Senior Agile Project Manager

New Balance Athletics - Boston, MA

Part-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

5,001-10,000 employees

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

About the position

The Senior Agile Project Manager at New Balance plays a crucial role in guiding, managing, and delivering projects that contribute to the overall growth of the business. This position requires a blend of project management skills and agile execution to implement best-fit methodologies while supporting the global strategy and long-term goals of New Balance. The role involves collaboration with vendors and various program roles to ensure successful delivery of critical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall project management to identified projects/workstreams, promoting an agile mindset and culture.
• Serve as Scrum Master and coach for facilitating agile practices within the IT department.
• Schedule and facilitate necessary meetings and related action items.
• Pursue iterative process improvements and foster collaborative conversations.
• Promote consistent estimating practices for predictability and planning.
• Work with outside vendors and internal teams to plan and manage project activities, providing governance and oversight.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating as necessary.
• Provide RAG state and status updates for business and IT stakeholders.
• Track project budget and invoice spending as needed.
• Collaborate and contribute to the NB IT PM/Agile center of excellence.

Requirements

• B.S. degree with 7+ years of experience in a relevant technical field, including 3+ years as an Agile Project Manager in IT or a similar field.
• Understanding of agile culture, principles, and scrum/kanban methodology; Scrum Master certification preferred.
• Hands-on experience with the software development life cycle.
• Exposure to relevant domain areas such as product, merchandising, retail, marketing, manufacturing, or supply chain preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, self-motivated, and willing to take a hands-on approach.

Nice-to-haves

• Scrum Master certification
• Experience in retail or supply chain domains

Benefits

• Comprehensive traditional benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401K.
• Opportunities for online learning and development courses.
• Tuition reimbursement and $100 monthly student loan support.
• Yearly $1,000 lifestyle reimbursement.
• 4 weeks of vacation and 12 holidays.
• Generous parental leave.
• Flexible work schedule with a hybrid model.