MILLENNIUM TRUST COMPANY is a rapidly-growing, leading financial services company offering specialized retirement and institutional services. Whether clients are managing corporate retirement assets, running a business or wanting choice beyond traditional asset options, we provide flexible and digital solutions to support our clients’ success. Ultimately, we aim to educate and increase access to investments to help our clients on their journey to retirement readiness, but do not provide investment advice.

Millennium Trust has experienced year-to-year double digit growth and prides itself on its strong, progressive culture. We have been recognized for our tremendous growth on lists, such as Crain’s Fast 50 and Inc. 5000, and have also been recognized for our positive workplace culture on the 2019 Best Places to Work in Illinois list, as well as the 2019 Model Workplace Award and 2018 Champion for Young Professionals Award from the Greater Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce. Millennium Trust employees live out the values of Do Right, Excel, Collaborate, Innovate and Celebrate and deliver the brand promise of going “Above and Beyond,” so each client experiences the highest level of service.

We are always looking to expand our growing team with dynamic and enthusiastic individuals. If you enjoy a collaborative, fun environment that encourages career development, Millennium Trust is the place for you!

POSITION SUMMARY:
As a member of the product organization, the Agile Program Manager will lead and drive Agile/Scrum frameworks that result in quality product delivery and realization of defined product roadmaps. This role will collaborate across cross-functional teams of product owners, technology architects and engineers, and product designers to execute and deliver product solutions leveraging rapid and iterative agile frameworks. This role will be a direct interface to many senior- and executive-level business and technical partners and must develop strong working relationships with all resources to ensure successful delivery, continuous improvement, and overall adoption of Agile methodology within the firm.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Be a champion for continuous improvement and further maturation of the firm’s Agile transformation and maintain the firm’s product development agility
• Facilitate Big Room Planning with product managers and senior leadership to take strategic initiatives to market
• Define, track, monitor, and report on team metrics, realized value versus budget, and overall status for technology portfolios
• Assume overall delivery responsibility for the product portfolio of projects
• Promote dynamic resource allocation and manage program dependencies and risks to ensure successful product releases
• Develop and maintain a repeatable process for the team to leverage across initiatives
• Ensure Scrum Team actions are aligned with defined strategic initiatives, vision, and goals of the firm
• Mentor and develop Scrum Masters while coaching team members on how to lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies
• Foster an environment of Scrum Team self-organization, empowerment, and accountability to improve team delivery
• Manage and direct internal, consultant, and vendor resources throughout various stages of delivery
• Other duties as assigned

TEAM LEADERSHIP:

• Integrity: Instills trust and honesty in our daily interactions with our peers, clients and partners while modeling high standards of ethics and our values
• Nimble: Demonstrates agility, open- mindedness, and awareness in various workplace scenarios
• Strategic Mindset: Understands and communicates the higher level strategic vision and how it relates to our daily functions within the company
• People-Centric: Focuses on making employees and partners feel valued and empowered; to grow our business we must grow our people
• Initiative: Takes full ownership of initiatives and follow through; proactive and persistent in pursuing goals; having an owner’s mindset
• Respect: Creates an inclusive culture that appreciates and leverages other's strengths while treating people with dignity, consideration, and fairness
• Effective Communication: Helps foster a good working relationship between a leader and their employees, improving morale and efficiency

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, or related field
• Certifications: Certified Scrum Master, Project Management Professional or similar

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• 10+ years of experience in Program & Project Management, Agile Coaching, or related fields
• 3-5 years of demonstrated agile transformation experience
• Demonstrated Agile background and proven experience implementing Agile methodologies
• Advanced working knowledge of Jira, Azure DevOps with emphasis on Agile ceremonies
• Experience in delivering Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous delivery (CD), Test Driven Development (TDD) for Cloud based/SAAS applications
• Self-motivated leader with experience managing complex cross-functional projects
• Excellent analytical and communication skills

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