Program Manager - Remote

Company: Kantar
Location: Bismarck
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

WE GO BEYOND THE OBVIOUS, USING INTELLIGENCE, PASSION AND CREATIVITY TO INSPIRE NEW THINKING AND SHAPE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
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**JOB DETAILS**

This is a high-profile position working with internal colleagues and external customer stakeholders to lead and ensure Trade Promotion Management projects and programs of work are delivered on time, to budget and within the agreed scope.

- As a lead role, the position will act as a key customer contact for strategic engagements, owning and managing new customer on-boarding, project deliverables and relationships throughout the project delivery cycle.

- You will delight customers through seamless project delivery and by building strong relationships with customers and internal teams, you will lead the project to work through any challenges, issues or escalations quickly and with integrity.
- This role will ensure effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the program .
- Responsibility will also involve taking ownership of budgeting, costing, forecasting and other financials related to projects.
- Assisting with pre-sales activity including RFP responses, quotations, SOW, defining scope of work, evaluations and customer assessments.
- Facilitating the appointment of individuals to project teams, ensuring productive utilization of all resources.
- Manage communications with all stakeholders, internal and external.
- Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects.
- Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the program are identified or issues arise.

**DESIRED SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE:**

- We are looking for somebody who has led the successful delivery of highly complex projects/programs of work

- You should enjoy and be highly capable in planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing resources to deliver projects to time, scope and budget whilst maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders.
- An excellent communicator who enjoys building relationships with their colleagues and customers.
- Ideally, you'll be certified and have qualifications in Agile, SCRUM, PRINCE2, PMP, Waterfall or similar project management methodology.
- You should have a constant risk management mindset with ability to consider what might go wrong and mitigate accordingly.

**Benefits**

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including:

- Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services

- Health Savings Account/FSA
- Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs
- Wellness Program
- 401k with matching
- Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits
- Unlimited PTO

**PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:**

Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited ("Kantar"). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

**KANTAR REWARDS STATEMENT**

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitiveand alsoto support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that's out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health andwell beingis taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world's leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar's 30,000 people help the world's leading organisations succeed and grow.

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