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Friday, July 18, 2008
Where I'm Going and What I'm Doing -- Starting Monday, July 21, where I'm going...
A rapidly growing marketing agency serving pharma (it is in New Jersey, after all) and other industries...
Program Manager - Responsible for assuring PMO methods and practices implemented within assigned Client programs. Responsible for overseeing all work activities leading to the delivery, assurance, certification and acceptance of project deliverables and solution components each assigned program. In coordination with assigned Project Managers, interface with client regarding high-level issues of project scope, status, and risk mitigation. Works closely with client to identify and assure delivery against key business objectives. Helps define and refine company standard PMO methods and practices. Primary responsibility for program-level knowledge management.
Oversees large complex e-Marketing programs consisting of multi-discipline and mixed resource (company, client, and third party) teams. Responsible for defining scope and content of programs in coordination with Account Management. Assists in contract negotiations. Assures program knowledge capture. Ensures program profitability.
May manage up to 4 client teams. Primary interface with client regarding program process/progress. Responsible for assigning and directing work in compliance with proposal or statement of work. Maintains overall program plan and coordinates high-level aspects of program activities with client and team. Acts as development Manager for 3-5 Project Managers. Performs project level and annual reviews with assigned PMs. Reviews and approves staff reviews performed assigned PMs.
The sense I get from the interviews is that the Princeton/Hamilton office culturally feels like a 100-person version of the 25-person DigitalGrit I joined in 2004 - smart, caring, dedicated people trying to do good work and strongly supported by its leadership. If my suspicions are correct, this should be fun.
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