Agile Program Delivery Director

Agile Program Delivery Director

Experienced Program Director with 10+ years in IT, specializing in Agile delivery across cross-functional teams. I lead strategic planning, manage complex dependencies, and drive continuous improvement using Lean methodologies. Known for pragmatic leadership, stakeholder alignment, and delivering high-impact digital solutions.

Roles/Responsibilities:
• Accountable for initiative level planning and alignment, data-based forecasting, reporting, and identifying and resolving program level risks, dependencies, impediments and blockers.
• Responsible for end-to-end delivery quality, managing the flow of work across several delivery squads, the impact of dependencies, and progress towards key deliveries within and across squads
• Enable continuous improvement and high-quality outcomes through the application of Agile methodologies, as well as analyzing and improving the squads by acting on metrics
• Support Principal Delivery Leads in the successful project delivery, collaborating with multiple teams.
• Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and client teams, aligning them to the delivery strategy and ensuring shared understanding of reporting and desired outcomes
• Influence Squads to adopt Lean/Agile practices and improve ways of working with pragmatism
• Become a trusted advisor the technical and product leads collaborating with them to deliver business and user value

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience 10+ years of IT experience
• Delivered a range of digital products to customers using Lean/Agile methodologies, including Kanban
• Led and supported multidisciplinary teams that have included designers, testers, developers and product managers
• Bring a history of championing Lean/Agile ways of working, adapting to delivery frameworks and recommending improvements without being dogmatic
• Managed and worked within budgets and time-pressured environments
• Used delivery data to forecast key deliverables and communicate a project’s status clearly with senior clients and stakeholders
• Proactively spotted risks to delivery and helped teams mitigate them
• Great facilitation, diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Ideally experience of the Atlassian toolset Jira and Confluence

**Candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future**

Location: Wilmington, Delaware

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until September 17th, 2025.

The annual salary for this position is between $113,459- $195,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.