IT Program Manager

Genesis10 is currently seeking an IT Program Manager with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX, and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Maximize the value for a product
• Define the vision and roadmap for the product, define and prioritize stories in the product backlog, and articulate this to both stakeholders and the development team
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment
• Possess a working knowledge of the product, and basic understanding of the business or technology domain
• With some guidance, create the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain
• Communicate the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems
• Create and prioritize work for one team
• Learn to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• With some guidance, create and prioritize stories in the product backlog
• Refine stories with the team to ensure there are enough ready stories to load the next 1-2 sprints
• Review and accept stories and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements
• Work in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define business requirements and associated epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Define and accept the value delivered by the team
• Create, prioritize and maintain the team's backlog for assigned products in collaboration with stakeholders
• Continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks
• Work with the team, Scrum Master, and other Product Owners to coordinate external team dependencies
• Optimize the value of the work the team performs
• Act as the primary contact for questions about the product
• Act as the primary contact for development work being performed by the team
• Work with key stakeholders to define and ensure the success of product releases
• Prepare and participate in PI Planning, Maintaining Team Backlog, Iteration Planning, Accepting Stories, understand enabler work, participate in team demo and retro's
• Own/Drive Team Backlogs and Iterations, Define/Accept Iterations and User Stories

Requirements:

• 5+ years' experience as a Product Owner for agile teams
• 2+ years' experience with JIRA
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability
• Highly motivated self-starter able to work independently with little supervision
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles
• Agile tools (Jira)
• Agile Scrum Master
• Agile tools (Bitbucket)

Desired skills:

• Certified Agile Product Owner
• SAFe Certified
• Financial institution experience
• Confluence

Pay Range: $52.54-$60.54

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.