Senior Specialist, Program Management

Senior Specialist, Program Management

Dallas, United States of America

The Senior Specialist implements, communicates, and expands various programs ensuring they have the resources needed to succeed. S/he assists in overseeing and managing planning, coordinating, executing, and reporting on programs. The incumbent supports the program manager in execution of assigned programs.

Develops, analyzes and oversees project quality assurance and resource allocation. Enhances program and project management capabilities and operational oversight. Develops, edits and executes project plans to manage the lifecycle and operational aspects of projects.

Develops, edits and implements project plans to manage the lifecycle and operational aspects of projects (i.e., resources, scope, schedule, cost, assumptions and dependencies). Manages work streams, prepares status reports and interfaces with stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution are aligned with defined objectives. Coordinates and communicates the activities of project personnel with relevant stakeholders to ensure progress within time and budget constraints.

Essential Functions/Responsibility Statements:

• Develops and manages product development priorities by coordinating with Program Manager.
• Authors and executes product development plans.
• Supports resource planning.
• Generates, tracks and maintains project action items and risks.
• Supports Program Governance for new initiatives
• Supports Program Change Management oversight
• Prepares contract deliverables for government and partners in industry as required and reviews and processes incoming invoices for accuracy prior to management approval.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• Microsoft products (Word, Visio, Excel, Project, PowerPoint)

Skills and Abilities:

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, strong work ethic
• Highly organized, strong time management skills, and ability to follow-up action items and requests
• Quality and improvement focused
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work with various levels of people in the organization
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Constant desire to learn

At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and strive to increase the diversity of our teams. We actively encourage everyone to apply.

Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This job description does not list all of the job duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You may be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate at any time for any reason.

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Primary Location: Dallas, TX, Dallas

Other Locations: Texas-Dallas

Organization: Santander Consumer USA Inc.

The base pay range for this position is posted below and represents the annualized salary range. For hourly positions (non-exempt), the annual range is based on a 40-hour work week. The exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications and location.

Salary: $67,500 - $95,000/year