telecommunications industry
- Experience in working in a data/technical environment
- Ability to work collaboratively with the wide range of individuals
- Strong leadership, stakeholder, and management skills, coupled with ability to individually contribute all duties and responsibilities outlined here
- Superior oral and written communication skills with ability to build project assets
- Proven experience with JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, etc.
- Strong analytics and reporting skills
- Ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems
- Ability to process information quickly and present it in a succinct and insightful format suitable for executives
Qualifications & Technical Skill Requirements
- Minimum of 5-7 years of project and/or program management expertise
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience building project budgets/forecasts, status reports and KPIs, and analyzing processes to identify areas of optimization and improvement
- Direct hands-on experience with MS PowerPoint, Excel, Smartsheet, and JIRA
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Business, IT, Computer Science, or Finance
- PMP certification is helpful
Compensation
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Colorado, Sand Cherry Associates is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the State of Colorado and takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a short-term consulting engagement, with an hourly range of $70 – $80. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.
Benefits
Our team is unique – we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.