• Job Description

  Req#: Req-028267

  Conagra Brands is on a journey to deliver a best-in-class Demand Forecasting and Analytics solution utilizing a continuous delivery model. Come help lead our Demand Sciences portfolio in a IT Delivery Manager Capacity! The Demand Sciences portfolio is accountable for building, shaping and maintaining products responsible for establishing automated, machine learning powered shipment and demand forecasts. Also, Demand Sciences will provide priority analytics for the Growth COE. This portfolio works with exciting cloud-based technologies like Databricks, Snowflake and other world class tools to provide solutions.

  Reporting to the Director of IT, the Delivery Manager is the conductor of the portfolio. You will be responsible for overall solution delivery. This means you would own all aspects of making our vision a reality; take Epics defined and making sure they are broken into appropriate features which can then be implemented by the delivery teams to deliver high quality products that bring value to Conagra. You will also be responsible for overall delivery health reporting, testing strategy and resolving major delivery blockers. You have demonstrated experience in delivering productive IT solutions, and you are able to communicate effectively with developers, business partners and leadership alike. You will also need to be comfortable and have experience driving through and interpreting ambiguity to provide a clearer picture that can be executed upon.

  You will:

  • Facilitate Program Increment (PI) preparation and planning. Including facilitation of decomposing epics to features and maintenance of product level kanban board and calendar

  • Manage dependencies across the portfolio, shared services and other platforms

  • Delivery and explanation of metrics against program increments and sprints

  • Produce status reports and portfolio level communications

  • Portfolio resource capacity management

  • Define testing plans and triage of defects

  • Accountable for cutover plan execution and release management

  • Accountable for transition of new products to support and operational excellence of products in portfolio

  • Liaison to support team for incident resolution/escalation

  You have:

  • Bachelor’s degree from accredited university preferred or 8 years experience in IT delivery. Technology-focused degree or demonstrated experience in field.

  • Experience delivering products the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

  • Experience working as a Delivery Manager leading teams.

  • Experience delivering custom developed solutions.

  • Demonstrated experience delivering IT products.

  • Data-driven background with experience with ETL tools, SQL, data modeling and application/data development.

  • Experience working with cross-functional information technology and business teams.

  • Relate technical concepts to leadership and business concepts to technical resources.

  • Experience working within JIRA / Confluence

  • Travel up to 10%

  • Work onsite in Chicago, IL or Omaha, NE 3 days per week in a hybrid model.

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  Our Benefits:

  We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: G reat pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

  Our Company:

  Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

  We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com .

  Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

• About the company

  Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera. We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

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