AGILE PROGRAM MANAGER

This position’s specific responsibilities and duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee initiatives for the program.
• Work with business to collaborate and deliver the initiatives.
• Oversee work in assigned program to ensure consistent delivery.
• Assign resources to complete initiative planning and delivery.
• Monitor and report deviations to critical path of the initiative
• Define and monitor the control points for the program
• Work with peers and subordinates to define strategic direction for assigned program.
• Be an expert in the use of the division core project management tool, Microsoft Project On-Line (POL).
• Establish and maintain Agile Project Management, Scaled, Kanban and Waterfall Project Management frameworks and their supporting practices. 
• Monitor initiatives for compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Monitor initiatives to detect risks and issues and escalate as needed to ensure appropriate mitigation is applied to keep the program on-track.
• Guide RTE/SMs and PMs in identifying and managing risks.
• Guide project managers in managing organizational change.
• Guide project managers in defining critical path and managing schedule.
• Guide project managers in managing budget. 
• Define and track the KPI’s for the program

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals.
• 10 years of experience leading and managing direct reports. Set direction and strategy for the assigned team.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of interacting with stakeholders at all levels.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to handle challenges creatively.
• Experience in budgeting and financial management related to product lines.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
• Knowledge of project management tools, methods and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Advanced skills using Microsoft Project Professional.
• 15 years' experience with Waterfall, Scrum, Agile, SAFE and Kanban methodologies.
• 15 years' experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change.
• Must be able to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities, embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance. 
• Strong functional understanding of MS Project, Project Server, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Azure DevOps and Power BI.
• Ability to assess project risks and issues, and determine mitigation required to contain or resolve them. 
• Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio and lifecycle management processes.
• Demonstrated understanding of governance processes, procedures and policies for project management. 
• Demonstrated understanding of organizational change.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to manage the project critical path.
• Demonstrated strong facilitation and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated skills in developing new processes that incorporate best practices and address stakeholder needs.
• Demonstrated ability to create clear and concise written procedural documentation.  
• Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed. 
• Ideal candidates should be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.                                                                                               
• Required 10 Years Experience managing and leading direct reports                                                
• Required 20 Years Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams                 
• Required 10 Years Project Management experience                                                                                 
• Required 10 Years Program Management experience                                                                              
• Required 10 Years Experience managing Product lines and agile projects                                    
• Required 10 Years Experience reporting metrics                                                                                        
• Active PMP certification