GEICO is seeking a Sr. Manager, Agile Program Lead, with experience in Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe methodologies to support Agile Release Trains by providing visibility to feature deliverables, coach ART members on delivery best practices all while communicating with leaders across the organization on delivery status.

Position Description:

Our Sr. Manager, Agile Program Lead will play the role of a Release Train Engineer, a Program Delivery Lead, or Agile mentor in the Agile, Scrum, and Kanban delivery space.

As an Agile Program Lead, you will leverage industry proven frameworks and drive the appropriate Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/etc) focused on predictable, quality delivery and driving continuous improvement of the organization. In this role, you will optimize productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the program’s goals and by preserving the team's ability to rapidly respond to change.

Responsibilities:

As a Sr. Manager, Agile Program Lead, you will:

Cross Team Delivery:

• Master complex facilitation and dependency management techniques (cross team, cross department)

• Drive cross team, ART and departmental impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination

• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity

• Understand domain architecture and targets to identify upstream/downstream dependencies and to support the program in risk management

• Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments

• Help establish governance structure where decision-making is weighted toward empowered teams

• Ensure that teams/program are well managed in delivery controls/compliance to minimize operational/reputational risk

• Ensure business and technical leaders maintain and communicate product vision and roadmaps

• Partner with technical leaders and others to support program/organization’s automation (testing, pipelines, deployments)/DevOps journey

Coaching:

• Teach, mentor, and coach teams, Agile Delivery Leads, ARTs and Product on emerging Agile and Lean methods

• Utilize feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and partner with others to coach the program to continuously improve

• Foster innovation with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve program delivery

• Coach the program to improve collaboration and self-organization

• Act as an Agile mentor/coach to any Agile role or stakeholder

• Agile & Technical Learning: Actively seek and lead a variety of learning opportunities such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training and independent study to further develop self and community

Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Agile CSM, CSPO, or Six Sigma certification

• SAFe certified or other scaled Agile frameworks

Experience:

• At least 4 years of experience in Technology Delivery (software or infrastructure) (5+ preferred)

• At least 5 years of Agile delivery experience utilizing Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe methodologies (6+ preferred)

• At least 3 years of people management experience

• At least 3 year of Agile coaching experience (4+ years preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)

Benefits:

At GEICO, we make sure you have the support and resources to leverage and develop your skills, secure your financial future, and take care of your health and well-being. GEICO continually seeks to provide a workplace where everyone can be their authentic self. To help achieve this goal, we support associate-led Employee Resource Groups that foster a true sense of community. Through GEICO’s competitive benefits offerings and various training and development opportunities, we have you covered with our Total Rewards Program* that includes:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**

• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave

• 401(k) Plan

• Tuition Assistance including Direct Billing and Reimbursement payment plan options

• Paid Training, Licensures, and Certificates

• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins with the pay period after hire date. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

The safety of our associates is GEICO’s highest priority. If you are required to come into the office for licensing, training, or orientation, please note that we have implemented a variety of safety precautions within our offices. Additional safety precautions include no-contact temperature screening stations, added signage for associates on common-area occupancy limits, socially distanced workstations, and increased cleaning procedures for all areas.

GEICO is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to cultivating an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO celebrates diversity and believes it is critical to our success. As such, we are committed to recruit, develop and retain the most talented individuals to join our team.

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.