Program Manager/Delivery Lead | Onsite

Photon
Wilmington, NJ
Job Description
Serve as the named Delivery Lead — responsible for day-to-day delivery management, staffing alignment, sprint execution, and issue identification across the AI pod.

Requirements

  • Own pod-level impediment removal and stakeholder coordination onsite in Newark/Wilmington — chasing access provisioning, unblocking SLM dependencies, and escalating to engagement leads when needed.
  • Operate as the Photon-side counterpart to be on a tactical squad execution, while Derek leads enterprise-wide ways-of-working transformation under a separate, planned workstream.
  • Own pod-level flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, blocked items) and feed squad-level data into the broader transformation metrics framework — addressing the inspect-and-improve loop
  • Drive the team's progression from 2-week → 1-week → 2-day sprint cadence per pitched AI-infused agile model.
  • Run the SOW-mandated operating cadence: weekly delivery status reporting (progress, risks, dependencies, milestones) and monthly governance reviews on delivery health, staffing, and financial burn.
  • Coordinate change control — any material change to scope, staffing, or rates routed through written change request.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Variable pay/incentives
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
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