Agile Program Manager

Duration: 6 Month, Contract to Hire
Location: Blue Ash, OH or 100% remote

JOB DESCRIPTION
Looking for a capable Senior-Level Program Manager for a leadership role within the Agile environment. Candidates must have demonstrable program management experience in the successful delivery of programs, in a predominantly Agile environment, and in using iterative waterfall methodologies in their organization, leadership, and communication. The Program Manger will have to drive both a business and a technology project. Candidates must also have experience in delivering rollouts of hardware deployments to sites across the US.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing program and project risks, developing mitigation plans, and escalating decisions and unresolved issues as needed
• Establishing and updating project and program plans, forecasting, and managing deviations from plan and program parameters
• Ensuring all program and project requirements are properly documented
• Coaching Project Managers within the program
• Providing leadership for project managers and stakeholders and applying conflict resolution skills to resolve program and project issues
• Creating and tracking schedules, budget, risks, and issues
• Working with peers to develop and drive goals, define technical specifications and detailed implementation plans for projects and programs
• Providing coordination of complex planning activities and optimize the use of resources
• Managing issues as they arise among the program’s component projects
• Tracking contributions to the program and towards the organizations’ overall benefits
• Maintaining continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in leadership position delivering large and complex projects and programs
• PMP certification
• Proven track record of delivering objectives on time and within budget
• Ability to anticipate and manage project and program risks
• Dynamic presenter and facilitator skills
• Experience in presenting to senior management
• Possess strong engagement management skills, strong business acumen, deep technical insights, and the ability to speak in both business and technical terms
• Experience with managing external customers and understanding of deployment lifecycles
• Expertise in applying the systems development and project management life-cycle processes involved with implementing IT solutions
• Proven problem solving and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability in team motivation and delegation

BENEFITS OF WORKING AS AN EMPLOYEE AT CRG

All W2 Employees at CRG are offered the following benefits options!

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, and Long- & Short-Term Disability insurance is offered after 90 days of employment with CRG!
• We also offer a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) along with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with our medical plan. CRG matches the first 500 dollars of the HSA contributions.
• Our 30K Life Insurance Policy is FREE (no cost to the employee) if you sign up for it!
• We also have a 401K plan, with open enrollment quarterly (January, April, July, and October) after working at CRG for 90 days.