Program Manager, Agile Coach

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota.

📋 Description

• Oversee large-scale data transformation, governance, modernization, and mission-critical delivery projects.

• Steer program planning, execution, governance, and delivery to align with strategic business goals.

• Create and maintain comprehensive program roadmaps, milestones, resource plans, delivery timelines, and financial strategies.

• Provide executive-level insights regarding program health, risks, dependencies, budgets, and delivery results.

• Coordinate delivery across various interdependent workstreams, programs, and teams.

• Ensure accountability and execution to meet commitments while keeping strategic objectives on course.

• Facilitate decision-making and alignment among business leaders, product owners, data teams, technology teams, and governance partners.

• Lead enterprise data governance, data quality, modernization, and transformation efforts.

• Guarantee adherence to governance standards, compliance requirements, risk management practices, and audit expectations.

• Function effectively within Agile and hybrid delivery frameworks while maintaining program-level oversight and coordination.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile teams, and business stakeholders to manage risks, priorities, releases, and dependencies.

• Oversee risks, assumptions, issues, decisions, dependencies, and action items across various initiatives.

• Develop strategies for stakeholder engagement and communication plans to ensure alignment and transparency.

• Establish governance processes and reporting frameworks in line with PMO standards and enterprise goals.

• Manage budgets, forecasts, vendor relationships, and financial performance across multiple workstreams.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery effectiveness and organizational maturity.

• Support organizational change management, operational readiness, training, and transition planning activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in leading enterprise programs, strategic initiatives, and large-scale business transformation projects.

• Demonstrated success in delivering enterprise data transformation, data governance, data management, analytics, or modernization initiatives.

• Strong background in Agile, SAFe, Scrum, or hybrid delivery environments.

• Experience collaborating with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile teams, and senior business stakeholders while upholding program-level governance.

• Proven ability to drive execution, accountability, and measurable outcomes within complex organizations.

• Significant industry experience in wealth management, financial services, banking, insurance, or similarly regulated sectors.

• Proficiency in program governance, financial management, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation abilities.

• Capability to influence decisions and achieve results without direct authority.

• Experience coordinating delivery across business, product, architecture, engineering, data, analytics, and governance teams.

• Strong knowledge of Agile planning, backlog management, release planning, delivery metrics, and dependency coordination.

• Proven experience managing multiple priorities and workstreams in enterprise-scale organizations.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

• Must have authorization to work in the United States.

• Preferred certifications include PMP, PgMP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, Agile, or related credentials.

• Additional certifications in Program Management, Agile Coaching, Change Management, or Data Governance are highly desirable.

• Bonus experience in enterprise data governance or Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives.

• Bonus experience in supporting cloud-based data platform modernization programs.

• Bonus exposure to data warehousing, analytics, reporting, AI-enabled data programs, or enterprise data integration initiatives.

• Bonus experience in SAFe or large-scale Agile transformation.

• Bonus experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or enterprise PMO management tools.

• Bonus experience in supporting enterprise architecture boards, governance councils, or steering committees.

• Bonus experience managing globally distributed teams, offshore partners, or multi-vendor environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation with company-sponsored benefits.

• Extensive medical plans.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• HSA with company contribution.

• Company-sponsored life insurance.

• Short-term disability insurance.

• Long-term disability insurance.

• Voluntary legal plans.

• Hospital plans.

• Accident plans.

• Pet wellness plans.

• 401k with matching.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Professional development opportunities.

• Flexible remote work options.