Agile Program Delivery Director

Cognizant Technology Solutions • Wilmington, DE

176d • $113,459 - $195,000

About The Position

Experienced Program Director with 10+ years in IT, specializing in Agile delivery across cross-functional teams. I lead strategic planning, manage complex dependencies, and drive continuous improvement using Lean methodologies. Known for pragmatic leadership, stakeholder alignment, and delivering high-impact digital solutions.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of IT experience.
• Delivered a range of digital products to customers using Lean/Agile methodologies, including Kanban.
• Led and supported multidisciplinary teams that have included designers, testers, developers and product managers.
• Bring a history of championing Lean/Agile ways of working, adapting to delivery frameworks and recommending improvements without being dogmatic.
• Managed and worked within budgets and time-pressured environments.
• Used delivery data to forecast key deliverables and communicate a project's status clearly with senior clients and stakeholders.
• Proactively spotted risks to delivery and helped teams mitigate them.
• Great facilitation, diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Ideally experience of the Atlassian toolset Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for initiative level planning and alignment, data-based forecasting, reporting, and identifying and resolving program level risks, dependencies, impediments and blockers.
• Responsible for end-to-end delivery quality, managing the flow of work across several delivery squads, the impact of dependencies, and progress towards key deliveries within and across squads.
• Enable continuous improvement and high-quality outcomes through the application of Agile methodologies, as well as analyzing and improving the squads by acting on metrics.
• Support Principal Delivery Leads in the successful project delivery, collaborating with multiple teams.
• Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and client teams, aligning them to the delivery strategy and ensuring shared understanding of reporting and desired outcomes.
• Influence Squads to adopt Lean/Agile practices and improve ways of working with pragmatism.
• Become a trusted advisor to the technical and product leads collaborating with them to deliver business and user value.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree