IT Project/Program Manager

🕒 July 10

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $119.4k - $190.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Ciena

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1985

📡 Telecommunications

🔧 Hardware

💰 Series C on 1995-12

Telecommunications • Hardware • Networking

Ciena is a global leader in optical and routing systems, services, and automation software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to address ever-increasing digital demands for richer, more connected experiences for all users. For three-plus decades, we’ve brought our innate sense of humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation.

📋 Description

• responsible for the overall management of strategic projects focused on Accounting and Financial Planning • oversee the ongoing review of projects(s) status; closely monitor project resources tasks, risks, and milestones, make course corrections when necessary • partner with Business Functional Leads to prioritize requirements, and estimate effort and resources required to satisfy both - Project Execution and Tracking • collaborate with other project managers and serve as a technical lead to support the delivery of technical functions and tasks across all work products • responsible for overseeing the daily project activities of a team of individual contributors across multiple sites and global locations • provide input into vendor negotiations and manage vendor within defined contract parameters • manage projects using different methodologies as needed by the project (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, FastFail, etc)

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years' experience as a Project Manager with a variety of finance related systems or solutions • Experience with Finance Planning functions and processes • Experience executing highly matrixed global projects with team members including Developers, Business Analysts, Business Owners and Service Owners • Experience managing projects with both onshore and offshore teams as part of the engagement • Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value • Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Practitioner or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred • Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands • Proven ability to lead IT development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met • Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: Agile Project Management tools such as Jira, Rally or equivalent. Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Microsoft Office Tools. • Candidate should be flexible to working in US and India hours if needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans • participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • company-paid holidays • paid sick leave • vacation time