Senior Program Manager

Please note, this is a 9-month assignment for freelancers.

The pay rate is 90-150 EUR/hour.

Senior Program Manager is responsible for the governance and active program and / or portfolio management of highly complex program(s) linked to our company and department strategy & objectives.

First and foremost, the Senior Program Manager will ensure the roadmaps/plans focus on agreed business priorities, dependencies and strategies – designed based on data and business needs, and deliver against the shared objectives and main activities with key milestones that have been agreed upon. To this end, the Senior Program Manager will support business case creation, drive key requirements gathering from business & stakeholders (cross-functional, coss-departmental and external as required), scope work, institutionalize governance, planning and cadence for the portfolio or program(s). Senior Program Manager will support the program teams in identifying and managing the relevant (inter)dependencies in order to minimize the risks and the challenges.

This role will also oversee the successful delivery of a highly complex program or a portfolio of programs with an efficient governance for progress control and fast decision making. They will ensure that the team's roadmaps/plans focus on agreed business priorities, dependencies and strategies, and they deliver against the shared objectives and main activities with key milestones that have been agreed upon.

This role will be responsible for using the agreed Program Management resources/ways of working within the xxx Department and support the introduction of recognized Program methodologies inside the wider team.

Senior Program Managers are able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means not only being able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but also roll up your sleeves, dig in and help drive change.

The Senior Program Manager will lead by example in ensuring the portfolio or program(s) are proactively lead and managed in a consistent quality manner, whilst working with business units & functions to ensure timely decisions and mitigations are in place to support the company and department objectives.

In this role, the Senior Program Manager will be exposed to very Senior Stakeholders (eg. Leadership team) and working closely with their teams.

The Senior Program Manager will also actively contribute to establish and maintain the program management craft within Booking.com.

This role may also play a part in the creation and execution of the strategy, ensuring that the right topics are being worked on. This may include designing, driving and overseeing the day-to-day operations or leading the change for Booking.com’s most complex transformations

Key Responsibilities

Craft Methodology and Standards:

• Lead by example on Project & Program management craft best practices and behaviors. Provide thought leadership, advice & support on Program Management including setting high quality standards both within the department as well as influence outside.

E2E program Management

• Lead a high complex program or a portfolio of highly complex strategic or critical programs (e.g. complex change / transformational initiatives within the function and organization).

Program Initiation and Planning:

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