Senior Program Manager

Vings Technologies - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Clara, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for overseeing large IT Legal Portfolio Business Applications programs and projects from inception to final implementation. This role involves developing detailed execution plans, managing implementation processes, and ensuring projects are delivered within budget while applying Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Take large IT Legal Portfolio Business Applications programs/projects from original concept through final implementation.
• Develop detailed program/project execution plans and manage all implementation processes including financials, progress tracking, and change control.
• Apply consistency and best practices through program initiation, planning, execution, and closing phases.
• Plan, lead, and facilitate Agile practices such as sprint planning and cross-functional scrum team dependencies.
• Manage one or more scrum teams applying scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Create documentation to facilitate program reviews and decision-making processes at the Steering Committee level.
• Drive risk mitigation strategies and issue resolution actions with key stakeholders.
• Engage and collaborate with all business and IT functions and external vendors.

Requirements

• 8+ years of project/program management experience.
• Experience working with Legal IT and Business stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple large programs/projects in enterprise environments delivering business applications.
• Experience guiding teams and overcoming project hurdles/obstacles.
• At least 4 years as a scrum master managing enterprise-level software application development projects, preferably with Learning Management Systems.
• Excellent communication skills, problem-solving, conflict/resolution management, active listening, time management, and interpersonal skills.
• Agile Scrum Master Certified.
• PMP Certified.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified SAFe Scrum Master.