The Director Program & Vendor Management is responsible for providing leadership and support to the Company Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) and Vendor Management Office (VMO). He/She will provide guidance and best practice knowledge to build project and vendor management discipline and consistency across the enterprise.

The Director Program & Vendor Management will provide program and vendor management leadership to cross functional teams and contribute to building the infrastructure of a growing discipline in accordance with the vision set forth by Vice President and other Senior Executives.

Job Description:

The Director Program & Vendor Management will perform all or some of the following Job description:

• In support of the VP, Strategic Development, understand major corporate initiatives and direct the program management and vendor management needed to support those initiatives

• Build strong working relationships with various cross functional groups throughout the company and work closely with the VP of Strategic Development to implement programs and planning

• Support executive management, including the corporate initiative planning and monitoring process. Provide development, support and coordination for materials and presentations

• Manage a team of senior level individuals including Program Managers and Project Consultants. These individuals provide program management and consulting expertise to key strategic initiatives impacting the enterprise with multi-year timelines

• Assist with resource allocation and resolution of resource conflicts

• Champion the EPMO and VMO and create best practices that can be modeled by other departments across the enterprise. Work closely with the EPMO and develop a consistent project management methodology to be used across the enterprise

• Lead development and adoption of corporate project management standards. Provide program and project management support to other functional areas, including project management training as needed

• Maintain existing project execution methods and tools. Collaborate cross-organizationally with the department owners for each component of the project execution methodology or tools to maintain integration with the overall methodology

• Foster ongoing improvement of project execution methods and tools; understand internal and external factors that are including use of the methods and tools; proactively identify opportunities to improve methods and tools

• Understand the overall business and strategic initiative goals as well as the timelines of those goals. Develop efficient and reliable metrics for measuring program and project progress towards those goals

• Direct and consult with corporate-wide leaders in identifying their business/vendor needs. Lead development and adoption of corporate vendor management standards. Provide support to other functional areas in vendor management and vendor management training as needed

• Build and maintain external vendor relationships

• Mentor, counsel and direct vendors and senior leaders with their proposals, fee arrangements and project management. Manage the vendor portfolio from a strategic vendor relationship management prospective

• Recruit, retain and develop talented team members in order to accomplish business objectives. 

Minimum Requirements / Knowledge / Skill For Director Program & Vendor Management Job