IT Project Management Senior Manager- Hybrid

Cigna Healthcare•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 and managing cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, and critical escalations, as well as coaching Agile Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Scrum Masters, and Product Managers in lean-agile principles and continuous delivery practices. The role requires providing program-level visibility using enterprise agile management tools and reporting on delivery progress, impediments, and metrics. Continuous improvement is driven through 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 Senior Manager will also oversee program financials, including forecasting, budgeting, capacity planning, and variance analysis to support Lean Portfolio Management, and ensure program execution aligns 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.
If working from 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.