Agile Enablement & Governance Lead

ConAgra Fds Packaged Fds; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods seeks a senior Lean-Agile enablement leader to coach and guide IT leaders and teams in lean‑agile mindsets and practices. You will shape the lean‑agile vision, drive continuous improvement, and establish governance across major initiatives.

You will deliver executive reporting and dashboards to inform strategic decisions and enable timely actions. As a change agent, you will partner with leadership to strengthen stakeholder engagement, improve collaboration, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Agile coaching or delivery certification preferred.
• Six+ years in lean-agile delivery, program governance, or portfolio management.
• Experience synthesizing complex program data into executive dashboards and insights.
• Power BI experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coach IT leaders, managers, product teams, delivery teams, and business partners in lean-agile mindsets and practices.
• Define and advance lean-agile vision and improvement priorities aligned to goals.
• Establish governance for cross-functional programs with scope, milestones, risks, and reporting.
• Develop executive-level reporting and governance forums for visibility into health, milestones, dependencies, and actions.
• Guide portfolios, programs, and teams through planning, synchronization, review, and improvement activities.
• Identify barriers to lean-agile adoption and work with change management to improve engagement and adoption.
• Assess maturity and scale practices across portfolios and teams.
• Establish and maintain shared standards for applying SAFe principles across portfolios.

Skills

Lean-Agile delivery

Agile coaching

Executive reporting

Change leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Program governance

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Reporting to the Manager, Information Technology, you will serve as a senior individual contributor providing leadership and expertise in lean-agile enablement, coaching, continuous improvement, program governance, and executive reporting for major organizational initiatives. You will coach and guide leaders and teams to identify opportunities to improve behaviors, processes, collaboration, and delivery outcomes while establishing consistent governance practices across major programs. You will provide leaders with clear visibility into progress, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes. As a coach, change agent, and mentor, you will strengthen lean-agile capabilities, support Scaled Agile Framework-based practices, and help teams and leaders improve collaboration, predictability, accountability, and value delivery.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Coach and guide Information Technology leaders, managers, product teams, delivery teams, and business partners in lean-agile mindsets and practices, identifying opportunities to improve behaviors, processes, collaboration, flow, and value delivery.
• Help define, communicate, and advance the lean-agile vision and continuous improvement priorities, aligning opportunities with organizational goals and major initiative outcomes.
• Establish governance for major cross-functional programs, including clear scope, outcomes, milestones, dependencies, decision rights, risks, success measures, and integrated plans needed to manage and report delivery.
• Develop executive-level reporting and facilitate governance forums that provide visibility into program health, strategic alignment, milestones, dependencies, resource considerations, risks, decisions, and actions requiring leadership attention.
• Guide portfolios, programs, and delivery teams through planning, synchronization, review, and improvement activities, keeping discussions focused on strategic alignment, dependency management, measurable outcomes, and value delivery.
• Identify organizational and cultural barriers to lean-agile adoption and partner with change management to strengthen stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption of improved ways of working.
• Assess portfolio, program, and team maturity, identify systemic improvement opportunities, and use communities of practice, pilot programs, and knowledge sharing to test, measure, and scale practices that improve flow, predictability, quality, and value delivery.
• Establish and maintain shared standards for applying Scaled Agile Framework principles and practices across portfolios, programs, and delivery teams.
• Apply a working understanding of software development and modern delivery practices, including flow, DevOps, automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery, to help teams identify opportunities to improve delivery effectiveness and efficiency.
• Support effective Jira and Confluence governance by helping establish standards for hierarchy, workflows, data quality, reporting, and adoption, while partnering with system administrators and users on configuration and technical needs.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Agile coaching or delivery certification, such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or an equivalent credential, required. Advanced Scaled Agile Framework certification, such as SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), Release Train Engineer (RTE), Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), or an equivalent credential, strongly preferred.
• Six or more years of experience in lean-agile delivery, program or product management, program governance, or portfolio management, including responsibility for major cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization. Consumer Packaged Goods experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience synthesizing complex program information into executive-level reporting, dashboards, data visualizations, and actionable insights and guiding senior leaders toward timely decisions. Experience leveraging analytics and AI-enabled tools to identify trends, inform decisions, and improve processes required; Power BI experience strongly preferred.
• Exceptional leadership, facilitation, organization, change leadership, and communication skills, with demonstrated experience coaching and influencing Information Technology leaders at the manager, director, and senior leadership levels, navigating competing priorities, resolving conflict, identifying organizational barriers, and building stakeholder commitment.
• Demonstrated experience applying lean-agile principles, systems thinking, flow-based delivery, outcome-based planning, and scaling frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework, including facilitation of portfolio-, program-, and team-level planning, synchronization, review, and improvement activities.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, and guiding leaders, managers, and delivery teams in lean-agile mindsets and pract