Lead Technology Program Manager / Scrum Master

About the position

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident. We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You'll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you'll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity. Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates technical expertise to direct and provide guidance for a wide array of activities associated with planning and leading complex technology projects.
• Supports work for more complex projects or a small technology program that is composed of several projects.
• Will lead a small team for specific project(s) or task(s).
• Ensuring a lean-agile mind-set is applied to work projects.
• Helps project team members/make suggestions to improve practices.
• Will manage and oversee project management activities such as project reporting, project planning, issue/risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, internal client management, relationship management, and other project documentation preparation and turnover to production for technology projects of low to medium complexity.
• Develops the budget and statement of work, including project justification and plan technology projects.
• Will be responsible for defining roles and responsibilities within the project team.
• Responsible for monitoring project financials and updates plans with accurate, up-to-date information in a timely manner.
• Follows financial standards and processes (e.g., monthly external revenue accruals, procurement, and external payments).
• Coordinates business SMEs and engineers to ensure project is appropriately staffed and resources are properly aligned and managed.
• Maintains regular contact with internal clients and coordinates and reports on project progress and accomplishments.
• Works with all required functions and groups to effectively plan and execute sizable projects.
• Working closely and developing relationships with a variety of business partners to ensure that all user story requirements are understood, documented, and met.
• Decomposes the most complex problems into discrete work units.
• Designs business workflows across a set of application or business domains.
• Breaking down and communicating to non-technical audiences various complex or vague problems, options, and recommended steps to address.
• Assists in implementation of new processes including identification of risks and information gaps that must be addressed to ensure a successful outcome.
• Identifies non-obvious relationships and anomalies often overlooked by others, evolving a solution or decision as new information is gained.
• Balances strategic and pragmatic concerns when solving problems.
• Makes sound decisions with limited facts or resources.
• Will continuously look for process improvements.
• Leads and helps to influence discussions with the business on multiple options to help solve the root cause, including various trade-offs and recommended approach within a single large-scale business unit.
• Accountable for work of self and sometimes others, provides process and standards advice in area of specialty and act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree (or equivalent experience) and 8+ years of related Project/Program Management/Scrum Master experience.
• Experience supporting a digital development team (Front End Development team preferred).
• PMP certification and/or Agile Scrum certification.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and skilled in stakeholder management.
• Experienced in facilitation of Roadmap Workshops, Scrum of Scrums and program planning activities.
• Experience running large-scale multi-discipline efforts across people processes and technology with complex financial services organizations.
• Demonstrates an understanding of technology infrastructure and nuances, including testing, QA, production environment, test environment, engineering, etc.
• Is grounded in the taxonomy of what is required to successfully implement an Agile technology program or project.
• Abreast of many best-of-class technologies.
• Demonstrates technical acumen by providing a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs, or implementations to a non-technical audience both verbally and in writing.
• Communicates architectural vision to all parties involved in an initiative.
• Identifies impacts across teams and coordinates across senior levels to manage dependencies and potentially opposing priorities.
• Actively contributes to the application portfolio mind-set: what is out-of-date, build vs. buy, similar capabilities.
• Can identify system/process/data impacts (upstream and downstream) and propose appropriate alternatives/ remediation.
• Experience working with multiple projects simultaneously to identify, document and manage dependencies and potentially competing priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Financial Services industry experience with a preference for Asset Management.
• Knowledge of operations for the assigned business unit (i.e., Distribution, Investments, and/or Corporate functions).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Annual bonus eligibility
• A generous retirement plan
• Hybrid work schedule
• Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy
• Paid time off for vacation, illness, medical appointments, and volunteering days
• Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefits