Director, Agile PMO

Agile PMOUS Exempt RegularFull timeStateside Exempt 4.5Location: Adelphi, MD (Hybrid)

Summary:

This role holds both leadership and management roles in the APMO. The Director Agile PMO is responsible for various methods and practices around provisioning capabilities into the business, as well as improving the overall agile maturity across the organization. As part of this undertaking this role will help define and build Agile strategies, and then work with all levels of the organization to affect positive, sustainable change. 

As a natural servant leader, this role will develop and support a learning organization model through mentorship and coaching, encouraging training and continuous improvement throughout. This role embodies and enables an agile culture, fosters Communities of Practice, provides community engagement opportunities, and offers career development guidance.

Experience in metric-driven delivery, and lean methodologies, will be required to build the best-in-class delivery assurance required at the enterprise level. As an arm of the overall governance function, this role is responsible for supporting and enabling the organization's portfolios, products, programs and structured work efforts. 

The Director Agile PMO , through collaboration with peers, will drive the execution of strategy. Supporting the implementation and management of productivity tools to measurably improve performance. As a leader within UMGC this role is not static and will integrate constantly changing dynamics into an evolving enterprise methodology and delivery practice. This role must combine strong delivery and lean process experience, and a proven track record of transforming large scale delivery through traditional methodologies, agile and beyond.

This role ensures that the work of the APMO adds value, is relevant to the strategy of the organization, and meets the goals set for the APMO by executive management. They will balance agility with the need for formal risk management approaches through formal processes, whilst applying empirical continuous improvement to meet the control needs of our business and global regulatory partners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the APMO team with two primary focus areas; Enterprise Performance, and Lean Governance

• Leads the identification and development of APMO roles, team configuration and recruitment appropriate to deliver the agreed-upon APMO goals and objectives

• Evolve and continually improve the interdependencies between business models and operating practices, integrating waterfall, iterative, and agile delivery models into one, cohesive delivery strategy to best meet the evolving business needs.

• Accountable for the consistency of UMGC's operating methodology and associated processes

• Engage the organization to ensure continual feedback and identify emerging methodology and alignment needs

• Assess enterprise or portfolio performance, using metrics and reporting. Supporting the organizations progression towards a value based operating model.

• Assures strategic alignment through prioritization, resource capacity management, key result tracking and program management to achieve strategic vision

• Tracks and communicates key organization metrics

• Escalates and tracks organization impediments, removing them where possible without causing detriment

• Ensure alignment to the cross-departmental roadmaps, create a collective plan to manage dependencies

• Ensure that the organization has right level of visibility to current and upcoming work

• Participate in Portfolio and Program Management process improvement

• Develops and leads the Agile Practice, putting in place the systems, processes and ways of working to sustain a high performing team, where skill development, increased agility, collaboration and improved ways of working are key to success.

• Collaborate with leadership team to create and maintain the right mind-set and culture to embed continuous improvement.

Skills:

• Program management skills and experience, plus significant knowledge of productivity tools with evidence of practical application

• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate the strategic vision, and inspire and motivate staff.

• A distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills.

• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources are often not in direct control of this role.

• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills.

• Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and how other enterprises are employing them to drive digital business, and how they may be applied to the enterprise to drive digital business.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain IT concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the PMO staff.

• A strong facilitator with experience engaging teams in a collaborative, distributed environment

• Listens and supports people in problem identification and decision-making, creating an environment of mutual influence

• Empathizes with others and encourages the personal development of teams

Education & Experience Requirements:

Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in IT with a demonstrated track record of delivering business value (experience in EdTech preferred)

• 5+ years of Agile or Product Leadership responsibilities 

• 5+ years of experience in leading diverse teams

• Experience with one or more agile or lean methodologies (Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Devops, SAFe)

Preferred Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

All submissions should include a cover letter and resume.

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMGC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Workplace Accommodations:

The University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC's Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at employee-accommodations@umgc.edu. 

Benefits Package Highlights:

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 15 paid holidays (16 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date.
• Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses.
• Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS).
• Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds.
• Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.

Hiring Range:

$196,000.00 - $206,000.00