Agility Product Manager Jobs

The Product Manager leads an Agile program in delivering the right business solutions, at the right time, to the right customers and stakeholders. Builds relationships and influences leadership, customers, Architects and other stakeholders to convert solutions into realizable business value. They are responsible for identifying customer needs, continuously defining and refining value stream and program epics into features, prioritizing and sequencing them on the program roadmap, and working with Product Owners to translate features into user stories that will satisfy the program and product solution vision. This will include defining feature acceptance criteria and the definition of completion/release to customer. This position will achieve results through strong influence in building relationships, gaining support and providing direction to Product Owners on an Agile Release Train.

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Health Care Program - Medical coverage and dental coverage

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• Understands the specific customer and stakeholders needs, collaborates with business and technical architects and value stream leadership to define solutions with portfolio strategy in mind.
• Leads the program increment demo to evaluate business value delivered against the business intent and inspect and adapt the product or solution for the next program increment.
• Contributes to and helps lead program planning by defining and presenting the business intent, planned features, and highlighting any known dependencies and milestones throughout the next program increment.
• Collaborates with Product Managers supporting other programs and value streams to determine cross-program impacts, interdependency of work and priorities, and a plan for communication, coordination and delivery of a larger solution.
• Understands and supports prioritized Portfolio and Value Stream work by collaborating with IT Solution Architect, Business Architect, and Epic Owner to breakdown epics/capabilities into program features. Converts solution for one or more epics into features which are defined and refined within the program backlog and prioritized and sequenced on the program roadmap.
• Manages the delivery of business value through prioritized features and enablers working through the program Kanban and the program backlog to ensure there are adequate ready features in the backlog at all times.
• Maintains epics and features in required agile planning tooling solution(s).
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Leads and collaborates with Product Owners on understanding of features to translate into stories for the appropriate team backlog(s) within the Agile Release Train.
• Works with system and solutions technology members to influence decision-making and sequencing of key technological initiatives that will lead to product delivery.
• Communicates with stakeholders on progress of solutions.
• Provides input and feedback to Epic Owners on new and existing epics, with customer needs in mind.
• Leads feature definition and refinement including establishing feature acceptance criteria.

Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or math required. In addition to minimum experience, an additional four (4) years of relevant, demonstrated experience working as a project lead responsible for breaking down complex projects into solutionable deliverables across organization-wide projects or system design (waterfall, Agile, etc.) will be considered in lieu of a degree. Seven (7) years’ years demonstrated technical experience as a system user subject matter expert, including three (3) years as a project lead responsible for breaking down complex projects into solutionable deliverables, across organization-wide projects or system design (waterfall, Agile, etc.) required. A minimum of three (3) increments (30 weeks) working as a Product Manager in an Agile environment required. Experience working in an Agile environment and applying SAFe preferred. Knowledge of Agile and Lean values/concepts and scaling with SAFe framework required. Demonstrated solutions based thinking with the ability to break down complex concepts into understandable, smaller and sequential deliverables. Strong influencing skills to guide leadership, Business Architects, Product Owners, Agile Release Trains, and all stakeholders to understand vision, resources, priorities and definition of completion/release. Strong ability to tailor communications of complex concepts to all levels in an understandable manner. Technical knowledge as a system user subject matter expert preferred to understand IT system and priorities as it relates to features and iteration requirements. Business acumen and ability to understand the larger company strategy. Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office and web-based applications. (Note: If years of experience is used to offset the Bachelor’s degree, a combined total off 11 years of relevant/demonstrated experience is required for the position)

Additional InformationColorado Residents Only – Compensation: Annual Salary: $80,558.52 - $152,854.92. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range or starting rate of candidates hired in Colorado. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, your work location, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role. This information is provided to applicants in accordance to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Posting Date: 2023-07-13

Preferred Skillset

• Agile Product Management preferred.
• Six Sigma or ITIL Certification preferred
• SAFe Agile highly preferred.
• SDLC knowledge of software engineering
• PMP certification preferred
• Experience working closely with Operations, Finance, Engineering, and IT
• Executive Level Presentation experience highly preferred.
• Cargowise Intermediate or SME preferred.

This position is US Remote.

This position pays between $73,235.00and $138,959.00depending upon experience, location market and company guidelines.

FedEx Logistics provides freight forwarding, as well as import and export services that allow companies to reach markets throughout the world. They help customers of all sizes solve the intricacies of shipping goods globally by providing comprehensive international ocean and air freight forwarding, surface transportation and distribution, customs brokerage, trade and customs advisory services, and advanced e-commerce and trade facilitation solutions. We're glad you stopped by and hope your job search experience with FedEx Logistics, Inc. will be rewarding. We look forward to hearing from you!

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The Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision care coverage, retirement savings, vacation pay, holiday pay, sick time, and life insurance to eligible employees.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless required to do so by law or the FedEx Logistics Legal Department.

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