Program Manager GDPR

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to organize, coordinate and leverage the GDPR program within our organization for the coming 9 to 12 months. The Program Manager will provide strategic and tactical guidance to the various subject matter experts that are involved in the GDPR program and the divisional project groups. The Program Manager will bridge (geographically) distributed teams and oversee the overall progress of the program within our client (scope all Divisions). The program itself has a modest budget: funding for implementation should come from divisional budgets.
The ideal candidate will be an excellent leader used to reporting at C-level and will have experience in managing staff of different disciplines and cultures to produce results in a timely manner. Experience in complex business, IT programs and in-depth knowledge in Data Privacy Regulations, especially GDPR, would be considered a strong asset.
The goal is to ensure that the GDPR program delivers timely the desirable outcome to our organization.

POSITION

The Program manager will work out of the Dutch headquarters , having reporting lines to both Corporate Legal Affairs and Global Business Services, being the two enabling functions for the divisions on privacy compliance The executive sponsor for privacy compliance is the CFO
The company will shortly start the recruitment procedure for a Corporate Privacy Officer (CPO). At termination of the program, the program manager will hand over to the CPO for continuous execution.
RESPONSIBILITIES

· Establish the appropriate governance structure for effective management

· Plan and design the program and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action

· Formulate, organize and monitor inter-connected projects

· Decide on suitable strategies and objectives

· Coordinate cross-project activities

· Managing communications with all stakeholders

· Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the program - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the program, and outwardly on its coherence with the divisions

· Managing both the dependencies with and within the different divisions and the interfaces between projects

· Lead and evaluate subject matter experts and divisional project managers

· Manage the program's budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the program progresses

· Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities

· Apply change, risk and resource management

· Assume responsibility for the people that participate in the program, and vendors that are involved in the program

· Assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI

· Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the program are identified or issues arise

· Resolve projects’/program’s higher scope issues

· Prepare reports for Executive Steering committee

REQUIREMENTS

· Proven experience as a Program Manager or other managerial position in large/complex organizations

· 10+ years’ experience in program management (organizational change management)

· In-depth knowledge of data privacy regulations and is able to explain these regulations in a meaningful way to different audiences (including C-level)

· Strong motivator and shows leadership and ownership for programs/projects

· Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills

· Able to work on an individual basis within guidelines from organization and the business sponsor, but can also act as a motivator

· Proven ability in giving status updates, maintaining dashboards and communicating on milestones

· Good understanding of the procurement process including negotiation with third parties

· Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures

· Seniority and credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the program

· The Project Manager has excellent understanding of the organization and acts accordingly (knows when back up is needed, communicates feed forward with relevant parties, etc.)

· Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods

· Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programs and multiple projects

· Sound business case development and approvals skills

· Bachelor degree in business IT, Information technology, Business Administration (with a master in ICT)

· Is Prince2 or PMBok or IPMA certified

· Highly developed written and oral communication skills

· Speaks and write English on business level

· Able to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems

This is an assignment for 9-12 months