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About the Role - Technology Compliance Program Manager
HIGHLIGHTS
Location:Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
Position Type:Contract
Hourly / Salary:Based on experience $140-$175K
Residency Status:US Citizen or Green Card Holder ONLY
Responsibilities
Understands Portfolio priorities and drives successful business outcomes within the program and aligned projects.
Manage all aspects of multiple interrelated projects within the program to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic business objectives.
Align project/program plans and interdependencies to ensure Program Roadmap success and Resources capacity.
Performs program level governance review of all associated projects to ensure they are tracking to be on time, within budget, and defect free to ensure customer value commitment.
Monitor projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress, proactively works with project teams mitigating risk and effective issue resolution across program.
Establishes best practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships in partnership with Security to expand, mature and improve effectiveness in support of meeting business objectives around remediation of identified compliance programs /projects.
Engages cross project interdependency scheduling to ensure project interdependencies are documented and tracked including defining critical program level milestones within each project for visibility.
Works with individual departments to identify process efficiencies and automation opportunities to reduce effort expended on vulnerability management.
Acts as a first point of contact intermediary with Security to socialize, prioritize, initiate, and organize all new program requirements.
Supports all internal and externally driven audits of projects within program.
Provides effective leadership and coaching to all stakeholders ensuring effective delivery of project/program outcomes in terms of cost, schedule, budget and quality.
Creates and maintains master program plan for all active aligned projects and status reporting regarding program level milestones, success criteria, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, effectively communicating including executive leadership.
Manages deliverables including the evaluation and implementation of controls to meet requirements and ensure compliance with new relevant frameworks, regulatory requirements, contract requirements, etc.
Engages business owners throughout the organization in compliance planning and adherence to all published KPIs and controls.
Provides summary and detailed reporting on all remediation efforts, current tracking to KPIs to internal stakeholders in addition to formal presentations to external stakeholders.
Performs extensive data validation/analysis.
Proactively identifies and mitigates risks or issues that may impact the company's ability to remediate compliance findings in a timely manner (Vulnerability, Configuration, Container compliance, etc).
Supports the company's commitment to risk management to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Qualifications
Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor's degree in project management and/or Computer Science or related field.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or related certifications or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 12 or more years of related experience in program management
Demonstrated program management experience and people leadership and mentorship in business and technical environments.
Experience in financial institutions or similarly regulatory industries and/or software development processes with background in the data processing environment, application systems, and communication systems.
Ability to handle multiple complex projects within program / programs, to work independently, have excellent follow-up, and meet tight deadlines for deliverables. Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities and be able to deal effectively with ambiguity and constant change.
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills to interact proficiently with executive leadership, staff, and vendors.
Proactive in identifying and driving process improvements and documenting efficiency gains within the organization.
Demonstrated experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies and all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology and tools.
Background and drug screen.
Required Skills
Experience in working with large data sets and be able to rationalize large bodies of data into actionable components.
Knowledge of IT policy and compliance best practices.
A strong and broad understanding of compliance laws, regulations and industry standards related to program focus area.
Agile / ScrumMaster certifications
Lean Six Sigma certification.
Experience with people management
Preferred Skills
Physical Requirements: Our client works together in a highly collaborative office environment. Working conditions consist of a normal office environment.
Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours.
Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently.
Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers.
Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.
Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.