Sunday, January 19, 2014
Director - Program Management - Beachbody - Santa Monica
Job description
The Director, Program Management for Beachbody.com oversees the projects, processes and teams operating within a specific portfolio of technical projects. This position provides organization and leadership to extended project teams including matrixed resources and/or direct reports of business analysts, project managers, product managers, and other program delivery resources. In addition, this individual works closely with business stakeholders to ensure prioritization, scope and scheduling of projects align with overall Corporate objectives. The Director, Program Management recommends and leads efforts to streamline organizational processes and works the senior management to establish and propagate best practices. This position serves as a single point of contact to the larger organization regarding all project efforts within the scope of the manager's project portfolio.
Desired Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
5 – 7 years program management experience with large-scale implementations and corporate-sized applications
Experience within a Program Management Office (PMO) including creating, deploying, and monitoring compliance with Standards and Procedures
Results oriented; ability to commit to and follow initiatives through to completion
Strong interpersonal, collaborative and team building skills; Able to partner with and lead people with different personalities and responsibilities, demonstrating conflict management and negotiation skills; Adaptive; Confident; Persuasive; Proactive
Mastery of project management processes, including planning tasks and allocating resources, risk management, issue management, time management, financial management, working in teams, quality management, monitoring, reporting and documentation
Strong business acumen—ability to quickly develop and display knowledge of the strategic and operational issues and goals of the business unit
A technical background sufficient to understand the technologies and technical issues involved with the project and the industry, to anticipate and identify technical obstacles and to make reasoned and appropriate recommendations
Bachelors degree in a related field
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