Agile program management professionals
Apptad Inc.
Newport Beach, United States of America
6 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Newport Beach, United States of America
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Software Applications
PRINCE2
Software Systems
Information Technology
Job description
- Establish relevant and comprehensive program performance-related metrics that highlight, not only the overall health of the project
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to maintain alignment toward program milestones.
- Drive process improvement to increase team efficiency. Curate internal training content and process documentation to keep teams aligned on standard operating procedures, guardrails, and best practices.
- Handling aspects of technical projects for their organization, responsible for initiating programs, following their progress, and serving as support providers in case issues arise.
- Manage Portfolio and program with constant communication with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement.
- Track project performance across scope, schedule, budget, and benefits realization.
- Maintain the enterprise project portfolio dashboard and provide insights to leadership.
- Support portfolio planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.
- Prince2/PMP Certification required
- Agile certification and understanding of SAFe methodologies required
Requirements
Seeking experienced Agile program management professionals who can leverage their experience to lead the Program delivery with a lean-agile mindset. They must be quick learners and love challenging themselves to constantly raise the bar. This opportunity requires strong problem-solving skills, an aptitude for team leadership and effective communication and collaboration across stakeholders as they deliver efficient, well-designed, and sophisticated software systems for positive user experience.
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering is required.
- Preferred: an MBA (or equivalent) from a top-tier institution or equivalent business experience.
- 10+ years of demonstrated experience in combined program and project management delivery.
- Hands-on experience implementing enterprise-level software applications in a fast-paced environment with an ability to manage multiple functional areas simultaneously
- Experience leading large cross-functional teams and driving consensus among colleagues; the ability to lead, motivate, influence, and drive results in a highly matrixed environment is essential.
- Demonstrated strong leadership and have led program team members.
- Relationship management experience within an enterprise globally, among executives, customers, and staff; as well as externally with vendors and business partners as required.
- Experience in evaluating a broad range of internal and external factors when solving problems and making decisions; prioritizes team efforts to support critical, business growth-driven initiatives
- Complex problem resolution and ability to merge diverse technology agendas into a cohesive, integrated digital and eCommerce solution by influencing key technology resources.
- Ability to conduct and interpret qualitative and quantitative analysis and problem-solving skills and show independent judgment and creative problem-solving techniques in a highly complex environment.