Senior Technical Project Manager
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Your Impact
Lead Agile program management efforts, ensuring alignment with business goals and product strategy.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to drive team collaboration and efficiency.
Work closely with product owners and engineering teams to define and prioritize product backlogs.
Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and blockers to ensure smooth program execution.
Implement Agile best practices and frameworks, such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, to optimize delivery processes.
Track and report key Agile metrics, such as velocity, cycle time, and team performance, to drive continuous improvement.
Collaborate with senior leadership to drive Agile adoption and maturity across the organization.
Coach and mentor Agile teams to enhance their Agile mindset and execution capabilities.
Ensure cross-team coordination and alignment to deliver high-quality, customer-centric digital products.
Drive a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within Agile teams.
Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of experience in Agile program management, product management, or related roles.
- Strong expertise in Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe and project delivery methodologies including waterfall and hybrid-agile
- Experience in resource and budget planning across multiple projects with creating low to medium complexity roadmap of enhancements for custom built applications.
- Experience in using Azure DevOps Boards as a Product Manager and Scrum Master
- Proven experience leading Agile teams and driving Agile transformations in large-scale organizations.
- Hands-on experience with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally.
- Skilled in using Microsoft Office Suite and to produce and review project deliverables like Project Charter, change records etc.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership.
- Experience in managing product roadmaps, backlogs, and feature prioritization.
- Ability to analyze and optimize Agile delivery processes using data-driven insights.
- Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to address challenges in Agile execution.
- Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or PMI-ACP are a plus.
- Accountabilities include:
- Initiate:
- Confirm project scope with Customer,
- ensuring all required information for the project has been received.
- Planning:
- Establish project scope, schedule, resource and communication requirements.
- Determine required stakeholders
- Develops risk management plans.
- Executing:
- Direct and manage work activities required for the project.
- Ensure all aspects of quality are achieved for project deliverables.
- Effectively communicate with all stakeholders for input, decisions, and updates.
- Manage project priorities and delivery process checkpoint gates.
- Identify and resolve project issues.
- Manage projects in accordance with legislation, regulations and rules
- Monitoring and Controlling:
- Validate project progress and quality.
- Maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date information about project status, schedule, accountabilities, and outcomes.
- Validate and control project scope and changes, including schedule changes.
- Monitor project resourcing commitments; identify and work to resolve resource conflicts.
- Control of project communications with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate risks, maintaining and monitoring an up-to-date risk register, including project interdependencies
- Report on project progress, risks and other updates to the Program Manager/Director
Set Yourself Apart With
Experience in digital product management and Agile delivery in a consulting environment.
Experience in a regulated industry, preferably utilities and specifically electricity transmission development, would be considered an asset
Strong understanding of customer experience, design thinking, and Lean product development.
Ability to drive business value through Agile execution and product innovation.
Experience in leading Agile teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Pay Range: $130,000 - $160,000
The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.
An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
Competitive compensation and benefits package.
Flexibility to support work-life balance.
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
Generous paid leave and holidays.
Wellness program and employee assistance.
As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com
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