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Senior Manager, Agile Operations and Portfolio
Job in
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, 33481, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
YDU JC Air Cond & Ref Inc.- Dubai
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Business Systems/ Tech Analyst, IT Project Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Role Purpose
Enable scalable, predictable, and value-driven execution of the product model by:
- Improving portfolio visibility across all products, programs, and work streams
- Enhancing delivery predictability and flow efficiency across Agile teams
- Strengthening alignment between strategy, funding, and execution
- Establishing consistent ways of working, governance, and reporting standards
- Integrating delivery performance with financial management
Agile Operations & Delivery Governance
- Establish and enforce standard Agile ways of working across product teams (Scrum, Kanban, scaled practices)
- Drive consistency in: sprint execution and cadence, backlog health and prioritization discipline, lifecycle management (idea → delivery → value realization)
- Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and Scrum Masters to remove systemic delivery impediments, improve team throughput and stability, standardize intake and execution processes
Portfolio Visibility & Flow Management
- Own end-to-end portfolio transparency, including demand intake (above/below the line work) and work‑in‑progress (WIP) tracking
- Capacity allocation across teams
- Implement and manage flow‑based metrics, including throughput, cycle time / lead time, WIP limits and bottleneck identification
- Provide leadership with real‑time views of portfolio health, risks, and dependencies
Financial & Investment Governance
- Align delivery execution with financial planning and budget oversight
- Partner with Finance and Product leadership to track actuals vs. plan across the portfolio, provide visibility into cost‑to‑deliver by product / initiative, support capacity planning tied to investment decisions, enable more effective trade‑off decisions (value vs. cost vs. capacity)
Portfolio Planning & Prioritization
- Facilitate structured portfolio intake and prioritization processes
- Support quarterly planning and ongoing backlog prioritization by aligning work to strategic outcomes and OKRs and ensuring capacity is allocated to highest‑value initiatives
- Drive clear segmentation of work: strategic initiatives (above the line) and BAU / operational / tech debt work (below the line)
Reporting, Metrics & Insights
- Define and operationalize a standard set of portfolio KPIs and dashboards, including delivery predictability (planned vs. actual), velocity and throughput trends, flow efficiency and bottlenecks, cost and budget performance
- Build executive‑level reporting to support data‑driven decision‑making
- Establish a single source of truth leveraging tools such as Jira and financial systems
Organizational Alignment & Continuous Improvement
- Act as a change leader in advancing Agile maturity across the organization
- Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery performance
- Partner with leadership to clarify roles and accountabilities, eliminate duplication and inefficiencies, strengthen alignment between business and IT
- Improved portfolio predictability (reduced delivery variance)
- Increased visibility of demand, capacity, and execution status
- Strong alignment between strategy, funding, and delivered value
- Measurable improvement in Agile maturity and flow efficiency
- Reduced organizational complexity and duplication of roles
Experience 8–12+ years of experience in:
- Agile delivery leadership
- Portfolio / program management
- IT product‑based operating models
- Operating in scaled Agile environments with multiple teams/products
- Proven track record of improving delivery performance and operational governance
- Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe concepts)
- Flow‑based delivery and metrics
- Portfolio and financial management practices
- Ability to translate strategy into execution frameworks and operating rhythms
- Advanced experience with Jira (or equivalent) for portfolio visibility and reporting
- Strong analytical and data‑driven decision‑making capabilities
- Drives clarity, accountability, and execution discipline
- Operates effectively at both strategic and operational levels
- Enables cross‑functional alignment across Product, Engineering, and Finance
- Acts as a change…
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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