Senior Associate Technical Agile Program Manager

Senior Associate Technical Agile Program Manager

As a Senior Associate Technical Agile Program Manager, you will be responsible for driving Agile delivery across cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client expectations. You will work closely with stakeholders to plan, execute, and deliver high-impact digital solutions while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Your Impact

• Lead Agile delivery efforts, ensuring successful execution of digital transformation initiatives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and development teams to define and prioritize product backlogs.
• Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and impediments to ensure smooth project execution.
• Track and report key Agile metrics, such as velocity, burn-down charts, and team performance indicators.
• Drive continuous improvement by implementing Agile best practices and fostering a culture of innovation.
• Ensure alignment between business goals and Agile delivery, optimizing value delivery and time-to-market.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing insights on Agile methodologies and best practices.
• Support Agile transformation initiatives by coaching teams and stakeholders on Agile principles.

Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Agile project management, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies.
• Provide project management and oversight for technical projects (e.g., upgrades, infrastructure migrations, major architectural changes)
• Partner with engineering leads to define tasks and dependencies
• Decompose high level technical requirements to detailed stories that the team can execute
• Oversee the work of small to medium-sized teams
• Use technical knowledge to proactively identify and manage risks and dependencies
• Coordinate activities with other client technical teams when required
• Strong understanding of Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.
• Experience leading Agile teams in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
• Proficiency in Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally, or Azure DevOps.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement within teams.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), or PMI-ACP are a plus.

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience in large-scale Agile transformations and enterprise Agile coaching.
• Knowledge of Lean principles and Agile portfolio management.
• Strong analytical skills to measure and optimize Agile performance.
• Background in digital product development and customer experience transformation.

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.