Senior Program Manager, Europe and Eurasia

Position Description

**Senior Program Manager - Europe and Eurasia**

**Location:** Remote, USA **Job Level:** Senior **Time Type:** Full time

**Primary Responsibilities:**

**Position Overview** The senior program manager is responsible for management, delegation, and execution of day-to-day project tasks including staff management as well as engagement in new business and technical practices. The role involves concurrently managing multiple projects of advanced complexity together with roles in new business. The senior program manager will collaborate with other Project Management Unit (PMU) and team members and support and monitor the completion of tasks related to aspects of project management performance and compliance. Ensures adherence with company policies, applicable law and regulations, and project requirements. The senior program manager brings increasing focus on proactive effort and supporting the director in mitigating risks, working toward a high level of technical, financial, and contractual performance of projects, and increasing attention to successful new business.

**Responsibilities:**

**Project Management**

• Manages day-to-day support to one or more project teams and client including communicating and assisting with project office requests.
• Oversees financial aspects of the project s contract or agreement by reviewing monthly invoices for accuracy and compliance.
• Proactively identifies issues or potential risks and develops strategies and solutions to address those risks.
• Leads efforts in reviewing and determining causes of variances in expenditures against forecasts and budgets.
• Identifies opportunities for knowledge and solution sharing across the company.

**Technical**

• Engages in technical practice of relevance to areas of interest or focus.
• Builds subject matter expertise and contributes to BU technical practice business line and corporate priorities.
• Identifies opportunities for Chemonics and attends external events networking with clients and counterparts.

**New Business Development**

• Takes initiative to support new business efforts including growing personal network of industry contacts.
• Assumes capture and live proposals roles and builds expertise to assume increasing levels of leadership roles on proposals.

**Management and Leadership**

• Supervises, mentors, trains, develops, and evaluates assigned staff.
• Mentors and advises staff across the BU on business development, technical work, and project management.
• Serves in the acting director capacity as required.

**Qualifications:**

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience with staff supervisory and mentorship experience required.
• Thorough understanding of donor/client regulatory and management requirements.
• Mastery of critical project management skills including budget management, contractual and procurement compliance, client relationships.