Sr Manager, Agile Practice Management

at  CVS Health

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Clinical Aetna Enterprise Delivery team is seeking an innovative thought partner who has a strong analytic and program management skill set to serve as a key contributor on critical technical programs. This role will require an out-of-the-box problem solver who is intellectually curious with a demonstrated interest in learning, self-motivated, results-oriented, and high-energy who can easily function in a high demand, performance driven environment. This position will be responsible to independently drive planning and day to day management across the full project lifecycle on complex IT initiatives and programs, working closely with project teams to achieve expected results.
You will support the planning, coordination and tactical execution of IT projects and programs across business and functional areas, as well as the development of presentations and content for key leadership forums. The role offers significant exposure to cross-functional leaders and colleagues across CVS Health and Aetna, as well as professional development opportunities. Assignments are highly complex, have major associated risks with high visibility, and can be sensitive or widely varied requiring experience in applying and adapting project management techniques.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Manage a team consisting of Project Managers, Program Managers, Scrum Masters and Delivery Leads.
• Manage a budget of $25M+: pulling financial reports, monitoring spend, reviewing variances, etc.
• Oversee/Run multiple programs budgets of $8M+ consisting of one or more large projects.
• Drive planning activities, including convening meetings, developing agendas and material, and developing reports or support specific teams with tracking and monitoring initiatives
• Ensure appropriate project deliverables are created, utilized by leaders and are updated over time as each project grows.
• Responsible for interfacing and communicating directly with Senior leaders from all different areas of the company.
• Oversee the development and tracking of timelines and milestone with key internal and external partners to address project objectives
• Monitor multiple, concurrent project lifecycles by tracking project plans and deadlines for key deliverables, and identifying and raising issues requiring resolution
• Provide oversight and support to your team in:
• Managing projects using CVS agile methodology and/or other Project Management professional practices and standard tools.
• Partnering with other Project Leads and owners to coordinate day-to-day initiative progress, identify risks/barriers and work with project leaders to address challenges
• Interfacing with other projects to modify plans when necessary to ensure cross-functional dependencies and inter-dependent projects stay coordinated.
• Work with all stakeholders to define and acquire all necessary resources and to ensure their continual support for project goals.
• Conduct regular project reviews and communicate status of projects in both formal and informal settings.
• Forecast Resources allocations on a weekly basis while maintaining project budget
• Oversee other Agile Management resources and contractors as well as matrixed members of a project team.

Location: Prefer hybrid schedule in our Hartford, CT office. Will consider 100% remote.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years experience in Project Management working with cross-functional teams
• 5+ years experience in leading program management efforts within a large organization.
• 2+ years experience in managing a team of PMs/SMs
• Understanding of software development methodologies
• Proficient in Microsoft project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Scrum certification desired

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent experience

Please refer the Job description for details