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Lead meetings, including daily stand-ups, weekly tactical syncs, monthly Program Management Reviews, and quarterly PI Planning/Technical Interchange Meetings. * Leadership and Team Management.

Run efficient operating cadences withinSAFe, including PI planning. * Unblock the team by addressing root causes rather than symptoms * Ensure delivery results do not come at the expense of long-term ...

Run efficient operating cadences within SAFe, including PI planning. * Unblock the team by addressing root causes rather than symptoms * Ensure delivery results do not come at the expense of ...

Run efficient operating cadences withinSAFe, including PI planning. * Unblock the team by addressing root causes rather than symptoms * Ensure delivery results do not come at the expense of long-term ...

Run efficient operating cadences withinSAFe, including PI planning. * Unblock the team by addressing root causes rather than symptoms * Ensure delivery results do not come at the expense of long-term ...

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Pi Planning information

What is PI Planning?

PI Planning, or Program Increment Planning, is a key event in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) where all Agile teams within an Agile Release Train (ART) come together to align on the vision, plan the upcoming increment, and establish team and program objectives. It typically occurs every 8-12 weeks and lasts for two days. The event fosters collaboration, helps identify dependencies and risks, and ensures that everyone is aligned on priorities and deliverables for the next increment.

What are some common challenges encountered during PI Planning sessions, and how can they be addressed?

During PI Planning sessions, teams often face challenges such as misalignment on objectives, difficulty in estimating work, and managing dependencies between teams. These can be addressed by encouraging open communication, using facilitation techniques to keep sessions structured, and leveraging tools like dependency boards or digital collaboration platforms. Additionally, ensuring all stakeholders are prepared and present helps streamline decision-making and fosters a collaborative environment, leading to more achievable and aligned plans.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a PI Planning facilitator, and why are they important?

To thrive as a PI Planning Facilitator, you need a solid understanding of Agile methodologies, SAFe framework principles, and strong organizational skills, often supported by SAFe certification. Familiarity with collaboration tools like Jira, Confluence, and virtual whiteboards (e.g., Miro) is typically required. Exceptional communication, conflict resolution, and leadership skills help facilitate effective team alignment and engagement. These abilities are crucial for ensuring productive planning sessions, clear goal-setting, and successful delivery of program increments.

What is the difference between Pi Planning vs Scrum Master?

AspectPi PlanningScrum Master
Primary RoleFacilitates Program Increment planning sessions for Agile Release TrainsFacilitates Scrum teams, removes impediments, coaches Agile practices
FocusAligns multiple teams on objectives for a Program IncrementSupports individual Scrum teams and their processes
Work EnvironmentLarge-scale Agile environments, SAFe frameworkScrum teams, Agile coaching, project management
Required SkillsAgile frameworks, facilitation, coordinationAgile methodologies, coaching, communication

Pi Planning is a large-scale event focused on aligning multiple Agile teams within a Program Increment, typically in SAFe environments. Scrum Masters support individual Scrum teams, ensuring Agile practices are followed and impediments are removed. While both roles promote Agile principles, Pi Planning involves strategic coordination across teams, whereas Scrum Masters focus on team-level facilitation and coaching.

What do you do in Pi Planning?

In Pi Planning, a role involved in Agile or SAFe frameworks participates in a collaborative event to plan and align work for a Program Increment, typically lasting 8-12 weeks. The process involves setting objectives, identifying dependencies, and creating a shared team roadmap, often using tools like Jira or Rally. Effective communication, coordination, and understanding of Agile principles are essential for successful Pi Planning sessions.

Who should run Pi Planning?

The Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer typically facilitates Pi Planning, ensuring team alignment and coordination. Product Owners prepare the program backlog, and key stakeholders participate to provide input and clarify priorities during the event.

What are popular job titles related to Pi Planning jobs in Ohio?

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Director, Product Portfolio & Agile Delivery

RXinsider LTD.

Columbus, OH โ€ข On-site

$146 - $244/hr

Other

Posted 5 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Leads and develops a team of product owners, project managers, business analysts, and other RTEs across the specialty portfolio.

  • Serves as the Release Train Engineer, leading all SAFe ceremonies and driving work to completion within the agile release train.

  • Tracks key metrics, manages dependencies and impediments, and communicates strategic initiatives and performance to stakeholders.


Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

About The Team

CoverMyMeds' Specialty Access & Affordability (SA&A) Product team is looking for a Director, Specialty Product Portfolio to lead product portfolio execution and serve as the Release Train Engineer, operating within our scaled Agile delivery model. This role connects strategy to delivery, overseeing the teams delivering medical prior authorization (MedPA), benefits verification, enrollment, affordability, and biopharma-sponsored services, while driving the operational rhythm, cross-functional alignment, and continuous improvement that enable specialty products to deliver at scale.

What You'll Do

As a Director, Specialty Product Portfolio, your daily responsibilities will shift with business needs, but here's a snapshot of what that looks like:

  • Leads and develops a team of product owners, project managers, business analysts and other RTEs across the specialty portfolio, setting priorities, coaching for growth, and ensuring consistent practice across the teams
  • Collaborates with engineering, product, sales, operations, corporate strategy, legal, and other stakeholders to evaluate the specialty portfolio against current and future market needs, identifies gaps, and drives recommendations on investment, divestment, and resource allocation across the portfolio
  • Establishes repeatable product practices across the value stream, including backlog readiness, value proposition development, goโ€‘toโ€‘market coordination, and crossโ€‘portfolio collaboration with teams across CoverMyMeds
  • Serves as the Release Train Engineer and chief facilitator for one agile release train, leading all SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt, to drive work to completion, capture lessons learned and optimize ways of work across the train
  • Enables business value scoring and prioritization, coordinates dependencies across Engineering, Product, UX, Data, and Operations, sets direction on interrupt work capacity, and leads OKR alignment and adoption
  • Tracks key metrics and leverages AIโ€‘enabled dashboards to surface risks, improve delivery predictability, and sustain portfolio health, establishing governance to monitor systemic gaps and corrective actions; manages crossโ€‘team impediments and escalates issues that cannot be resolved at the value stream level
  • Defines and owns the specialty incident management response, customer followโ€‘up, contractual commitments, and audit records
  • Tracks and communicates strategic initiatives across the specialty portfolio, including capability development, modernization, pricing model changes, and automation. Leads executive reporting on key metrics, including financial tracking, forecasting, progress against goals, and risk detail through executive readouts and updates.
  • Owns and strengthens relationships with crossโ€‘functional stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Operations, Commercial, Support, Legal, and Strategy to ensure the portfolio is operationally sound, commercially aligned, and effectively supported across the business.
Skills Youโ€™ll Need
  • Degree or equivalent experience, with 12+ years of professional experience, including 4+ years in a managerial role and 8+ years leading product managers or a product portfolio
  • Experience serving as or working closely with a Release Train Engineer in a SAFe environment; SAFe RTE, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to stack rank competing priorities across a complex portfolio, drive crossโ€‘functional alignment, and lead teams through platform modernization or largeโ€‘scale technology transformation
  • Strong facilitation, coaching, and systems thinking skills; comfortable making decisions in times of ambiguity with input from engineering, product, operations, and commercial stakeholders
  • Product, project, and portfolio management
  • Financial acumen, including budget planning and complex financial analysis
  • Strategy and change management
Preferred Skills
  • Effective communication skills across all levels, from executives to individual team members
  • Experience with goโ€‘toโ€‘market planning, commercialization processes, and P&L or financial management
  • Familiarity with Jira, OKR frameworks, and AIโ€‘enabled analytics tools; use of AI technologies in product development
  • Healthcare and healthcare technology experience in Access, Provider, and/or Payer industry segments
  • Experience in specialty pharmacy, hematology/oncology, or complex/specialty drug access workflows

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or longโ€‘term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$146,300 - $243,800

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKessonโ€™s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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