- Manage program and project lifecycle using Agile methodology
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies: Daily stand up, capacity and sprint planning, retrospective, backlog grooming & forward planning
- Lead end to end program and project planning, monitoring and delivery with multiple teams and cross functional teams
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and success criteria
- Develop detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, and resource plans
- Track project progress and ensure delivery within agreed scope, timeline, and quality
- Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests proactively
- Act as the primary point of escalation between leadership, Product Owners, Engineering Leads and Change Management
- Manage expectations across multiple stakeholders and ensure alignment on priorities and outcomes. Resolve conflict priorities by engagement with stakeholders
- Work closely with engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, QA, product, and operations teams
- Understand technical dependencies, system architecture, integration points, and delivery constraints
- Support technical decision-making by coordinating input from subject matter experts
- Identify, assess, and track project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
- Develop mitigation plans and escalate critical risks or blockers in a timely manner
- Maintain RAID logs and ensure ownership and resolution of open items
- Monitor cross-team dependencies and coordinate resolution across technology and business groups
- Prepare and present project status reports, dashboards, executive summaries, and project metrics
- Maintain accurate project documentation, including project charters, plans, meeting minutes, decision logs, and closure reports
- Foster a delivery-focused culture with clear communication, transparency, and ownership
- Strong Project Management Skills – Managing complex technical programs and projects from initiation through delivery
- Proficiency in program and project planning, including collaborating with cross functional and cross department teams
- Strong understanding of Agile and scrum ceremonies
- Ability to manage scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle principles
- Familiarity with application development, system integration, cloud platforms, Data, APIs, or enterprise technology environments
- Ability to understand technical architecture, dependencies, and implementation challenges.
- Experience coordinating with engineering, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams.
- Understanding of release management, change management, testing cycles, and production deployment processes.
- JIRA skill set is needed.
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