"All candidates must be directly contracted by ASK Consulting on their payroll and cannot be subcontracted. We are unable to provide sponsorship at this moment".Job Title: IT Agile Program Manager (Local to Santa Clara only)Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid 4 days/week)Duration: 4 Months (Possibility of extension depending on business need)Schedule: M-F 8 AM- 5 PM (40 hrs/week)Pay Rate Range: $105/hr - $109/hr Onsite 4 days onsite per week at the Santa Clara, CA office. One day remote.
Video/Audio capability will be required on remote working days
Notes:
- Must have experience leading Agile programs, seasoned Program Manager
- EDI (Electronic Document Interchange)/eCommerce projects experience required
- Strong preference for JIRA experience
- No required certifications but Scrum Master certification nice to have
Job Description: - The Digital Transformation Group (DTG) PMO team provides Project and Program Management to key cross-functional and technical initiatives. The team is looking for an experienced Agile Program Manager to orchestrate project resources and activities in the end-to-end execution and delivery of one or more projects in the eCommerce and quote-to-order space (example - EDI, quote approval optimization, data analytics, etc).
- Your leadership and guidance will enable the team to deliver solutions more efficiently, more reliably and with more visibility, while ensuring collaboration and communication across our teams and shared processes, helping to remove impediments and improve cross-team execution.
Responsibilities: - Oversee all phases of one or more Agile projects and actively manage project execution, coordinating with team members and vendors
- Actively manage the execution of projects, assigning tasks to project resources, managing project scope, tasks, budget, and quality to meet deliverables and commitments
- Conduct project team and steering committee meetings with documented minutes and follow up actions
- Collaborate with product owners to ensure the product backlog is well-groomed and ready for the next sprint
- Run Agile ceremonies, sessions, and workshops
- Assist scrum teams, through coaching & mentoring, to be self-directed with strong decision making, conflict resolution, and transparency
- Proactively manage risk, issues and dependencies, executing risk mitigation and taking corrective measures
- Manage and maintain centralized project document repository
- Ensure all deliverables and commitments are compliant with relevant standards, processes, and methodology
- Execute project communications and reporting
- Provide accurate, timely and transparent project updates to all appropriate levels of management
Education:
- Bachelors degree in computer science, information sciences or related field or equivalent experience
Experience: - Must have 8 years of meaningful experience in program/project management experience with proven track record in delivering complex, enterprise, or cross-functional projects
- Must have 5 years of experience managing IT projects
- Must have experience leading Agile programs
- Experience in quote to order business process is preferred
- Experience in EDI (electronic document interchange) process is preferred
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