Technical Program Manager

Global Financial Firm located in Tampa, FL has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Technical Program Manager

Work Mode: Hybrid 

Pay rate range: $ 91.00 - $ 96.00 Negotiable based upon years of experience

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary leader, coach, and facilitator for the Agile Release Train (ART).
• Establish and communicate annual Program Increment (PI) calendars and planning schedules.
• Partner with the Agile Center of Excellence to ensure Agile standards, best practices, and governance are consistently applied.
• Facilitate ART-level ceremonies and events, including Pre-PI Planning, PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums (SoS), Product Owner Syncs, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt Workshops.
• Consolidate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them to drive transparency and alignment.
• Own and oversee execution of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives delivered through the ART.
• Manage ART-level risks, dependencies, impediments, and escalations.
• Utilize JIRA dashboards, program boards, and reporting tools to provide visibility into delivery progress and health.
• Drive relentless improvement through Agile maturity assessments and actionable improvement plans.
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using value stream management principles.
• Manage Program Tracking System (PTS) updates and financial governance for ART-related initiatives.
• Proactively identify, assess, manage, and escalate delivery and operational risks.

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in technology delivery, program management, Agile leadership, or software engineering environments.
• Proven experience leading large-scale Agile programs, Agile Release Trains, or complex technology portfolios.
• Strong expertise in Agile, Scrum, Lean, and SAFe frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating PI Planning and ART-level events.
• Strong understanding of dependency management, delivery governance, and value stream management.
• Experience managing executive-level reporting, delivery metrics, and stakeholder communications.
• Advanced proficiency with JIRA and Agile reporting tools.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational capabilities.
• Experience working within large, complex, global organizations.

Preferred Skills:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMP, or equivalent certification.
• Experience in Financial Services, Investor Services, Securities Services, Custody, Fund Services, or Transfer Agency technology environments.
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams and stakeholders.