AGILE PROGRAM MANAGER

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At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to its employees by providing competitive rates and compensation, a comprehensive employee benefits programs, attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.
 
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Short Description
Cooper University Health Care Information Technology follows an Agile project management framework, with multiple Scrum teams chartered around business verticals, and business and IT partnering on the establishment of product roadmaps and prioritizing quick delivery of value to our patients and staff.
 
Cooper\u2019s strategic organizational projects often require that individual scrum teams work together to achieve desired outcomes, requiring a scaled agile approach.  The Agile Program Manager is responsible for planning, managing and coordinating interrelated work in a way that emphasizes the delivery of value for teams, stakeholders, and organizations. Program Managers oversee, plan, launch and execute initiatives in a complex iterative environment, both large wide sweeping and interrelated projects with intersecting goals, requirements and outcomes.
 
Agile program level management combines principles of classic project management and agile scrum, planning for key initiatives with scope definitions, detailed project plans and timelines, then working with the scrum teams to divide that plan into consumable user stories, incorporating agile concepts such as scope flexibility, transparency and deep connection to the customer.
Experience Required
7-10 years experience required
The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind and proven ability to strategize and implement high-level program initiatives. The program manager should be motivated by a desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.
Information Technology experience in a Health Care environment preferred.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's preferred
10-15 years of relevant Agile Program Management experience required in lieu of Bachelors\u2019 Degree.
License/Certification Requirements
Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance), Agile Project Management (IC Agile) or Agile Certified Practitioner (Project Management Institute) 
Special Requirements
Scheduled Days / Hours: M-F 8:30 to 5:00
Required:
7-10 years of traditional Waterfall IT project management experience, including 5 or more years managing enterprise projectsExperience managing complex programsCoaching skills and ability to motivate teamsExceptional skills in leadership, time management, facilitation, and organization

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Cooper University Health Care
Website : http://www.cooperhealth.org