Senior Program Manager, Workiva

• Requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 4 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 2 years of experience
• Up to 10% travel
• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office

Desirable

• The Senior Program Manager – Sales is responsible for managing programs related to prioritized strategies and initiatives specific to the functional area of Commercial Operations
• This individual ensures that Workiva's sales operations efforts are prioritized to address stakeholder needs and communicated effectively across Workiva
• This person works with stakeholders to identify the business goals, initiatives, scope, develop resources, and communicate progress
• Collaborate across functional teams to identify programs, projects and resource needs
• Networks with stakeholders to build cross-functional relationships to further build, define and execute strategies and initiatives
• Works with stakeholders to determine the success of the program and subsequently plans for implementation of successful programs and discontinuing unsuccessful efforts
• Owns program and delivery management responsibility for multiple strategies and initiatives, projects
• Accountable for operational excellence including program reviews, feasibility, cost-benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, and execution based on prioritized strategy and initiatives
• Identify and balance major program constraints including cost, scope, schedule, risk, quality, resources, and stakeholder satisfaction
• Specialize in leading teams through the formulation and execution of program plans and organizational change initiatives
• Plans, monitors and manages to avoid specification shortfalls, budget overruns, scheduling errors and situations that may require emergency management
• Provides transparency with metrics regularly communicated to Executives and/or Leadership
• May act as Project Manager for program efforts and/or needs, which includes being accountable for the entire project scope, the project team and resources, the project budget and management of all stakeholder needs and communications Identify and create development and training opportunities to support employee and project success
• Leverage data and analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and challenges with your program/projects to empower better decision making
• Develop Success criteria including but not limited to identification of measurable expected results, work with data teams to develop baselines, and provide recommendations for metric goals