Job#: 3033630 Job Description: IT Program Manager
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Role Overview
The Program Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering defined deliverables, which requires engagement from multiple Agile teams across various projects and programs. This role involves understanding the Agile Solution process to implement and mature Lean-Agile principles and practices. The position ensures that execution and delivery meet client expectations regarding functionality, quality, timeline, and cost.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate delivery and dependencies across multiple teams.
- Coordinate and facilitate routines to support delivery, such as kick-offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, and tollgates.
- Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal for defined deliverables.
- Provide guidance on creating and managing an intake process and healthy backlog, and facilitate Agile ceremonies.
- Ensure compliance with standards and provide end-to-end visibility into the health of the project and deliverables.
- Help teams optimize the implementation of Enterprise Agile standards and practices.
- Facilitate discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution across teams and with stakeholders.
- Support resource planning and contribute to artifacts for governance forums.
- Influence and guide business and technology leaders on changes that enable agility.
Required Qualifications
Technical Skills:- Program management with a focus on technical delivery.
- Experience with Agile tools, specifically Jira.
- Proficiency with reporting tools such as Tableau for report development.
- Experience with enterprise program and project tools.
- Strong problem-solving capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP certification is a plus.
- Experience with financial reporting and analysis using Excel.
- Advanced skills in creating presentations with PowerPoint.
- Agile Scrum Master experience.
- Leadership presence and strong presentation skills.
Work Environment
This position requires a hybrid work schedule with a minimum of three days per week onsite.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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