I/S Agile Project Manager I

Summary

Mutual of Omaha is seeking an IS Agile Project Manager I to support its Workplace Solutions Integration Agile Release Train. The role manages Agile delivery for one team, facilitates ceremonies, tracks progress, removes blockers, manages cross-team dependencies, and supports API and event-driven integration capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day Agile delivery for one team on the Workplace Solutions Integration ART, with the opportunity to take on a second team as the team grows
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and quarterly PI (Program Increment) planning events, and support in-person team-building sessions
• Track story and sprint progress throughout the day, proactively surfacing risks and delays that could impact timelines
• Identify and help remove blockers, working through cross-team dependencies with other teams on the Integration ART
• Facilitate deployment and change management conversations, ensuring the team is prepared for code releases
• Build a strong working relationship with the team's Product Owner and Solution Lead
• Ask informed, technically grounded questions during ceremonies to drive clarity on story and task status
• Leverage AI tools where applicable to support project management work as adoption grows across the organization

Skills

• 5+ years of Agile/Project Management experience
• Working understanding Spring Boot, AWS, and MuleSoft applications — enough to understand how systems connect and ask informed questions during ceremonies
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including SharePoint and Teams
• Strong facilitation, communication, and organizational skills, with a track record of driving accountability and removing blockers
• Proven ability to build relationships across both technical and business stakeholders — Product Owners, Solution Leads, developers, and business analysts
• Experience with SAFe or scaled Agile practices, including PI Planning
• Able to work remotely, with the ability to travel onsite for quarterly 2-day PI planning events and occasional team-building sessions
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment including OPT
• This role can be fully remote for the right candidate
• 5+ years (8+ preferred) of Agile/Project Management experience
• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or similar Agile/project management certification
• Located near the Mutual of Omaha office
• Prior experience supporting engineering teams focused on API and event-driven integrations

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 5+ years of Agile/Project Management experience
• Working understanding Spring Boot, AWS, and MuleSoft applications — enough to understand how systems connect and ask informed questions during ceremonies
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including SharePoint and Teams
• Strong facilitation, communication, and organizational skills, with a track record of driving accountability and removing blockers
• Proven ability to build relationships across both technical and business stakeholders — Product Owners, Solution Leads, developers, and business analysts
• Experience with SAFe or scaled Agile practices, including PI Planning
• Able to work remotely, with the ability to travel onsite for quarterly 2-day PI planning events and occasional team-building sessions
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment including OPT
• This role can be fully remote for the right candidate

Nice to Haves

• 5+ years (8+ preferred) of Agile/Project Management experience
• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or similar Agile/project management certification
• Located near the Mutual of Omaha office
• Prior experience supporting engineering teams focused on API and event-driven integrations

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match
• Vacation, personal time and paid holidays
• Primarily remote, with periodic onsite collaboration for quarterly 2-day PI (Program Increment) planning events, plus occasional 2-day team-building sessions.
• This role can be fully remote for the right candidate.