Senior IT Project Management Manager

The Cigna Group

IT Project Management Senior Manager driving coordinated Agile delivery across multiple ARTs at The Cigna Group. Overseeing program execution and financials while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeBloomfield • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure alignment between delivery teams and enterprise strategy through lean-agile practices, financial governance, and stakeholder collaboration.
Lead and facilitate Program Increment (PI) planning, execution, and delivery across multiple ARTs in alignment with SAFe practices.
Identify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, and critical escalations.
Coach Agile Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Scrum Masters, and Product Managers in lean-agile principles and continuous delivery practices.
Provide program level visibility using enterprise agile management tools (e.g. Jira, Rally, SharePoint) and report on delivery progress, impediments, and metrics.
Drive continuous improvement via inspect & adapt sessions and team retrospectives.
Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, Portfolio Management, and Business Owners to ensure delivery of prioritized business outcomes.
Oversee program financials, including forecasting, budgeting, capacity planning and variance analysis to support Lean Portfolio Management.
Ensure program execution aligns with enterprise governance, compliance standards, and performance metrics.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or related field
5 years of experience in any IT role
Leading agile delivery at the program or solution level using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), SCRUM, Lean Thinking, and Systems Thinking
Managing cross team dependencies and delivery risks across multiple teams and agile release trains
Facilitating various Program, Solution, and Agile Release Train level ceremonies
Coaching Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, or Product Managers to increase delivery performance and Agile maturity
Agile modeling practices including Kanban
Project management tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Rally
Overseeing program financials in a Lean Portfolio or Agile program context including Budgeting, Forecasting, Capacity Planning, and Variance Reporting
Partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders to align program execution with strategic goals.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid work schedule.

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Hard Skills & Tools

lean-agile practicesProgram Increment (PI) planningScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)SCRUMLean ThinkingSystems ThinkingAgile modeling practicesbudgetingforecastingcapacity planning

Soft Skills

stakeholder collaborationcoachingcontinuous improvementcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationfacilitationrisk managementstrategic alignment