Required:Large scale vendor management: 100+'s of vendor, $100M plus in Capital
Budget, large IT org: 400+ personnel
Global responsibility/experience
Infrastructure experience
ideally, also experienced in PMO, audit, and DR interface
must be innovative with customers coming up with Global solutions
Able to drive change/improvement, in a CG appropriate manner (See attached file: Position Description T&O Project Office.doc)
This position plays three roles, an emphasis with vendor management with exposure in audit compliance, BC/DR
Duties:T&O / Infrastructure interface with Vendor Mgmt -
Works closely with Infrastructure operations teams and development teams to identify vendor performance issues
leverage reputation for better rates / pricing / contracts
ensures purchasing is engaged early and often with development teams
Works with Purchasing and Vendor Mgmt to discover negotiation tactics that benefits CG
T&O / Infrastructure interface with Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC / DR) -
Works with Enterprise BC / DR team to ensure Infrastructure teams have plans in place and are tested regularly,
coordinates the needs for Infrastructure resources for DR test exercises with the Enterprise DR team,
Ensure DR call lists are maintained and easily accessible.
Strategic Initiative Management -
Assists annual strategic planning events to help define Programs and projects prior to Budgeting process
Works closely with Project Portfolio Mgmt team and Project Management Offices to attain regular updates on strategy progress.
Communicates strategy progress to appropriate Management forums
Mitigates risks and resolves issues from project teams that may hinder the strategy.
Audit compliance -
During SAS 70 (and other) audit seasons works closely with TRACS team and audit agencies to coordinate gathering of materials, review of materials for consistency and precise answering of audit requests
protect Infrastructure IT from over informing auditors by refining vague requests and ensuring we only deliver what is needed and nothing more
may sit in on audit interviews and provide assistance when needed
represents Infrastructure in a positive and friendly manner understanding they do not have deep knowledge of the way we operate
work closely with TRACS team to coordinate planning of audit events are efficiently communicated through out Infrastructure Management for flow down
Ensures follow up actions are completed accurately & on time
coordinates and monitors post audit findings / recommendations to ensure they are proactively being addressed to closure
Infrastructure Development Methodology (IDM) ownership, monitoring and compliance -
Owns this process in terms of continuous improvement to IDM templates & framework flow,
stays in synch with Internal IT Controls and adjusts deliverables or framework flows accordingly,
communicates changes to IDM in an efficient manner across all of Infrastructure,
works closely with T&O / CRS PMO for improvements and communications,
monitors IDM utilization, conducts internal audits at stage gate reviews or phase end reviews to ensure our development teams are meeting appropriate controls with evidence of documentation, and in some cases evidence of approvals,
works with PMAT for future automation opportunities and integration with App Dev SDLC methodology and future enterprise PM tools
