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The Agile Program Manager has extensive experience and advanced expertise in managing multiple complex initiatives in both an agile and waterfall way within the Technology group. This senior role is able to excel at managing projects and guiding teams as they transition from waterfall to agile delivery. They are creative problem solvers and are a trusted partner always looking for opportunities to add value. They support and mentor members of the program. Agile Program Managers will work with senior management (and stakeholders) across multiple Business Units and Departments to ensure that the value of projects within the program is realized incrementally as agreed and committed to by members of the program. They will also effectively communicate project status and risks/issues that might impact milestones bridging the gap between waterfall and agile delivery.

Location: Princeton, NJ / New York, NY

Job responsibilities:

• Works with the Technical Lead to create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Supports product owners, scrum masters and agile coaches in meeting objectives and following agile principles and practices
• Facilitates global project teams and manages conflict.
• Maintain an integrated Project Plan using Smartsheets, ensuring adherence to standards and alignment with goals.
• Ensures that the project is completed on time and meets established goals and objectives that support the financial and competitive goals of the organization.
• Works with the Technical Lead to define resources, milestones, goals, reporting and metrics for project / program implementation.
• Conducts periodic briefings/status updates to stakeholders and executive management
• Works with team to ensure that defects are tracked; provides reporting as requested. Manages overall quality of deliverables and Captures and documents lessons learned.
• Facilitates requirements and scope definition. Collaborates with leaders and project team members in translating strategy and vision into actionable programs and projects.
• Manages and tracks project budget with components that include human resources, suppliers, and general expenses to meet established return on investments per project.

Job Requirements:

• Scrum, Kanban or related certification is preferred
• Experience ensuring overall KPIs are captured for projects that are metrics driven, baselined and measurable.
• Manage critical cross-program dependencies and risks.
• 10+ years project management experience managing all phases of multifaceted IT projects with day to day project management proven expertise.
• ServiceNow Implementation experience a plus
• Budget and resource allocation management and forecasting
• Experience with workflow management, agile tools like Jira, SmartSheets, Trello, etc.
• Experience managing projects across multiple timezones with remote resources
• 5+ years agile program delivery
• Proven ability to communicate effectively across all levels of expertise in business and IT.
• Experience working with and balancing deliverables from multiple teams and ensuring approvals prior to launch from those teams in order to deliver to scope, on time.
• SAFe experience / certification a plus
• Degree level education preferred
• Experience scaling agile teams and delivering programs with teams of teams

What we are looking for from you:

Delivering Value

• Leading end-to-end delivery across multiple teams by prioritising around business value and validating benefits with customers
• Exemplary management of stakeholders through proactive communication and exception handling

Improving Continuously

• Taking a methodical approach to prioritising team improvements by balancing cost vs. value to the team
• Using metrics effectively to identify and implement opportunities for improvement in teams’ processes, and to capture the effectiveness of changes

Facilitating with Impact

• Versatility in facilitation approaches (including facilitating from the sidelines) to foster greater collaboration between colleagues
• Tailoring facilitation techniques to achieve great outcomes from challenging situations

Leading with Agility

• Using Agile techniques to start teams from scratch with a clear approach for building backlogs, establishing delivery cadence and managing finances
• Application of Agile approaches to build collaborative, cross-functional teams delivering value to the business

Planning Effectively

• Managing your teams’ dependencies through influence, collaboration and organisation
• Using Agile techniques to transform complex, high-level business proposals into a roadmap with a clear, accurately estimated release plan

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