Job Description

The Associate Director, Program Management (Contract) position is responsible for steering increasingly larger and more complex programs for a client, or portfolio of projects across multiple clients. They help direct the PM team to ensure that assignments are completed according to schedule and budget.  They actively identify organic growth opportunities, heavily involved in estimation and contract reviews to ensure accuracy of effort and commitment. Consult with the leadership team on decisions and work together to persuasively align the project team to a greater goal. 

What you'll do: 

Effectively estimate engagements and perform a top-down and bottom-up analysis for various types of projects (campaign to  .com/app to strategy engagements) 

Support Staffing negotiations between programs/portfolios 

Shape approaches and create meaningful views of scope across different services and capabilities. Support scope escalation and risk mitigation strategies. 

Drive and manage the approval and review process for MSA/SOW (high complexity) 

Collaborate with internal Stakeholders and external Clients to creatively resolve challenges with the contract 

Assist end-to-end scope change management process 

Assess the effectiveness of team dynamics/communications and diagnose/implement corrective actions where challenges may occur 

Responsible for delivering a work stream or collection of projects within sold margins with the ability to identify and propose solutions for changes in margin  

Deal with challenging situations/interactions and drive the collaboration process in large group sessions to get key Clients to make difficult decisions