Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kyndryl is a company that designs, builds, manages, and modernizes mission-critical technology systems. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee the delivery of major projects, ensuring they are completed within scope, schedule, and budget while working closely with customers to provide technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Enforce adherence to governance model and operating rhythm
- Drive structured governance forums with clear outputs:
- Decisions, actions, and ownership
- Integrated reporting and status visibility
- Eliminate non-standard processes and shadow governance
- Own program-wide resource demand vs. capacity planning
- Drive:
- Forecasting across workstreams
- Resource intake, tracking, and approvals
- Escalation of staffing gaps impacting delivery
- Ensure alignment between resource allocation and program priorities
- Manage budget vs. actuals and forecast vs. backlog alignment
- Identify and escalate financial risks and variances
- Support financial governance tied to milestones and delivery outcomes
- Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making
- Lead tollgate governance and readiness process
- Ensure:
- Deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria
- Supporting documentation and evidence are complete
- Cross-functional alignment is achieved prior to approvals
- Drive Go/No-Go readiness across all releases
- Maintain integrated program plan across all workstreams
- Drive:
- Cross-workstream dependency management
- 30/60/90-day lookahead planning
- Alignment of milestones and delivery timelines
- Develop and maintain program dashboards and reporting
- Track:
- Delivery health
- Resource status
- Financial performance
- RAID metrics
- Provide actionable insights to leadership through data analysis
- Ensure consistent adoption of Agile practices across workstreams
- Track:
- Sprint execution
- Velocity and predictability
- Align Agile delivery with program-level milestones and governance
- Develop executive-level presentations and reporting materials
- Translate complex data into:
- Clear insights
- Decision-ready narratives
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in program management or large-scale transformation delivery
- Proven experience operating in multi-workstream, complex programs
- Strong expertise in Resource Management (demand vs. capacity planning)
- Strong expertise in Cost Management / Financial Governance
- Strong expertise in Stage Gate / Tollgate Management
- Experience driving program controls and execution discipline
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel: Pivot tables, modeling, and scenario analysis
- Data manipulation and reporting automation
- Experience building dashboards and reporting solutions (Power BI preferred)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Strong experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid models)
- Experience with program and project management tools: JIRA, Confluence, Power BI or similar reporting tools
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills
- Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders across business and technology teams
- Strong facilitation and cross-functional coordination skills
- Experience in technology transformation programs (e.g., ERP, mainframe modernization)
- Experience in client-facing consulting or delivery environments
- Familiarity with enterprise PMO frameworks and governance models
Benefits
- This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans.
- You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.
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