Sr. Program Manager

About hireworks

hireworks is building a community of top talent in key international markets by unlocking unparalleled access to positions at leading U.S. based companies. As your employer, hireworks will ensure you have a seamless interview, onboarding, and employee experience - providing ongoing support and resources along the way. Established in 2023, hireworks is forging corp-to-corp relationships with leading U.S. based organizations looking to grow their teams with best-in-class talent around the world. Working with hireworks means unlocking access to a network of local peers and mentors and career opportunities through our client network.

About Pickaxe Foundry

From strategy to execution, Pickaxe helps clients solve their most difficult challenges, delivering best-in-class data warehouses, analytics, and automation, launching amazing new products, and radically  improving martech stacks to optimize every dollar spent. We work with some of the most best known brands, and they chose us because we bring a deep understanding of both business and technology. Our team helps bring focus and clarity to problems and opportunities, and we know that it's never one-size-fits-all.

Pickaxe is also the creator of the Pickaxe Insights Platform - the leading codeless data platform powered by AI. Automated analysis, insights, anomaly detection, and predictions, all in one easy-to-use platform that will speed up every aspect of your business. From enriching data in your data warehouse to generating beautiful dashboards, Pickaxe's Insights Platform will help you leave spreadsheets and complicated markup languages behind forever.

About the Position

We are seeking a skilled, talented, and (pleasant to work with) Program Manager with a strong experience with digital transformation. In this role, you will lead and manage client-facing initiatives to ensure that they deliver on scope, time, budget and quality expectations, from inception, through discovery, development, launch, and into business as usual. You will manage client cross-functional teams, third party vendors, and Pickaxe internal teams to help deliver solutions to critical issues.

What Youll Do

• You lead the project; at any given moment you know the project status by workstream, what the next steps are for those, current risks, and mitigation strategies

• Collaborate with sponsors and stakeholders to identify, define and prioritize the projects scope, objectives, and deliverables

• Collaborate with with the stakeholders and workstream owners to define the tactics, roadmap, and project plan

• Define and manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and risks

• Lead and help motivate project teams to achieve project goals and objectives

• Develop and maintain project documentation, including roadmaps, project plans, status slides,and other similar documents

• Ensure alignment and integration with other strategic initiatives and programs within the organization

• Facilitate communication and collaboration between project stakeholders, including senior executives, business leaders, and technical teams

• Monitor project progress and performance, identify and resolve issues, and manage project change requests

• Evaluate and measure the success of the project against defined metrics and KPIs

• Provide regular project status updates and presentations to senior executives and stakeholders

About You

• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time, within budget, and with high quality

• Youve also worked on projects that didnt succeed and can speak candidly about why and how they might have gone differently

• Experience in leading cross-functional project teams, including business leaders, technical teams, and external vendors either internally or as an external consultant

• Excellent project management skills, including project planning, risk management, budgeting, and resource allocation

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels. You are comfortable speaking with both CEOs and the lower level associates who perform key roles.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and resolve issues quicklyand effectively

• Experience with agile methodologies and tools is a plus

• PMP or other project management certification is a plus

Benefits:

hireworks is cultivating a growing community of top talent across Colombia. In addition to unlocking access to positions at top tier U.S. based companies, we offer a variety of benefits to enhance yourexperience:

• Competitive Pay - compensation that reflects your experience and accomplishments

• Remote Flexibility - work from anywhere in Colombia

• Paid Time Off - ample vacation days to rest and recharge

• Public Holidays - all Colombian federal holidays are fully paid days off