What Is the Role?
- The Product & Technology Group (PTG) at Blackbaud is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking, people leader with experience in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). This role will champion the effective use of SAFe within our Agile Release Trains (ARTs) as they support the continuous delivery of large-scale, cloud-based software solutions, while also contributing to the leadership and development of our team within the Portfolio Management Office (PMO).

What You’ll Do - Program Management
- Oversee overall delivery for assigned projects/programs including intake, evaluation, prioritization, planning, execution, dependency management, risk management, release management, and stakeholder management.
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate the major events and ceremonies for your projects/program and coordinate with dependent ARTs, as needed.
- Partner Product Manager to ensure backlog priorities are adjudicated and that conflicts are resolved prior to and throughout execution so the team can limit WIP, drive quality, deliver on its commitments, and realize business value.




- Be a Senior-level Agile Coach guiding teams to consistently leverage agile values, principles, practices, and ceremonies.
- Foster a safe, collaborative workplace where teams can deliver commitments while feeling empowered to surface issues openly and honestly.
- Ensure clear communication and alignment between agile teams, Product Managers, Product Owners, System Engineers, Architects, Business Stakeholders, Partners, Suppliers, and other dependent teams (may include waterfall delivery teams and agile teams who do not live on the ART).
- Gather data from multiple sources, synthesize metrics, generate key insights, communicate project/program-level data within the train and across the business.

What You’ll Do - People Management Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, coach, and grow a team of agile PMO professionals.
- Oversee your team’s performance, manage conflicts, promote continuous le

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