Program Manager

Aditi Consulting; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditi Consulting is seeking a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master to support eCommerce delivery across the Dealer ERP transformation. You will facilitate Agile ceremonies, refine backlog, decompose work in Azure DevOps, and coordinate across multiple teams to improve predictability and transparency of milestones and risks.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional collaboration with product, engineering, and vendor teams, while driving adherence to Agile practices and release planning activities

Qualifications

• 8 years PM/Scrum Master experience; or 5 years with a degree
• Experience focusing on eCommerce
• Azure DevOps expertise including backlog management, sprint planning, tracking, dashboards
• Strong Agile/Scrum knowledge; SAFe experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives
• Coach teams on Agile principles and continuous improvement
• Decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps with Product Managers/Owners
• Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are defined
• Remove blockers and mitigate risks
• Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies
• Support PI Planning, sprint planning, and release planning
• Track milestones, delivery commitments, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Coordinate release readiness and deployment planning across teams
• Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards and reporting
• Communicate delivery status to stakeholders and leadership
• Foster collaboration across business, product, engineering and vendor teams
• Drive adherence to Agile standards and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Azure DevOps

SAFe experience

Agile and Scrum

Ecommerce domain

Stakeholder communications

Facilitation

Teams collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

MS 365

Job description

Payrate: $62.00 - $63.00/hr.

Summary

This role focuses on eCommerce and serves as a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master. The individual will support delivery teams across the Dealer ERP transformation program by facilitating Agile ceremonies, driving work decomposition, backlog refinement, and prioritization in Azure DevOps. They will manage dependencies and milestones, coordinate stakeholder communications, and help ensure delivery commitments are met. This role is critical to maintaining alignment across teams, improving delivery predictability, and providing transparency into program progress, risks, and outcomes. The candidate will enable delivery across complex, enterprise-scale workstreams, including release planning, readiness, coordination, and execution activities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams to decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps.
• Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are clearly defined and understood.
• Remove impediments, resolve blockers, and lift risk and issues as needed.
• Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability.
• Facilitate cross-team dependency identification, management, and resolution.
• Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities.
• Manage and track project milestones, delivery commitments, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate release readiness activities, deployment planning, and execution support across teams.
• Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards, metrics, and reporting.
• Prepare and communicate delivery status, milestones, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across business, product, engineering, and vendor teams.
• Drive adherence to Agile standards, delivery best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Payrate: $62.00 - $63.00/hr.

Summary

This role focuses on eCommerce and serves as a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master. The individual will support delivery teams across the Dealer ERP transformation program by facilitating Agile ceremonies, driving work decomposition, backlog refinement, and prioritization in Azure DevOps. They will manage dependencies and milestones, coordinate stakeholder communications, and help ensure delivery commitments are met. This role is critical to maintaining alignment across teams, improving delivery predictability, and providing transparency into program progress, risks, and outcomes. The candidate will enable delivery across complex, enterprise-scale workstreams, including release planning, readiness, coordination, and execution activities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams to decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps.
• Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are clearly defined and understood.
• Remove impediments, resolve blockers, and lift risk and issues as needed.
• Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability.
• Facilitate cross-team dependency identification, management, and resolution.
• Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities.
• Manage and track project milestones, delivery commitments, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate release readiness activities, deployment planning, and execution support across teams.
• Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards, metrics, and reporting.
• Prepare and communicate delivery status, milestones, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across business, product, engineering, and vendor teams.
• Drive adherence to Agile standards, delivery best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• No degree required with 8 years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master, or a degree preferred with 5 years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master.
• Experience focusing on eCommerce.
• Azure DevOps expertise, including backlog management, work item decomposition, sprint planning, tracking, dashboards, and reporting.
• Strong Agile and Scrum knowledge with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams. SAFe experience is a plus.
• Project and program management experience, including milestone tracking, dependency management, RAID management, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and managing delivery against commitments.
• Technical understanding of the software product development lifecycle and digital product delivery practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft collaboration tools, including Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365.
• Miro experience is nice to have.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong facilitation and meeting leadership skills.
• Relationship building and stakeholder management.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Servant leadership mindset.
• Conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Organizational and prioritization skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving.
• Ability to build alignment and gain buy-in.
• Results-oriented and outcome-driven.

Pay Transparency

The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is:$62.00 - $63.00/hr.Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.