IT Enterprise PMO and Cloud Migration Program Lead

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

IT Enterprise PMO and Cloud Migration Program Lead - (Hybrid Preferred, Will Consider Remote)

Allegion is seeking an experienced IT professional to develop a new Program and Project Capability, as well as lead IT server and Application Cloud Migration efforts with cross-regional and cross-functional teams. Our ideal candidate is a collaborative senior IT professional who has relevant experience and is able to enjoy working in an energizing, dynamic environment. This role requires the ability to effectively lead and influence a diverse team, both with centralizing a program management capability, and with effectively planning, leading, and managing risk and issue resolution for a complex, matrixed, multi-year program. The role will report directly to the Senior Director, Office of the CIO with a dotted line to the Senior Director, Infrastructure and Operations. Primary contacts will include executive program sponsors/responsible owners and core and extended IT and functional support team members.

What You Will Do:

• Owns Allegion's Global IT centralized program management capability including policies, procedures and processes for global IT program delivery.
• Owns Allegion's Global IT cloud migration program including migration of relevant on prem servers and applications
• Partners with executive sponsors to influence and align on program management capability and specific cloud migration program goals, objectives and potential outcomes at both a long range and annual operating plan level
• Leads alignment across technical leaders on standards and policies
• Leads the development of the overall approach, including major time frames and the definition of major deliverables to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes.
• Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions, in accordance with enterprise policies and practices, on behalf of the executive sponsor or senior responsible owner.
• Directs the creation and maintenance of the required documentation and artifacts.
• Develops and controls applicable budgets and manages expenditure within agreed spending plans.
• Ensures and balances the availability of the required skills and competencies as applicable
• Leads the development and maintenance of stakeholder mapping, communications and reporting.
• Acts as an advisor, and builds and maintains relationships across the wider stakeholder community.
• Oversees the execution and progress compared with the plan and the production of agreed deliverables. May assist with work breakdown structures and delivery as needed.
• Partners closely with and extended community of pms and IT teams.
• Partners closely with supporting functions as needed including Enterprise Architecture, IT vendor management, procurement, finance and asset management.
• Monitors and coordinates dependencies with other capabilities (such as Agile, EA, etc.) and across projects in the program, and resolves conflicts.
• Directs or approves the establishment of a framework or guidelines for the use of contractors and professional service providers, and determines their use
• Supports and facilitates agenda setting for steering committee meetings.
• Other duties as assigned

What You Need to Succeed:

• 10 or more years of experience in IT business/industry
• Five to seven years in diverse roles with increasing leadership responsibilities across major projects and programs
• Substantial consulting leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience in managing "upward" among senior leadership
• Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams
• Experience working in a global environment, working with teams in different time zones and cultures
• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate objectives, inspire and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy.
• A high level of empathy and the ability to vary styles of interaction to match the needs of a variety of temperaments and personalities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain and "sell" the goals and objectives to the business, as well as technical leadership.
• Strong business acumen, including industry- and domain-specific knowledge of the organization and its business units. Familiarity with industry trends and innovation.
• Influencing and negotiation experience and skills in an environment with high competition for resources.
• Excellent analytical, strategic planning and execution skills.
• Ability to develop programs and deliver them with financial and resource constraints.
• Experience with one or more project/program management methodologies
• Knowledge of ppm planning tools and practical application, such as Microsoft Project or SmartSheet

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, "this is your business, run with it".
• You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!

What You'll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you "be safe, be healthy".
• commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can "serve others, not yourself"
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching

Apply Today!

Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow's world a safer place!

Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.

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Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we're required to, but because it's the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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