.**Responsibilities**:- Supports planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a program or portfolio of programs.- Applies in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the subfunction as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function; and, requires basic commercial awareness.- Assesses creation and signoff of program plan and charter, benefits management plan, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central program issue log.- Oversees program plans meet business needs as described in the program initiation documents.- Ensures all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities and understand the program schedule and key milestones.- Works with Program Sponsor to ensure business case cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives.- Ensures all areas of the program are appropriately staffed.- Monitors program commitment from those assigning resources.- Escalates program risks to the Program Director, or Program Sponsor, when appropriate.- Creates the program risk management plan.- Works with procurement team to create, administer, track, and eventually close program contracts.- Makes recommendations for training and development needs for assigned personnel.- Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions.- Directs area supported through responsibility for delivery of end results and shared responsibility for budget management; accountable for resource planning.- Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards.**Qualifications**:- 6-10 years of experience- Negotiate skills with external parties.- Required Licensing/Registration: Series 6**Education**:- Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degreeThis position is part of a team supporting Initiatives dedicated to the techological enablement of the Mexico business divestiture. The position's specific responsibilities include:- Developing Guidelines specific to divestiture-related work, communicating and enforcing such guidelines.- Collaborate with representatives of Organization PMOs to leverage Organizational procedures and practices, resolve conflicts between global and local practices or advance new procedural requirements.Monitoring health indicators of the Initiatives and providing feedback to Initiative Managers and Initiative Analysts accordingly.- Optimize management effort for divestiture Initiatives and their Programs by understanding procedures and practices applicable to the Organizations responsible for the execution of Programs and Projects, and suggesting ways to leverage and reuse