Senior Technical Program Manager – Agile, SAFe & DevOps

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager / Technical Scrum Master with strong experience leading complex technology programs across multiple engineering teams in large-scale Agile environments.

Key Requirements

• Strong Technical Program/Project Management experience

• Hands-on Scrum Master experience

• Strong Agile, Scrum & Kanban delivery background

• Experience with SAFe or Scrum@Scale

• Strong Jira experience for program execution and delivery tracking

• Sprint planning, backlog/work organization, dependency management, and impediment removal

• Experience managing end-to-end engineering delivery across multiple teams

• Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication

• Ability to manage risks, dependencies, constraints, escalations, and delivery timelines

• Strong understanding of software engineering and SDLC

• Experience driving continuous improvement using metrics/data

• Ability to work independently and lead cross-functional technical initiatives

Highly Preferred

• Cloud-native services and large-scale distributed platforms

• CI/CD & DevOps

• Microservices / APIs

• IaaS / PaaS

• Payments / FinTech / Financial Services domain

• Agentic AI exposure

• Experience working closely with architects and engineering teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technology programs from inception through completion

• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans

• Coordinate dependencies across engineering and integration teams

• Lead Agile ceremonies and facilitate effective decision-making

• Track delivery metrics, risks, milestones, and overall program health

• Provide clear status reporting to technical and business stakeholders

• Remove impediments and escalate critical delivery obstacles

• Coach teams on self-organization and cross-functional collaboration

• Drive process optimization and measurable continuous improvement

• Location: Peoria, IL

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid

• Candidate Requirement: Local candidates only

• Work Authorization: US Citizens and Green Card holders