Program Manager/Scrum Lead

Stretch

Stretch

Product, Operations
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Oct 18, 2025

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan, coordinate, and oversee product development projects from idea to delivery

  • Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming

  • Manage schedules, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure timely and high-quality releases

  • Serve as a bridge between founders, product leads, and distributed engineering teams to ensure alignment and clear communication

  • Help establish scalable development processes, tools, and documentation

  • Monitor team progress, identify blockers early, and drive resolutions

  • Track and report on progress, outcomes, and risks to leadership

Experience (Program)

  • Proven experience as a Program Manager, Scrum Master, or Technical Project Manager (startup experience is a plus)

  • Strong understanding of and practices, and the ability to adapt them to an early-stage environment

  • Experience working with offshore or distributed development teams

  • Excellent organizational, facilitation, and communication skills

  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating with ambiguity