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Program Manager

Program Manager

Expert Technology Services • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Please Note : As of July 22 2021 our team will require that all candidate submissions include a LinkedIn profile. Please do not submit any candidates that do not have a LinkedIn.

Kforce has a client in Chicago IL that is seeking a Program Manager to lead a multi-year enterprise-wide technology transformation initiative. This is a true program-level role focused on strategy orchestration and decision enablement across highly complex systems and cross-functional teams-not traditional delivery-focused project management.

Summary :

The initiative centers on transforming a large legacy mainframe-based platform into a modern scalable technology ecosystem. This is a full modernization effort involving extensive discovery validation and phased execution across a highly integrated enterprise landscape. The program spans multiple years includes significant investment and impacts the organization end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Define and drive the overall program strategy operating model and execution framework
  • Lead a large-scale modernization effort from legacy mainframe technologies to a modern architecture
  • Orchestrate multiple interdependent workstreams and manage cross-team dependencies
  • Facilitate complex cross-functional discussions to move teams from uncertainty to decisions
  • Maintain focus on outcomes value and enterprise impact-not just activity
  • Partner with architecture and technical leadership to align strategic intent with execution
  • Consolidate inputs from domain-level program managers into a unified enterprise roadmap
  • Provide executive-level visibility into progress risks trade-offs and long-term direction
  • Navigate extended discovery phases where requirements are refined iteratively Guide discovery efforts proofs of concept and solution evaluations to assess :
  • Solution fit and feasibility
  • Technology and tooling alignment

KFORCE URGENT REQUIREMENT

Looking for candidates regarding the following :

POSITION

Sr Program Manager

LOCATION

Chicago IL or Houston TX (hybrid) will consider relo candidates if they will be onsite day 1

DURATION

6 months (attached to a long-term project)

INTERVIEW TYPE

Video

VISA TYPE

Any

REQUIRED SKILLS

Must Have :

  • 10 years of experience leading large-scale enterprise technology programs
  • Proven experience with legacy-to-modern transformations

    • Required Experience & Qualifications

  • 10 years of experience leading large-scale enterprise technology programs
  • Proven experience with legacy-to-modern transformations
  • Understanding of mainframe environments ideally with experience moving off COBOL-based systems
  • Experience driving programs where requirements are not fully defined upfront
  • Exceptional communication and facilitation skills-able to drive conversations to outcomes
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to connect vision to execution
  • Experience with programs comparable in scale (e.g. $100M multi-year initiatives)

    • Required Skills :

  • 10 years of experience leading large-scale enterprise technology programs
  • Experience with complex transactional or reservation-style systems supporting high availability
  • Demonstrated success modernizing legacy platforms into modern architectures
  • Familiarity with mainframe environments and legacy technologies including COBOL-based systems
  • Proven ability to lead programs with incomplete or evolving requirements
  • Exceptional communication and facilitation skills with executive presence
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to connect vision architecture and execution
  • Experience managing initiatives comparable in scale and duration (e.g. multi-year $100M programs)

    • Basic Qualification :

    Additional Skills :

    Background Check : No

    Drug Screen : No

    Rank : B3

    Requested Date : Key Skills

    Project Management Methodology,Project / Program Management,Program Management,Management Experience,Microsoft Powerpoint,Project Management,Microsoft Project,Budgeting,DoD Experience,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience,Contracts

    Employment Type : Full Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

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