Program Manager

Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

職責/职责

The Program Manager executes a series of projects as a group within a program to create efficiencies and achieve one set of program goals.

• Managing the implementation of large and complex programs
• Provides overall leadership and support to one or more project teams
• Acts as front-line contact on program related activities, issues, and risks. Manages risks and issues and takes corrective measurements
• Interfaces with C-Suite Executives, Business Unit Leaders and finance to develop ROI, IRR and other financial measures. Partners with purchasing to develop Pos and manages suppliers and vendor relationships. Manages stakeholders’ communication
• Definesthe program governance (controls)
• Plansthe overall program and monitors the progress, and performs daily program management throughout the program life cycle
• Managesthe program’s budget and financial performance
• Coordinatesthe projects and their interdependencies
• Managesand utilizes resources across projects
• May manage the performance of direct reports by defining accountabilities, establishing performance objectives and goals, providing feedback and guidance and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.
• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Codeof Conduct, and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.

資歷/资历

Skills

• Demonstrated leadership ability, technical and business acumen and industry knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, with Executive Level reporting and escalation experience.
• Proven ability to build and lead integrated teams from various internal and external organizations across multiple sites
• Communication across programs, projects and areas (business functions and IT functions)
• Background in the development of strategic and tactical planning of technology and people resources necessary for successful completion of several large-scale projects
• Ability to achieve broadly communicated objectives with a minimal amount of supervision
• Ability to promote innovative ideas and accept the risks that are required to lead change
• Ability to make decisions independently and to assume higher-level leadership responsibilities in critical situations
• Strong analytical, problem solving and financial skills
• Ability to innovate under new and/or changing conditions

Experience

• Over ten years of project management experience running large-scale, distributed/complex projects with multiple parallel threads of work
• Experience developing, evaluating and submitting business cases for major capital investments
• Experience with cross geographical project coordination and management
• Experience with developing RFI/RFP and scoring mechanisms preferred
• Experience in Organizational Change Management

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree preferred. Examples include MBA, MA in Project Management, or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience
• PMP and/or Agile certifications preferred but not required with related hands on delivery experience