3. Responsibilities
"• Lead programs and projects delivering SaaS product offerings involving multiple Agile software development Scrum teams.
• Lead cross-functional team efforts to enable the sales, service and support of software and content products.
• Remove team impediments; manage risks and issues.
• Deliver metric-driven status reports to leadership.
• Champion continuous improvement, leading initiatives delivering efficiencies, particularly within Engineering.
• Evangelize Agile values and principles; coaching teams on Agile culture and techniques.
• Provide hiring , onboarding support to the team with ongoing expansion.
• Manage channel partner relationships"
Requirements (Must-Haves)
"• Experience delivering programs on schedule and with the expected business value.
• Experience leading programs and projects using Agile (Scrum) software development, with multiple geographically dispersed engineering teams.
• Experience with methodologies of scaling Agile, such as Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) or Scrum at Scale™.
• Ability to influence and manage cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Experience assembling and managing cross-functional schedules and risk plans.
• Possess excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to communicate at all levels including technical engineers and management.
• Ability to focus on detail but understand how the work fits into the larger program.
• Possess very strong initiative, with proven ability to execute with minimal direction.
• 5+ years experience with program management or 8+ years project management
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Requirements (Nice-to-Haves)
"• Experience in commercial software organization whose primary revenue streams are derived from software product development and sales.
• Experience with Lean or Six Sigma process improvement techniques.
• Experience with JIRA administration. JIRA Portfolio is a plus.
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