IT Project Management Senior Manager- Hybrid

The Cigna Group • Bloomfield, CT

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. seeks an IT Project Management Senior Manager responsible for driving coordinated Agile delivery across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) within a defined solution train. This role ensures alignment between delivery teams and enterprise strategy through lean-agile practices, financial governance, and stakeholder collaboration. The position involves leading and facilitating Program Increment (PI) planning, execution, and delivery across multiple ARTs in alignment with SAFe practices. Key responsibilities include identifying, managing, and resolving cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, and critical escalations. The role also involves coaching Agile Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Scrum Masters, and Product Managers in lean-agile principles and continuous delivery practices. Program level visibility is provided using enterprise agile management tools, reporting on delivery progress, impediments, and metrics. Continuous improvement is driven via inspect & adapt sessions and team retrospectives. Collaboration with Product Management, Architecture, Portfolio Management, and Business Owners is essential to ensure the delivery of prioritized business outcomes. The role oversees program financials, including forecasting, budgeting, capacity planning, and variance analysis to support Lean Portfolio Management. Program execution must align with enterprise governance, compliance standards, and performance metrics. This is a hybrid work schedule position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or related field and 5 years of experience in any IT role.
• Experience leading agile delivery at the program or solution level using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), SCRUM, Lean Thinking, and Systems Thinking.
• Experience managing cross team dependencies and delivery risks across multiple teams and agile release trains.
• Experience facilitating various Program, Solution, and Agile Release Train level ceremonies such as PI Planning, Solution Demos, Inspect & Adapt, Pre- and Post-PI Planning, Solution Train Syncs, ART Syncs, and Architecture Syncs.
• Experience coaching Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, or Product Managers to increase delivery performance and Agile maturity.
• Experience with Agile modeling practices including Kanban.
• Experience with project management tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Rally.
• Experience overseeing program financials in a Lean Portfolio or Agile program context including Budgeting, Forecasting, Capacity Planning, and Variance Reporting.
• Experience partnering with senior business and technology stakeholders to align program execution with strategic goals.

Nice To Haves

• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Responsibilities

• Ensure alignment between delivery teams and enterprise strategy through lean-agile practices, financial governance, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Lead and facilitate Program Increment (PI) planning, execution, and delivery across multiple ARTs in alignment with SAFe practices.
• Identify, manage, and resolve cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, and critical escalations.
• Coach Agile Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Scrum Masters, and Product Managers in lean-agile principles and continuous delivery practices.
• Provide program level visibility using enterprise agile management tools (e.g. Jira, Rally, SharePoint) and report on delivery progress, impediments, and metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement via inspect & adapt sessions and team retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, Portfolio Management, and Business Owners to ensure delivery of prioritized business outcomes.
• Oversee program financials, including forecasting, budgeting, capacity planning and variance analysis to support Lean Portfolio Management.
• Ensure program execution aligns with enterprise governance, compliance standards, and performance metrics.

Benefits

• Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email [email protected] for assistance. Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.
• The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
• Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior