Technical Program & Project Management Specialist

Kyyba•Dearborn, MI

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Employees in this job function plan and oversees the execution of projects and/or programs that are focused on technology implementation or upgrade of technology applications capabilities and solutions (e.g., enterprise applications, SAAS, internal infrastructure, networking, data centers, labs, etc.). They could also act as Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches to ensure team lives by the values and practices of scrum by embracing Agile/scrum/Kanban/Lean principles.

Requirements

Program Manage PM's & Projects
Cyber Security
Application Testing
Jira
Specialist Exp: 6 years in IT
3 years in Program Mgmt.
Expert in Proj Mgr Experience
Bachelor's Degree

Nice To Haves

Product Management Experience
TPM/Agile Project Management
Archer Tooling
Service Now
Experience working with AI
Master's Degree

Responsibilities

Develop project plans, define the project/program scope, goals and deliverables for areas of technology application development and implementation for the enterprise
Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives by collaborating with IT teams, technology vendors, etc.
Facilitate the development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process between the internal teams and external technology providers
Effectively communicate status updates to all stakeholders across multiple organizations/ teams, with reinforcing quantitative measurements
Ensure project and program objectives, deliverables and results are completed within the agreed scope, timeline, budget and allocated resources
Provide accurate and insightful analysis and reporting, presenting the data in a clear format for presentations and reviews
Identify risks and create risk mitigation plans to ensure timely completion of the projects/programs
Manage technology product goals and forecasts. Collaborate with technical development team(s) to translate the long-term objectives into actionable technology strategy and an implementation roadmap
Guide execution by applying standard frameworks and development lifecycle methodologies like agile, waterfall etc.
Managing agile ceremonies and cadences (sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, stand-ups) using for a technical tooling team supporting multiple global stakeholder groups
Standing up new agile/iteration cadences as team structure, scope, or stakeholder needs evolve
Building and maintaining reporting out of Jira and other tools (e.g., ALM, X-Ray]) to track velocity, throughput, capacity, and delivery risk
Defining and tracking team health and delivery metrics (velocity, cycle time, sprint predictability, defect escape rate) to drive continuous improvement
Producing and delivering management-level status updates, including risks, scope changes, and escalations
Identifying and driving removal of obstacles/blockers impacting the team's ability to deliver
Balancing and t-shirt sizing workload across technical staff to ensure sustainable, realistic capacity planning
Ensuring requirements are well written to meet the needs of the stakeholders
Coordinating testing, QA, and UAT activities across the SDLC in partnership with engineering and business stakeholders
Partnering closely with GRC platform, data analytics, and various cyber, compliance, risk, and business teams to solve problems and deliver enterprise value
Ensuring quality of project deliverables and managing scope across a large, complex, multi-stakeholder iteration
Building strong stakeholder relationships to ensure requirements are understood and issues resolved efficiently
Supporting vendor coordination and integration efforts where applicable