Program Manager - Entitlement - (San Jose, CA)

Program Manager, Entitlement Critical responsibilities: Manage deployment and change management aspects of a key program, project or an initiative and drive it to success Prepare and socialize program roadmap, obtain approvals from stakeholders and management Track project deliverables, resolve issues and escalations Establish great communication cadence with stakeholders Conduct training sessions with stakeholders Support budgeting and cost estimates for fiscal year planning Apply understanding of client and Cisco business Identify opportunities for process improvements Prepare program assessment and progress reports Author and manage project schedules including key deliverables, milestones, dependencies and resource allocation Manage open issues and work cross-functionally to determine necessary remedies Understand dependencies for delivering projects and facilitate discussions to assess critical paths Establish key milestones and drive progress to accomplish milestones in a timely manner Coordinate