Planning and Integration Manager

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What you'll be doing...

Verizon is building a world-class Customer Experience Organization committed to excellence and innovation in every aspect of our customer's journey. The Customer Experience Planning and Operations Group enables teams to deliver superior customer experiences, by streamlining processes, driving operational efficiencies, enhancing performance metrics and ensuring financial responsibility.

We are actively seeking a Manager to play a pivotal role in orchestrating the planning and integration of new initiatives within a product operating model. You will be responsible for analyzing the scope of work, assessing impacts across teams, determining the level of effort required, assigning leads, and establishing the appropriate level of funding required to support the work.

Your primary goal will be to simplify how teams operate and collaborate on large complex initiatives. This role is dedicated to operational excellence, ensuring the planning of work is streamlined and the approach aligns with the customer experience team's strategies.

• Planning and coordinating the implementation of new projects and initiatives within the organization

• Integrating the distribution of work across teams

• Defining workstreams and activities required to support new initiatives, including impacts across agile teams

• Collaborating with senior leadership to ensure initiatives align with the organization's customer experience strategies

• Determining the level of effort required for successful completion

• Assigning initiative and experience leads to provide guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle and ensure a seamless end-to-end customer experience

• Facilitating cross-functional alignment between team leaders and stakeholders across portfolios

• Confirming the appropriate level of funding needed to support project execution and resource allocation

What we're looking for...

We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is a self-starter and can thrive in a dynamic and rapidly expanding work environment.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience

• Six or more years of relevant work experience

• Four or more years of experience in strategic planning, program/process management, agency management, user experience design end-to-end lifecycle, and/or digital product development

• Experience managing projects involving multiple work streams and stakeholders

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Ability to interact professionally and effectively with all levels of management

• Willingness to travel up to 25%

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Portfolio, Product, and Project management certifications & experience

• Familiarity and experience with Google Suite, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Excel.

• Familiarity using Smartsheets, Airtable, Workfront or other project management software.

• Experience working in an agile environment and an understanding of its methodologies.

• Experience with Fortune 500 organizational environments.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

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