Programme Manager

Most engagements run three to nine months, with a small team on site part of the week.

About the role

Westside Strategies is hiring a Programme Manager to work remotely from India. We use Smartsheet for schedules and Jira for the technical work. MS Project experience is fine too. We are headquartered in New York City and have been hiring remotely since 2020. We engage team members in India as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

Main duties

Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations. Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log. Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps. Run weekly status meetings and send clear notes with owners and dates. Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost. Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion. Keep project documentation organised in SharePoint or Confluence. Oversee vendor statements of work and deliverables.

What you'll need

7+ years of project management experience. Organised, with a habit of following up. Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders. Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool. Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once.

Nice to have

PMP or CAPM certification. ERP or software implementation experience. Jira and Confluence.

What we offer

$2,600-$3,300/month

Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise. Paid in USD. Annual rate review. Paid time off.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Westside Strategies.