Agile Program Manager

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 our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.

Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.

• 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’s 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.

7-10 years' work experience required.

High School Graduate/GED required.

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance), Agile Project Management (IC Agile) or Agile Certified Practitioner (Project Management Institute) desired.

• 10-15 years of relevant Agile Program Management experience required in lieu of Bachelors’ Degree.
• 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.
• 7-10 years of traditional Waterfall IT project management experience, including 5 or more years managing enterprise projects required.
• Experience managing complex programs required. 
• Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams required. 
• Exceptional skills in leadership, time management, facilitation, and organization required.