
Program Manager
Concord Academy Memphis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year
About the role
- Engage with Product Managers to understand and flesh out the product initiatives they are sponsoring
- Write detailed Agile stories for the development teams including detailed requirements and acceptance criteria
- Engage with UI designers and software architects to ensure our teams understand both what and how they need to implement new features
- Ensure our teams have an adequate understanding of company and industry standards and policies and adhere to them in their deliverables.
- Lead sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions with the team
- Facilitate a daily stand-up call with the team to ensure they stay on track with sprint deliverables
- Work to resolve impediments quickly to ensure our teams can maximize their productivity.
- Track issues and risks and drive solutions to mitigate them
- Maintain a backlog of work and participate in report outs and feedback sessions with stakeholders.
- Evaluate execution efficiencies and work with process stakeholders to drive continuous improvements
- Collaborate closely with engineering management on the execution of our programs
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business management, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in product or program management
- Experience as an Agile Product Owner
- Experience as an Agile Scrum Master
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with globally dispersed teams
- Experience with managing programs that span multiple teams and stakeholders
- Experience with Cloud based solutions
- Experience with Azure DevOps
- Experience with healthcare applications
- Experience with document workflow
- Certification in Agile processes such as Certified Scrum Master or Certified Product Owner
Benefits
- 401K plan w/ 6% company match (vests immediately)
- Flex-Time off + sick time
- 10 company holidays
- Full suite of health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)– employee only coverage covered at 100% (no employee cost).
- For employees + dependents, Concord covers 60% of premiums.
- Voluntary insurance options: Pet insurance
- Employee Life and AD&D
- Spousal Life and AD&D
- Child Life and AD&D
- Paid Parental Leave program
- Free unlimited ORCA card (Seattle area residents)
- Employee Rewards and Recognition through NectarHR
- Unlimited access to Udemy for Business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AgileAgile Product OwnerAgile Scrum Mastersoftware engineeringprogram managementCloud solutionsdocument workflowrequirements gatheringacceptance criteriasprint planning
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingfacilitationorganizationstakeholder managementteam managementadaptabilityefficiency evaluation
Certifications
Certified Scrum MasterCertified Product Owner