Senior Manager Agile Program Management
Horizontal Talent
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Skills
- Performance Metrics
- Continuous Improvement
- Optimization
- Reporting
- Program Management
- Leadership
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Facilitation
- Management
- Communication
- Relationship Building
- JIRA
- Rally
- Microsoft Azure
- Statistical Process Control
- SAFE
- Lean Methodology
- Portfolio Management
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration
- Continuous Delivery
- Agile
- Collaboration
- Artificial Intelligence
Summary
Responsibilities
- Lead Agile Release Trains to support successful delivery across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Facilitate Program Increment planning and help ensure strong alignment among stakeholders.
- Identify, manage, and help resolve cross-team dependencies, risks, and delivery blockers.
- Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams on Agile and SAFe practices.
- Track Agile performance metrics to improve predictability, flow, and execution efficiency.
- Support continuous improvement efforts and encourage adoption of an Agile mindset.
- Partner with business and technology leaders to align delivery with strategic priorities.
- Contribute to Lean Portfolio Management and value stream optimization efforts.
- Use Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, or Azure DevOps to manage program execution and reporting.
- 10+ years of experience in Agile program management.
- At least 5 years of experience in a Release Train Engineer or similar leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Agile practices.
- Proven experience leading Agile Release Trains and facilitating PI planning.
- Ability to manage dependencies, risks, and impediments in a complex enterprise setting.
- Excellent stakeholder communication and relationship-building skills.
- Comfort working with senior business and technology leaders.
- Experience using Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Rally, or Azure DevOps.
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), or a similar Agile certification.
- Experience with Lean Portfolio Management and Agile funding models.
- Background in enterprise Agile transformation or scaling Agile frameworks.
- Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, and Agile engineering practices.
Horizontal is committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and every team member can contribute meaningfully. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and be part of a culture grounded in equity, respect, and collaboration.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
- Dice Id: 10123528
- Position Id: 75930
- Posted 2 hours ago
Company Info
About Horizontal Talent
Horizontal Integration offers two service lines. Our staffing agency places IT, digital and creative talent in both contract and permanent roles. Our digital agency provides digital marketing strategy and technology consulting on a project basis. Many of our clients take advantage of both service lines.
We are a certified Minority Business Enterprise, with more than 200 employees across our offices in Minneapolis, Denver, Dallas and Vadodara, India. We ve been consistently growing and profitable since the company was founded in 2003.
Honors:
Recognized as a "2009 Best Place to Work" by Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.
Fact:
Our people and our organization are deeply rooted in IT and interactive marketing.
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
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