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Program Manager III

Apex Systems
Maryland Heights, MO Contractor
POSTED ON 5/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/28/2026
Job#: 3035596

Job Description:

Senior Product Owner – Delivery & Release Focused

Location: Maryland Heights, Missouri - 4 days onsite

Role Overview

The Delivery Manager owns end-to-end delivery for the assigned domain. This role is the single point of accountability for release scope, quality, and on-time delivery across multiple scrum teams. The Delivery Manager will work across Product, Engineering, QA, Program Management, and Business stakeholders to translate portfolio priorities into executed releases. This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the Delivery Assurance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own release accountability, including scope, schedule, and quality for all assigned domain releases, with final consent on UAT and Production deployments.
  • Drive backlog and prioritization decisions in partnership with Program Managers, Dev Leads, and Business stakeholders, and resolve trade-offs.
  • Manage stakeholder communication, including pre- and post-deployment communications, status reporting, escalations, and exception requests up to senior leadership.
  • Ensure compliance with release governance standards, including required documentation and processes.
  • Identify cross-domain dependencies, surface risks, and drive mitigation across assigned and partner domains.
  • Use delivery metrics such as cycle time and defect trends to drive continuous process improvements with Scrum Masters and Engineering.
  • Lead release planning, Go/No-Go reviews, and Monthly Roadmap Reviews for the assigned domain.
  • Partner with Scrum Masters on team-level execution and release readiness.
  • Validate business intent on requirements and confirm release alignment with portfolio goals.
  • Coach teams on delivery practices and standards compliance.

Required Qualifications

  • 5 years in delivery management, release management, or technical product ownership in enterprise software.
  • Demonstrated accountability for multi-team release delivery in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments.
  • Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum and SAFe, with comfort operating in hybrid delivery models.
  • Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and release/CI tooling.
  • Track record of stakeholder management at the director level and above.
  • Strong written communication skills.
  • Product Owner Cert.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in order management, e-commerce, fraud, or back-office systems.
  • Background spanning both Scrum Master and Product Owner or Release Manager roles.
  • Familiarity with delivery metrics programs like SLA dashboards, defect trend analysis, and capacity modeling.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.

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