Position: Program Manager
Company: Kyivstar
Category: Product Manager
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

For the period of quarantine Kyivstar continues his work and takes care that our clients keep in touch with their relatives and friends, being duly provided with high quality information.
Our activity hasn’t stopped and most of our employees work remotely. During this complicated period we conduct job interviews online, make job offers and arrange remote working mode for our candidates.

Stay at home and we will take care of your job interview, making it comfortable and safe!

Leading Ukrainian Telecom operator is looking for Program Manager to join Project Management office to run strategic project and programs. Program Manager will responsible for managing all aspects of programs and projects implementation, including of scope definition, scheduling, resources planning, solution implementation and performance results review. Also, as part of assignment will supervision and mentoring of project managers, and in deep collaboration with Partner team to execute Program in as per scope, schedule and budget. To reach targets Program Manager has to successfully manage executive stakeholders expectations, as well as interact closely with business owners and technical teams with regular reporting executive level.

We offer:
— A unique experience of working for the largest and most beloved mobile operator in Ukraine;
— Real opportunity to ship digital products to millions of customers;
— A competitive salary;
— Annual bonus;
— Paid sick leave and vacation;
— Financial aid in different life situations;
— Possibility to work remotely at regular intervals;
— Flexible working hours;
— Medical and life insurance;
— Great possibilities for professional development and career growth;
— Friendly & Collaborative Environment.

Required skills:
— BA or higher
— 5+ years of professional experience in managing large scale enterprise programs and projects with strong technical background, delivering business value through technology or organizational changes
— Strong experience in managing and development of large cross-functional and multinational team in challenging environment
— Experience in communication on executive level
— Strong vendor management experience
— 10+ years of experience in implementation of large ERP/ESS systems
— Experience of tender processes with complex technical requirements
— Experience in TCO preparation and proper valuation

Will be a plus:
— Fluent English is must
— Strong program management skills with project management certification is strong plus (PMP or similar)
— Excellent written and verbal communication skills
— Understanding of management accounting and project financials
— Proficient in main project management and collaboration tools (MS Project, Jira, Confluence or similar)
— Deep understanding of financial, core and support business-processes of large company with branch structure
— Knowledge of large ERP/ESS implementation principles based Oracle and SAP solutions

Behavior:
— Credibility and ownership to lead Programs as single accountable
— Proactive team leadership with the ability to work with multiple teams distributed functionally and geographically
— Ability to achieve results working in challenging environment
Continuous improvement and positive attitude to challenges appearing on the way

Responsibilities:
— Leads cross-functional strategic programs and projects end-to-end, including scoping, planning, resources allocation, implementation, testing and launch
— Monitors and continuously improve processes and communications to support continuous improvement
— Proactively monitoring progress of program, resolves issues and initiates appropriate corrective action
— Facilitates teams performance and on focuses on teams integration to achieve better results
— Ensures delivery is to the appropriate level of quality, as well as fulfillment of business and operational targets
— Manages communications with all stakeholders , including Executive level and execution of necessary reporting
Executes of risk and change management processes