Tax / Experienced / Manager
Program Manager - KPMG Law US Technology
Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY
133013
Experienced
At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world's top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG's extensive network of specialists; enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it's an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.
KPMG is currently seeking a Program Manager - KPMG Law US Technology to join our practice.
Responsibilities
- Driveawareness of existing and upcoming technology solutions across the serviceline, ensuring teams understand capabilities, use cases, and benefits; supportengagement teams in go to market initiatives that involve data and technologysolutions, helping communicate value to clients and prospects; assistengagement teams with technology implementation questions, issue resolution,and the escalation of client feedback for continuous improvement.
- Sponsor,gather and synthesize feedback from engagement teams, business leaders, andother stakeholders to define a coordinated technology roadmap for KPMG Law US; secure service line leadership approval of the roadmap and provide regularprogress updates; translate the approved roadmap into clear, actionabletechnology requirements and formally submit them to Ignition for evaluation anddevelopment
- Partner withBusiness Technology Leaders (BTLs) across other service lines to review,prioritize, and harmonize requirements within KPMG's Digital Gateway platform,removing duplicative requests and promoting transparency and alignment; ensurecross-service line awareness of technology initiatives, dependencies, and opportunities for shared solutions
- Collaborateclosely with Ignition to advance the development of roadmap-approvedrequirements, including drafting detailed specifications, gathering use cases,and coordinating subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide diverse,representative feedback
- Define and overseebusiness-led technology testing (UAT), develop and/or review training materialstailored to the service line; build and oversee the implementation and rolloutstrategy, establish service line SOPs (standard operating procedures) forconsistent usage, support Risk Management approval processes as needed, preparemarketing materials and develop and validate pricing strategies
- Prepare andmanage annual budgets, ensuring alignment with program objectives andprojections; review budget details and provide variance analysis againstprojections
- Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment
Qualifications:
- Minimum five years of recent experience in program or project management. Experience in a law and/or technology environment is preferred
- Master's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred. Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or related field is required.
- PMP, Agile,or other relevant certifications are preferred
- Proficiencywith project management and collaboration tools (such as, Azure DevOps, MS Teams,SharePoint); familiarity with agile methodologies (such as Scrum, Kanban) andtools (Azure DevOps)
- Strongaddition to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and workeffectively in a global, matrixed organization; Advanced knowledge of programgovernance, project planning, and execution; Experience creating andmaintaining technology roadmaps and managing product backlogs
- Experiencesupporting platform adoption and user enablement, including development oftraining materials and support resources
- Strongbudgeting, financial analysis, and reporting skills; Strategic thinker with aproactive, solution-oriented mindset
- Exceptionalwritten and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting tosenior leadership; Proven ability to work across business, technology, finance,marketing, and learning teams; Strong relationship-building and influencingskills
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)