Job Information
Robert Half Project Manager in Seattle, Washington
Description
Robert Half is partnering with a global eCommerce enterprise in search of a highly skilled Program Manager to join their team in Seattle. This role requires an individual with a strong background in data analysis, risk management, and business operations optimization. The Program Manager will be responsible for overseeing cross-functional projects, managing risks and opportunities, and driving operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have experience influencing key stakeholders, delivering complex projects, and optimizing business processes.
Location: Seattle, WA (remote but all candidates must be local to Seattle)
Duration: 2-month initial contract w/ potential for extension
Hours: 40 hours/week
Pay Rate: $80-90/hour
Key Responsibilities:
Manage a high volume of requests and engagements in a fast-paced environment, ensuring seamless operations.
Track existing metrics and develop new ones to validate schedule and team performance, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Create and implement performance improvement plans in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Provide detailed performance reports in weekly and monthly forums for senior leadership and partner teams.
Set measurable targets that support the overall objectives of the organization.
Translate internal team requirements into actionable risks and opportunities, ensuring project success.
Top 3 Focus Areas:
Data Analysis and Reporting: Demonstrated expertise in processing data, analyzing insights, and presenting key metrics to senior leadership for informed decision-making.
Risk and Issue Management: Proficiency in developing, managing, and optimizing a comprehensive program-level risk, issue, and opportunity management framework.
Business Operations Optimization: Experience in creating and streamlining operational processes to drive efficiency, centralization, and stakeholder adoption across the organization.
Requirements
Required Skills and Experience:
5+ years of program or project management experience.
Proven ability to use data and metrics to drive improvements.
Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating outcomes to senior leadership.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to present to senior leaders and collaborate with both business and technical teams.
Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering solutions to complex challenges.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of experience recommending and implementing solutions to achieve deliverables.
Strong experience in developing structural solutions to ambiguous problems.
Advanced Excel skills.
MBA or Master’s degree in management, business administration, engineering, or a related field.
2+ years working directly with engineering teams.
Experience working on aerospace products or projects is a plus.
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