Agile Program Manager

Broadcom•Lisle, IL

8d•$91,000 - $146,000

About The Position

Broadcom Inc. is a global infrastructure technology leader built on more than 60 years of innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence. With roots based in the rich technical heritage of AT&T/Bell Labs, Lucent and Hewlett-Packard/Agilent, Broadcom focuses on technologies that connect our world. Through the combination of industry leaders Broadcom, LSI, Broadcom Corporation, Brocade, CA Technologies, Symantec's enterprise security business and VMware, the company has the size, scope and engineering talent to lead the industry into the future. Broadcom is focused on technology leadership and category-leading semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is a global leader in numerous product segments serving the world’s most successful companies. As an Agile Program Manager (APM) you will support, facilitate and guide the software product development efforts of the organization or value stream for which you are responsible. You are the “glue” that ensures close collaboration between Product Management, Engineering and User Experience to deliver high value software products and solutions to the market. You also ensure close cross-functional collaboration with the value stream partners including Support, Marketing, Operations, Education, Technical Information and Technical Consulting during product/solution deployment and go-to-market activities.

Requirements

Bachelors in Engineering and 5+ years of related experience or Masters degree in Engineering and 3+ years of related experience
Agile Project or Agile Program Management experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrate knowledge of the software development life cycle
Experience with leadership by Influence
Proven analytical and problem solving skills

Nice To Haves

Broadcom Rally Application Lifecycle Management and Broadcom Clarity Project and Portfolio Management Software knowledge is a plus
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent preferred
Program Management Professional (PgMP) Certification preferred
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification preferred
Agile Certification (PMI-ACP) / Scrum Master (CSM) Certification Preferred

Responsibilities

Defining the Agile Planning process for their value stream and ensuring that the process is followed. Scheduling and facilitating key planning meetings to determine upcoming software product development plans (typically quarterly).
Organizing Executive Reviews quarterly for their organization or value stream to provide leadership with a summary of execution results, plans for the next quarter, and insights into future initiatives.
Tracking work item progress and completion to ensure timely delivery of high-value software products and solutions while adhering to Agile principles. Scheduling and facilitating key execution status meetings, preparing and sharing progress reports, and tracking Milestones, managing associated risks, changes, dependencies, and issues.
Running Agile Retrospectives for continuous improvement of Agile Project Management practices, including Agile Planning and Execution, focusing on time savings, efficiency, waste elimination, driving better behaviors, and gathering meaningful insights and metrics.
Collaborating with the Agile Coach to promote Agile principles, practices, and behaviors, potentially providing Agile coaching for organization or value stream leadership.
Bringing the organization or value stream leadership team together regularly to address issues inhibiting success by formulating action plans, and working with the “4-in-a-box” leadership team (Product Management Solution Lead, Engineering Director, Lead Architect, User Experience Director) to provide reports, metrics, and insights, and collaborating on special projects and initiatives.
Bringing together the organization or value stream leadership team with cross-functional partners (Support, Marketing, Operations, Education, Technical Information, Technical Consulting) on a regular cadence (usually monthly) to inform them of initiatives and plans for delivering software products and solutions, enabling them to integrate their activities for high customer satisfaction and business success.
Coordinating activities and checklists required for successful software product or solution deployments and go-to-market initiatives, including facilitating cross-functional working group meetings and executive reviews.