Senior Programs Manager, Confluent

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage competing priorities without losing sight of the most important initiatives
• Practical working knowledge and experience in human resources with at least one full deployment project leveraging key HR systems (e.g. HCM/HRIS, LMS, ATS, etc.)
• Demonstrable experience in analyzing business needs and aligning them to project execution and KPIs
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to be able to influentially drive alignment among stakeholders while ensuring execution accountability across teams
• Deductive problem solving for moderate to highly complex problems; some limited data analysis may be required
• Proven ability to clearly document and articulate goals, requirements, timelines, resources and risk within and across cross-functional teams

Desirable

• As a Sr Programs Manager within the People Strategy, Programs and Enablement team, you will act as a force-multiplier focused on increasing execution efficiency and delivering excellent programs and projects that help the company scale
• Reporting to the Director, you’ll serve as a centralized resource for the People and Places function and partner closely with all of our centers of excellence, as well as, cross-functional stakeholders
• In this role you will drive projects and programs in support of our overall strategy, transformation, and enablement of the business
• As a ‘go-to’ person, you will be instrumental in guiding the seamless transition from big picture to details while navigating tight timelines
• You will facilitate cohesive collaboration within and across organizations by providing operational discipline, identifying and mitigating dependencies and risks, and forging strong relationships through effective communication
• Drive planning processes by leading conversations with key stakeholders to develop concepts into defined deliverables and ensure execution reliability
• Continuously improve and scale the People organization by sharing project frameworks, tools, and best practices that can be easily adopted to increase delivery efficiency
• Lead and manage complex and large scale cross-team, cross-functional initiatives from inception through deployment including defining scope and execution milestones
• Proactively evaluate and resolve obstacles and balance competing priorities through fluid communication with project stakeholders
• Engage and energize project teams to achieve aggressive goals
• Leverage general knowledge to conduct simple analyses and establish performance metrics
• Solicit and evaluate feedback to determine appropriate actions, solutions and initiatives needed
• Create and deliver clear and detailed documentation and presentations for complex projects