Job ID: R-24357
Location: 6th of October city, Giza Governorate
Date Posted: 17/10/2021
Job Purpose
The Program Lead’s purpose is to lead individual, multi-disciplined transformational programs, with direct accountability for delivery across the Europe, UKI & NAMETRUB Regions. Applying both waterfall and agile methodologies, As Program Lead, you will have end-to-end accountability for project delivery from ideation to handover to BAU, ensuring project delivers as planned with a focus on meeting programme commitments through strong leadership and pragmatism.
Job Responsibilities
You will be a key part of a diverse and strategically important team that prides itself to provide innovative solutions in high-profile, complex programs on behalf of our clients and to bring inventive new approaches to our services and existing ways of working. Working alongside colleagues from the wider Europe, UKI & NAMETRUB Regions Your responsibilities will be, but not limited to the following:
Lead a matrix-team of multi-talented people from across geographical locations, cultures, and organizations.
Overall Program Management of a high profile, multi-workstream, global program
Own the EX-Hub Transformational program roadmap, detailing all key workstreams and their ownership, activities, and milestones at multiple levels
Establish and manage program plans for a range of workstreams and activities, managing their delivery across the program.
Holding stakeholders (including external consultants and other strategic partners) to account on delivery quality, time, scope, and cost
Lead communication of decisions, regular updates, and relevant information to stakeholders including but not be limited to, overall plan, progress against milestones, risks & mitigations, financials.
Drive discovery workshops as required with the project team and other key stakeholders e.g., project definition, employee journey mapping
Centralize & mitigate risks in central repository log, ensuring rigor documentation with mitigation actions and ownership
Spearheading product discovery and take charge of business case drafting and approval from executives to progress towards delivery
Promote the use of digital tools over manual processes and handoffs
Job Qualifications
- Educational & Job Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, Master’s/MBA preferred
5-8 years’ experience and proven track record in leading large complex programs in multinational fast paced organizations towards successful BAU
Proven track record in leading on multiple portfolios/ programs traversing across cross functional teams with multi geographical locations
Ability to work with ambiguity, very rigor with scope identification and methodology adaptation whether waterfall or Agile.
Ability to setup flawless governance models for different avenues; from internal alignments till executive communications
Excellent business analysis skills, ability to draft requirements clearly, constructs backlogs and comfortable with epic/feature/user story hierarchy.
Experience of working in a highly matrixed, Agile organization
- Technical Qualifications
Fluency in English Language (written and spoken)
Demonstrated Experience in running projects to success using either waterfall and/or agile practices (Scrum, Kanban) working with SAFe is a huge plus
Delivery orientated programmer management certifications are required.
PMP or PRINCE 2 is a must
CSM or PSM is a must
CSPO is a plus
Leading SAFe 5.0 is a plus
Other relevant certifications are a plus
- Behavioral Qualifications
Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially when working with remote team members and stakeholders
The ability to build strong relationships with customers, internal stakeholders, and vendors
A dynamic approach to leading matrix teams, with a drive towards team empowerment and self-sufficiency
Unilever is an organization committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
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