Agile Program Manager

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most.

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.

At Bose, we are entirely self-funded, and enabling growth year after year takes careful planning, talent, capability, and passion. Through a broad variety of specialties and disciplines, the Finance team enables the business to make the decisions and investments, at the right times, to ensure the long-term financial viability of the company.

Job Description

The Bose Global Business Services Agile Program Manager role is a leadership position being the Train lead for an aspiring agile organization with cross functional business teams, being responsible for small- large program or projects that range from medium to high complexity. The PM focuses on leading program/project planning efforts and manages the collaboration of teams, implementation, reporting, and performance of the overall program to ensure the successful delivery of defined value and outcomes. The role leads the coordination and management activities with business partners, and acts as a mentor and coach to product owners. This role is also responsible for driving alignment and managing dependencies across programs, projects, and when needed technology teams and outside vendors.

The Program Manager will also help to manage project efforts and team level activities ensuring consistency in execution and deliverables, while delivering value for internal and external stakeholders. The program manager may drive or support change management and process improvement efforts. The Program Manager must exhibit the ability to influence managers and their teams and drive collaboration and alignment.

This position requires proven experience in program/project management. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, possess the ability to work through unknowns, identify paths to success to ensure delivery, and able to work on several projects at the same time. They must be capable of digging into details and clearly communicating schedules, risks, status, and processes to a variety of business and audiences. They must be able to partner closely with all types of global stakeholders to coordinate schedules and deliverables.

Required Competencies:

• Ability to scope, plan and execute programs and deliver key outcomes with minimal assistance that span across different global stakeholder groups and possibly third parties.

• Manages Issues and Risks helping to remove barriers.

• Provides ongoing Governance (reporting, monitoring, escalation, controls)

• Work with appropriate stakeholders, including outside parties, to undertake analysis and define options and recommendations, and ultimately deliver value.

• Drive alignment across stakeholder groups to enable delivery success to ensure alignment for the organization and key stakeholders

• Leads and supports the Global Business Services quarterly Portfolio management and prioritization process to achieve alignment between all business teams.

• Drive improvement in methodologies and deliverables, as well as collaboration practices and ways of working.

• Supports portfolio level reporting practices and value delivery.

• Change agent at change management, is organized, detailed, and able to grasp and apply new concepts quickly and relay/implement within the team.

• Defines and maintains ongoing governance (reporting, monitoring, escalation, controls)

• Facilitates agile training sessions, workshops, and ceremonies to promote a common understanding of Agile values, principles, and practices across the organization

• Coach and mentor teams in Agile principles with best practices

Experience Requirements:

At least 4 years of highly effective agile management experience leading product or portfolio teams, as well as experience with agile-based tools.
Experience communicating program status, risks, issues, and needs to all levels of leaders.
Experience managing alignment across programs, projects or product teams in a cross functional business environment.

Experience managing strategic relationships or acting as the primary point of contact for strategic partnerships.
Proficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniques.
Proficient in the planning and execution of programs and projects and risk mitigation strategies
Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences

Experience in a global business operations organization strongly preferred.
Proficient in project management execution in a modern software environment via multiple methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc).

Education/Certification Requirements:
• Requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Agile / Scrum certification (preferred)
• OCM or CCMP Certification or knowledge (preferred, not required)
• PMP certification or knowledge (preferred, not required)
• Continuous Learning: Demonstrated commitment to staying updated on emerging trends and technologies in agile

Are you interested in this position?

We’d love to know you better! Submit your application, by uploading your CV in English via the “Apply” button above.

For further information about the position please contact us via [email protected].

Note

Thanks in advance for your application. After the online phase, the most successful candidates will be invited for an interview. In case you’re not contacted in the next 15 days, we will keep your application for future opportunities that may suit your profile best.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to [email protected]