Program analyst Jobs in Orange, CA

Agile Program Management

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering is required.
• Preferred: an MBA (or equivalent) from a top tier institution or equivalent business experience.
• 10+ Years of demonstrated experience in combined program and project management delivery.
• Hands on experience implementing enterprise level software applications in a fast paced environment with an ability to manage multiple functional areas simultaneously
• Experience leading large cross functional teams and driving consensus among colleagues; the ability to lead, motivate, influence, and drive results in a highly matrixed environment is essential.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and have led program team members.
• Relationship management experience within an enterprise globally, among executives, customers, and staff; as well as externally with vendors and business partners as required.
• Experience in evaluating a broad range of internal and external factors when solving problems and making decisions; prioritizes team efforts to support critical, business growth driven initiatives
• Complex problem resolution and ability to merge diverse technology agendas into a cohesive, integrated digital and eCommerce solution by influencing key technology resources.
• Ability to conduct and interpret qualitative and quantitative analysis and problem solving skills and show independent judgment and creative problem solving techniques in a highly complex environment.
• Establish relevant and comprehensive program performance related metrics that highlight, not only the overall health of the project
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to maintain alignment toward program milestones.
• Drive process improvement to increase team efficiency. Curate internal training content and process documentation to keep teams aligned on standard operating procedures, guardrails, and best practices.
• Handling aspects of technical projects for their organization, responsible for initiating programs, following their progress, and serving as support providers in case issues arise.
• Manage Portfolio and program with constant communication with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement.
• Track project performance across scope, schedule, budget, and benefits realization.
• Maintain the enterprise project portfolio dashboard and provide insights to leadership.
• Support portfolio planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Prince2/PMP Certification required
• Agile certification and understanding of SAFe methodologies required
• Superior communication skills, both written and oral.

• 5+ Years of experience with eCommerce/distribution domain
• Experience with Engineering and Implementing enterprise level software applications
• Experience with Agile Management Tools (i.e., Confluence, JIRA, VersionOne)
• Experience with leading global cross functional program teams
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
• Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics