Sr. Program Manager

Responsibilities Operates as a team-based servant leader who enables the team to self-organize, self-manage and deliver for the program at the highest level. Provides a Program Governance and manages the overall delivery operating model Drives the program in the coordination of major feature releases and helps ensure ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams are involved Facilitates program level processes and execution, identifies and manages dependencies and risks, as well asescalates impediments Coordinates and facilitates iterative program level planning ceremonies (such as Product Owner Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt, Program Increment Planning, and System Demos) Manages and optimizes the ow of value via cross-organization collaboration Proactively manages Program Risk through data-driven analytics and ongoing risk remediation efforts Drives the Product Owners, Product Managers and Agile teams to facilitate release planning preparedness Provides transparency into the organizations backlog, providing visibility to work in ight, aligned to progress against defined scope Accountable for the overall program execution and delivery of work (schedule/capacity) Monitors and reports program health (i.e., progress of feature completion, program predictability) with the purpose to provide transparency on program delivery of value Coaches and leads the program team in practicing Agile principles and leading practices, identify program/team training opportunities and solution/facilitate as needed Coaches and mentors leadership in Lean/Agile best practices and mindset Requirements Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in a program management position from large scale enterprise level environments Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as Jira, AHA, and Confluence Experience with other agile methodologies, LEAN, Kanban, XP Programming etc. Relevant certification preferred Advanced understanding of Agile Principles and how they’re applied in workplace culture Strong facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills Experience leading teams through resolution of program issues Strong communication, team dynamics, conflict resolution, mentoring, and servant leadership skills Advanced understanding of technology systems and the program’s ecosystem Advanced understanding of lean and program budgets Strong and natural problem solving ability; comfortable with data and ambiguity Job Type: Contract Pay: $65.00 - $80.00 per hour Schedule: 8 hour shift Experience: program management: 9 years (Required) Application Lifecycle Management (ALM): 9 years (Required) AHA: 9 years (Required) agile methodologies: 9 years (Required) Kanban: 9 years (Preferred) Work Location: Remote