Program Manager

Summary

Join Blue Acorn iCi as a Program Manager, overseeing multiple projects with technical and non-technical components. You will lead project managers and teams, focusing on strategy, implementation, and communication. Responsibilities include managing workstreams, analyzing program risks, identifying improvement opportunities, and participating in scrum ceremonies. Success requires strong program management skills, Adobe Experience Cloud expertise, and experience with enterprise clients. The role demands excellent communication, leadership, and the ability to prioritize effectively. Blue Acorn iCi offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, paid time off, and 401(k).

Requirements

• 8+ years experience as a program/project manager
• Impeccable organizational and program management skills
• Strong Adobe ecosystem knowledge and must have Adobe Experience Cloud experience
• Broad MarTech stack experience
• Experience working with Enterprise clients
• Ability to present to and earn the trust of a diverse team at the Executive level
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to lead and guide teams and create confidence across our extended team that they can deliver
• The ability to prioritize effectively and balance multiple simultaneous initiatives
• The ability to think incrementally and develop approaches, options and sequencing to large complex initiatives
• Ability to build and scale teams
• A good understanding of Agile delivery principles and practices

Responsibilities

• Strategize, Align, implement and maintain programs adhering to organizational objectives
• Organizing, planning and prioritizing efforts into workstreams
• Managing multiple technical and non-technical workstreams
• Analyze, evaluate and overcome program risks and produce program reports for management and stakeholders
• Identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for team improvement based on data and results of reporting
• Participation in scrum ceremonies, including: daily stand-ups, backlog refinements, iteration planning, program increment planning, demos, and retrospectives
• Support to resolve team blockers as it pertains to iterations and program increments
• Work closely with project sponsor, cross-functional teams, project managers, Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget and timing
• Manage program and project teams for optimal return on investment, and coordinate and delegate across teams
• Support teams in ensuring prioritized work is refined, planned, and executed appropriately
• Work with Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers, and Product team to ensure alignment on dependencies
• Perform other duties as requested

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Paid time off
• 401(k)