Program Manager - Agile Delivery & JIRA Governance
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Job description
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager with strong expertise in JIRA, Agile program management, and cross-functional delivery leadership. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing multiple projects and workstreams while ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, budgets, and quality standards., * Lead and manage large-scale programs involving multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain program roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, and dependencies.
- Drive Agile delivery processes using JIRA for sprint planning, backlog management, release tracking, and reporting.
- Configure and manage JIRA dashboards, workflows, boards, filters, and reports to provide visibility into program performance.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
- Facilitate program governance meetings, status reviews, sprint reviews, and executive reporting.
- Track key program metrics including velocity, burn-down charts, capacity planning, resource utilization, and delivery KPIs.
- Ensure alignment between business objectives and project execution.
- Manage cross-functional dependencies and resolve blockers impacting delivery.
- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives across Agile teams.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and vendor coordination when required.
- Prepare executive-level presentations, status reports, and program health dashboards.
Requirements
This role requires hands-on experience with JIRA administration, Agile methodologies, stakeholder management, reporting, risk management, and program governance across enterprise environments., * Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 8+ years of Program/Project Management experience in enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence.
- Proven experience managing Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery programs.
- Experience creating and maintaining JIRA workflows, dashboards, reports, and custom filters.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and release management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and distributed teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Experience with risk management, dependency tracking, and program governance., * PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification.
- Experience with enterprise transformation, digital modernization, or cloud migration programs.
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, or other project management tools.
- Experience working with global teams and offshore delivery models.
- Familiarity with data analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau., * JIRA Administration & Configuration
- Confluence
- Agile / Scrum / SAFe
- Program & Portfolio Management
- Sprint Planning & Tracking
- Release Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Resource Planning
- Executive Reporting
- KPI & Metrics Tracking
- Power BI / Tableau (Preferred)
- Azure DevOps (Preferred)