Delivery Manager

At Medifast, our team members are relentless in our mission of driving Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a Time®. When you join Medifast, you become part of a dynamic, fast-growing community of highly motivated, like-hearted people who share a passion for promoting health & wellbeing. Just as OPTAVIA Coaches inspire Clients to reach their personal wellbeing goals, at Medifast, we inspire each other to bring our best to work each day to further our shared mission. If you want to build a rewarding career that makes lives better on a daily basis, Medifast may be the perfect place for you.

Overview Of Position

• We are looking for a highly organized individual, with a good technical understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications & Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) applications; has strong experience in leading teams on internal/external facing products & projects; & working closely with business stakeholders, cross-functional, & technical team members to get things done. Ideal candidate will have experience working with ERP & HR teams along with outside vendors & other project managers for boundary systems. This role will ensure agile best practices are utilized relating to planning, execution, & resource management while achieving specific project goals & outcomes within the triple constraint (cost, time, & quality). As a member of Delivery Management team, this role will also share the responsibilities for developing, maintaining, & improving agile project management methods, templates, & tools. Ensures that agile ways of working are understood & followed both inside & outside of the team.
• Works closely with Technical & Functional Managers to ensure product backlog is prioritized according to our business needs. Then, supports technical team/leads to deliver successful projects to our organization. Leads agile team and backlog for successful delivery; as well as the occasional waterfall project
• Responsible for change management, dependency management, project budgeting, & release communication for ongoing project releases
• Removes roadblocks directly, or via escalations
• Acquires resources & coordinates the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan
• Leads a globally distributed team through agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog refinement sessions, sprint planning sessions, sprint commit sessions, & sprint retrospective sessions
• Perform risk management & measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, metrics, & techniques
• Acts as a coach to increase the learning, productivity, & satisfaction of the team, ensuring team wellbeing is not compromised. Conflict resolution for team.

Knowledge, Education, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in IT, or related
• Proven experience establishing strong working relationships with a wide range of team members and clients
• Knowledge about software collaboration & time management tools – Microsoft project, Smartsheet etc.
• Excellent communicator with experience presenting project updates to technical & non-technical audience
• Advanced time management & analytical skills
• Experience working with Oracle Cloud ERP or similar system
• Experience working with UKG HRIS or similar system
• Expertise in cross-functional project management methods and techniques
• Proven experience working in an agile environment
• Strong experience with agile project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Asana

We Lead By…
Mastering Relationships: We build trust, promote collaboration and we are reliable.
Being innovative: We strive to improve things in our areas of influence; test, refine and expand within the business strategy; and reach beyond real and perceived boundaries.
Simplifying: We are committed to making things measurable, repeatable and scalable; focusing on outcomes not activities; and eliminating complexity to increase focus.
Anticipating: We predict long-term business and organizational needs; challenge assumptions; and expect and prepare for the unexpected.

More About Medifast
Medifast (NYSE: MED) is the global company behind one of the fastest-growing health and wellness communities, OPTAVIA®, which offers scientifically developed products, clinically proven plans and the support of Coaches and a Community to help Clients achieve Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a Time®. Based on more than 40 years of experience, Medifast has redefined direct selling by combining the best aspects of the model. Its community of independent OPTAVIA Coaches has impacted 2 million lives and teaches Clients how to develop holistic healthy habits through the proprietary Habits of Health® Transformational System. Medifast is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and ranked second on FORTUNE's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2020. The company was also named to Forbes' 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America list in 2017. For more information, visit MedifastInc.com or OPTAVIA.com and follow @Medifast on Twitter.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Medifast.

Experience

• 2 year(s): Experience working with UKG HRIS
• 5 year(s): Proven experience establishing strong working relationships with a wide range of team members and clients Knowledge about software collaboration and time management tools – Microsoft project, Smartsheet etc. Excellent communicator with experience presenting project updates to technical and non-technical audience Advanced time management and analytical skills.
• 2 year(s): Experience working with Oracle Cloud ERP
• 5 year(s): Expertise in cross-functional agile project management methods and techniques Proven experience working in agile environement. Strong experience with agile project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Asana Agile project management experience

Education

• Bachelors or better in Information Technology or related field

Skills

• Project Management

• HR Information Systems
• Budgeting

Behaviors

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

Motivations

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks