Responsibilities: The work at hand

NXT is looking for a talented Program Manager to join our team. In this role you will:

• Create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
• Lead projects from requirements gathering through implementation, ensuring project remains withing scope schedules and Budget
• Establish and maintain relationship with client stakeholders and provide timely project status and progress reporting
• Be capable of context switching into tracking executive-level reporting and high-level milestones with implementation teams and delivery teams. This position will not have the luxury of a “one size fits all” approach, so a dynamic self-starter is required
• Facilitate meetings, including scrums, elicitation calls, follow up with third party teams including vendors and in general project management calls
• Record meetings, document outcomes, distribute meeting minutes, agendas, etc.
• Demonstrate a passionate approach to project management to establish processes and drive projects forward
• Collaborate with various members of the using tools like Monday.com, MS Teams, Google Workspaces and O365

Qualifications: Certifications are important, but we care more about your practical experience!
Must Haves – Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Program Manager, managing complex projects
• External stakeholder and client experience
• Experience managing systems development in an Agile/scrum environment
• Experience with customer status reports
• Extensive knowledge of project management tools used to track project plans and progress

Nice to Haves – Desired Skills:

• PMP Certification
• Experience managing platforms offered (Platform as a Service) - SaaS products
• Experience implementing shared services plans
• Experience with Google Workspaces implementations
• Experience with ServiceNow implementations

Talent & Cultural Fit:

• Content/Domain – Consultative Project management experience with cloud systems migrations
• Solid communicators – people who believe not just in doing the work but being able to effectively communicate the value of the work they perform
• Highly collaborative team mentality – the project we are recruiting for is fast-paced, multi-faceted, with team members from various organizations working on a collaborative initiative. We need talent who recognize and appreciate the work of their team members, and understand their contributions are part of a larger vision / purpose
• Mindset of simplification and getting the job done – the project we are recruiting for is extremely complex. We are looking for people who have a problem-solving mentality and ability to simplify complex situations
• Start with Why? – we are looking for people who think about the mission and purpose of the work they are doing
• Empathetic with high EQ – of course we want technically-sound people, but we like them a lot more when they have good attitudes. Bring positive energy and bring the team with you.

Benefits: Why you want to work with us!

• We are a young and vibrant organization with a strong foundation and looking for the next set of leaders to grow the business.
• Fully company-paid healthcare for you and your family
• Monthly expense of $100 paid towards health and wellness expenses of your choice – gym, yoga classes, massages, etc.
• Monthly reimbursement for phone bill up to $100
• Unlimited paid annual leave
• Work from anywhere as long as quality work is getting done
• Flexible hours – take breaks, cater to your personal and family appointments during the day as needed, core hours 9-4
• We want our employees to be eternal learners – we will pay for reasonable and relevant trainings and certifications
• We want you to participate in the company’s growth – healthy bonus and performance-based commissions to be discussed during the hiring process depending on the applicability to the role

NXT is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.