Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. American AgCredit is a national financial organization dedicated to supporting agriculture. They are seeking a Senior Program Manager responsible for developing and executing strategic programs that align with the company’s top initiatives, working closely with leadership to ensure successful outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Plan and direct one or more cross-functional strategic initiatives. These initiatives will be high visibility and large, complex, and strategic in scale
- In partnership with leadership, define the scope and objectives of each initiative and achieve Stakeholder and team buy-in of objectives
- Drive execution of initiatives working with team to develop actionable program roadmaps and milestones. Helps with estimation and drives resource planning
- Understand Project and Software Delivery Lifecycles and project/program best practices
- Build, develop, and maintain strategic, cross-functional stakeholder relationships by identifying key partnerships across the company
- Ensure appropriate engagement by Process and Enterprise Architecture, Change Enablement, Technology and Business Stakeholders
- Evaluate program performance by comparing objectives to actual results, identifying, measuring, and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs), and trend data
- Understand program risks and issues and manages appropriately
- Effectively communicate initiative progress to executive leadership, Association management, and general staff
- Partner with Change Enablement team and champion standards of effective change
Skills
- Minimum 10 years of total work experience (including internships)
- Minimum 7 years of program management experience (including time leading on site consulting teams)
- Consulting Experience
- Strong history of Relationship Management
- MBA, Master's Degree in relevant field or equivalent work history
- IT Program Management Experience – in waterfall, agile or hybrid delivery models
- Previous experience with strategic execution
- Leadership experience
- C-suite level interactions
- Must have the ability to perform basic office tasks and work in a typical office setting
- Employee will be sitting for extended periods of time and accomplishing work at a desk and work at a computer for an extended period
- Must have strong written and verbal communication skills to adequately convey ideas and work well with a team
- Ability to talk and hear, sit and use their hands and fingers, and reach in all directions is essential in performance of the job
- Some lifting and moving of items up to 25 pounds required
- Work during established business hours and may require occasional weekend and/or evening work
- Travel required
Benefits
- Commitment to agriculture and the communities we serve
- Family friendly work environment
- Investment in employee development
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
- Outstanding 401k – automatic 3% employer contribution, plus match up to 6%
- Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation accrued at 21 days annually, Sick Days accrued at 15 days annually, 12 paid holidays, plus 16 hours of volunteer time)
- Competitive Incentive Compensation Plan
- Disability & Life Insurance
- Employee mental, physical, and financial wellness programs
- The position is bonus eligible based on association and personal performance
Company Overview
American AgCredit is a borrower-owned association chartered through the Farm Credit System. It was founded in 1916, and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.agloan.com/.