Job Title- Program Manager (Retail Domain exp required)
Location- Hybrid in Seattle, WA
Term: Contract
Job Description/ Responsibilities- • Candidate should have 5 - 10 yrs of experience in project management, with 3 - 5 yrs. in retail domain. • Initiates, plans, controls, and implements medium to large cross-divisional, multi-year programs and projects utilizing lululemon's project management practices • Ensures overall deliverables are completed, including project charter, plan, schedule, requirements, design, development, testing, implementation, policies and procedures, standards, contracts, risks, and issues resolutions • Plans projects in detail, develops and manages project budgets, organizes project teams and works with resource managers to coordinate and align resource needs • Identifies, evaluates, and proactively manages cross-project interdependencies • Manages progress of efforts and communicates status to sponsors, stakeholders on a regular basis and to senior leadership as needed • Participates in strategic roadmap planning and may facilitate and provide materials for portfolio review meetings • Excellent communication skills, able to flex style and work with all levels within the organization from individual contributors to Executives • Proactively identify opportunities and contribute to continuous business process improvement efforts to help streamline and standardize workflow, communication, and resource efficiencies utilizing relative process improvement techniques and methodologies. • Ensures smooth implementation of new technologies and vendor integrations by using their expertise on their assigned domains and interfaces • May conduct technical walkthroughs with software engineers to ensure technical feasibility and standards across departments. • Collaborates with operations support and other teams to ensure robust production operations.