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