Program Manager Sr (FELT Agility Enablement Lead)

Labor Category / Position Title Sr. Program Manager (FELT Agility Enablement Leader)
Special Skillset (required) The FELT Agility Enablement Lead is a member of the Fleet Ecosystem Leadership Team (FELT) a strategy and oversight layer that sits above the Fleet portfolios and ensures a single Fleet vision is consistently translated into execution across the organization.
This role serves as the primary coach facilitator and steward of the FELT operating model. Working as a member of a cross-functional leadership team that includes Product Architecture Organizational Change Management (OCM) Operations Technology Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Operations and other key stakeholders the FELT Agility Enablement Lead drives alignment coordination and continuous improvement across the Fleet ecosystem.
The role enables effective leadership collaboration establishes and manages organizational cadence and flow facilitates strategic planning and prioritization activities and helps ensure work is coordinated across portfolios. The Agility Enablement Lead is responsible for strengthening organizational effectiveness and evolving the operating model to support delivery of Fleet strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Operating Model Leadership
Serve as the facilitator and steward of the Fleet operating model.
Drive adoption consistency and continuous evolution of Fleet ways of working.
Identify opportunities to improve coordination decision-making planning and execution across portfolios.
Ensure operating model practices remain aligned to Fleet strategic objectives and organizational needs.

Leadership Team Facilitation
Facilitate collaboration within the Fleet Ecosystem Leadership Team.
Create alignment among Product Architecture OCM Operations Technology SRE Operations and other leadership functions serving on the FELT.
Enable productive discussion decision-making and resolution of cross-functional challenges.
Foster shared accountability for execution of Fleet strategic priorities.
Strategy-to-Execution Alignment
Support translation of Fleet strategy vision priorities and outcomes into coordinated portfolio execution.
Facilitate prioritization and alignment discussions that ensure strategic work is appropriately distributed across portfolios.
Maintain visibility into portfolio interdependencies and strategic outcomes.
Help leadership identify gaps overlaps and opportunities for greater alignment.

Portfolio Coordination and Flow
Establish and manage leadership cadences that support planning execution alignment and inspection of progress.
Facilitate cross-portfolio synchronization and dependency management activities.
Monitor organizational flow and identify systemic bottlenecks that impact execution.
Promote transparency into priorities capacity constraints risks and strategic commitments.

Special Skillset (required)

Continuous Improvement and Organizational Coaching
Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the Fleet ecosystem.
Facilitate retrospectives health assessments operating model reviews and improvement workshops.
Coach leaders and teams on collaborative planning alignment flow and effective execution practices.
Use organizational performance insights to drive measurable improvements in effectiveness and delivery.

Governance and Organizational Health
Facilitate governance forums and leadership reviews.
Establish and maintain measures that assess organizational health operating model effectiveness and execution performance.
Provide leadership visibility into systemic risks impediments and improvement opportunities.
Drive accountability for improvement actions and operating model evolution.

Other Skills:
Active SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC) Certification & Training Enablements
8 or more years experience coaching complex enterprises through modernization
Minimum of 6 years of experience working in engineering IT or a related field
Experience transitioning waterfall Project Management Lifecyle to Agile Product
Delivery in complex highly regulated environment
Experience with JiraAlign Jira Software Confluence AgilityInsights
Proven ability to think strategically and to communicate strategy to large organization
Substantial experience with Waterfall Scrum Agile Kanban SAFe XP
DevSecOps
Strong communication presentation and facilitation skills
Active engagement in external value management agile and product communities with a network of professional contacts outside of the organization
Quarterly Travel for PI Planning events along the Northeast corridor
Must be able to operate in a virtual environment with camera on

***Lumen and / or its clients will not provide equipment (Laptop monitor etc.) to the selected contractor. The contractor must have their own equipment. Access to a virtual desktop set up (software) will be provided by Lumens client allowing the user access to the required systems and technology.***

Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.

Required Experience:

Senior IC