Senior Program Manager, Agile

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!

We are seeking an experienced program management professional to drive delivery of innovative instructional software and content for a rapidly growing education company committed to making classrooms better for teachers and students.
This highly visible role will serve as a servant leader, you will support events and processes, optimize value delivery and coordinate dependencies across teams, communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk and drive relentless improvement.

Why join this team: 

Our PMO is a passionate group of servant leaders supporting high-performing teams.  We are committed to quality, continuously learning and relentlessly improving.  Our work directly impacts the company’s goals and mission.  Want to make a difference?  Join us! 

 

The impact you’ll have: 

• You will ensure effective operations across teams aligned to an Agile Release Train (ART) to ensure high-quality business value is delivered, managing the flow of value through the ART. 

• You will execute program deliverables across many cross-functional teams both within R & D and outside. 

• You will track execution and publish Objectives and progress for visibility and transparency 

• You will track execution and publish progress of features and capabilities for visibility and transparency 

• You will manage risks and dependencies across teams & trains; escalate and track impediments 

• You will ensure dependencies and risks outside of R & D are understood and proactively managed 

• You will minimize ambiguity and bring clarity through investigation & communication 

• You will provide input to management on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks 

• You will work with Product and Engineering leadership, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment 

• You will champion SAFe adoption and the PMO Program Management process; mentor and coach cross functionally and support Agile practices and mindsets 

• You will identify and pursue opportunities to fine-tune and improve execution; recommend enhancements related to new and/or existing workflows based on a broad view of the organization and a Lean Agile mindset 

 

Who we’re looking for: 

• You will have 8+ years of experience in a complex project and program management role with 3+ years leading teams. 

• You will be a servant leader and strong communicator who can: 

• Listen and support teams in prob