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 technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a Manager, Program Management you will be managing complex, multi-track projects or small-scale programs to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality while maintaining a positive environment that promotes individual development and high performance standards.

• He/she uses advanced problem solving skills, business skills, solid verbal and written communication skills, excellent relationship building skills, as well as strong leadership and team management skills.
• He/she must have a solid understanding of project management tools and approaches to manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects and the flexibility to lead diverse and dynamic teams to deliver balanced integrated solutions to our client’s challenging business problems.
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• In performing the essential functions of this role, the work environment is fast-paced, moderately noisy and team-based. Additionally, frequent overnight travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Some key responsibility areas will be - Planning and Estimation, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Issue and Risk Management.
• Assist Product Owners and teams in story writing, backlog maintenance and prioritization and planning. Facilitating creation and prioritization of program-level feature and architectural backlogs
• Serve as teams’ or programs’ information radiator, representing the team or program to senior management, stakeholders and sponsors
• Effectively use metrics and data visualization to report progress and support data-driven decision making at the team or program level
• Facilitate estimation and planning at the team or program level. Assisting in creating useful, reliable and practical forecasts for delivery sprints and releases
• Coach developer, designer and product team members in Agile practices, values and principles
• Help teams and individuals clarify goals, and actions to achieve them.
• Shield the team from outside distractions, context switching and interference.
• Track and remove impediments.
• Build a safe environment with an emphasis on collaboration and problem solving

Required Skills

• 7+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
• 3+ years of experience with scaled Agile (SAFe, LESS) in a hands-on leadership role (e.g. Agile Program Manager)
• Should have participated actively in PI Planning and have hands on experience on the same
• Financial Services experience is required.
• Hands on experience with JIRA for planning, tracking, reporting and road mapping
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Must have experience leading a team of around 15-20 team members in an Agile environment.
• Experience working in multi-geo or offshore environment and remote teams
• Previously established framework for analysis and prioritization of resolution strategies
• Previously established project processes to ensure compliance
• Certified on at least one of the mentioned Scaled Agile Certifications (Agilist, Scrum Master, Advanced Scrum Master, Release train Engineer, Practitioner)

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.