Manager Agile Program Management - Project Management

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of experience as the lead project manager for full lifecycle delivery of mid-sized (>

6 months in schedule and >

600 person days in effort) software services projects or programs with globally distributed teams

• Strong 'hands-on' project management experience from inception to closure phases
• Experience with 2 or more engagements as a lead (scrum master, product owner, Kanban lead, etc.) on delivery or consulting projects / programs based on Scrum / Kanban framework
• Experience of delivering one or more fixed-time, fixed price or SLA based managed services engagements
• Over 2 years of lead experience in a direct client facing role (preferably in the US or UK) as part of a consulting / services organization
• Knowledge of 2 or more effort and cost estimation methodologies / frameworks
• Direct people management responsibilities for 5 or more people (including track leads / other leads) and indirect responsibility / span of 15 or more people as part of a cross functional team comprising of business analysts. Creative designers, developers, testers and other support functions
• Strong commercial acumen i.e. understanding of pricing models, delivery P&L, budgeting, etc. Basic level understanding of contracts
• Industry experience on Retail, Financial Services, Energy & commodities, Travel & Hospitality, Automotive, Consumer products is preferred.

Additional Information

Nice to have Experience & Credentials

• Diverse experience across more than one service offering such as application development and maintenance, application / product support, systems integration, product engineering, package implementation, project management consulting, etc.
• Practitioner experience as an Agile Coach
• Delivery experience with scaled agile engagements
• Certifications : SAFe or other scaled agile related certifications

Additional Information

• Gender-Neutral Policy
• 18 paid holidays throughout the year.
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well being

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers.We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity.United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across truly value.

Skills Required

Agile Concepts