The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven individual with a strong background in program management and expertise in Agile methodologies to lead and deliver complex projects across global teams. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving large-scale software projects and building long-term scalable solutions while adopting Agile principles to optimize the development process and enhance collaboration within cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Privacy, Security, and Senior leadership to execute, track, and deliver high-impact strategic programs in the Samsung Ads space.
• Build, grow, and maintain a sustainable scaled Agile delivery model.
• Work with the team to develop end-to-end program plans, influence teams to deliver against them, and keep the organization and leadership informed on progress.
• Drive engagement with internal partners, decompose requirements into plans with measurable milestones.
• Establish and maintain Agile ways of working governance model.
• Coach leaders, teams, and scrum masters in Agile practices and mindsets like program incremental planning, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Groom the team on iterative and program incremental approaches to delivering software projects that focus on continuous releases incorporating customer feedback.
• Produce program reports for stakeholders, identify and mitigate program risks early.
• Conduct scrum of scrums and steering committee meetings to bring alignment.
• Provide uniform stakeholder experience through consistent communication, program status transparency, resource requirements, priorities, risks, and issues.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in project/program management role managing software development with a minimum of 4 years of experience mentoring/coaching Agile practitioners.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and expertise in Agile concepts including Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework.
• Experience in facilitating organizational, mindset, and cultural change for large-scale Agile Transformations.
• Direct experience working with technology and tools used to support Agile practices - hands-on experience with JIRA, GitHub, and Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, managing software from ideation to release with global cross-functional teams.
• Engaging facilitator and presenter, capable of conducting workshops with large teams.
• Exceptional skills in leadership, time management, facilitation, and organization.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills, attention to detail with an ability to multitask.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in managing AdTech related programs is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the digital advertising, Mobile, and/or Smart TV space a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in shipping consumer and/or enterprise solutions.
• PMP and SAFe certification a plus.