Federal Agile Delivery Lead

RIVA Solutions, Inc.; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RIVA Solutions, Inc. in Rockville, MD, seeks an Agile Project Manager to lead digital modernization initiatives for federal agencies.

You will coordinate Scrum and Kanban teams, manage stakeholders, and ensure delivery against schedules and quality gates. The role covers Agile planning, risk management, release planning, and governance compliance, working with remote and hybrid teams and government partners.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading Agile delivery in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile collaboration platforms.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, change management, and stakeholder communications.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI, MS Project, and SharePoint.
• Experience working effectively with remote and hybrid cross-functional teams and Government stakeholders.
• Required certifications: PMP and Agile credentials such as CSM and/or SAFe Agilist.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable Agile Project Manager and primary day-to-day delivery lead for digital services initiatives.
• Coordinate priorities, scope, schedules, resource requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
• Plan and facilitate Agile delivery across Scrum and Kanban teams, including standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and facilitateScrum-of-Scrums activities as required.
• Develop and maintain Agile roadmaps, release plans, prioritized backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and definitions of done.
• Manage RAID logs, escalation paths, delivery risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Provide transparent delivery reporting using Jira dashboards, metrics, and stakeholder briefings.
• Communicate accomplishments, upcoming work, schedule impacts, and scope considerations to Government stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with SDLC/WDLC processes, accessibility requirements, quality gates, and governance standards.
• Coordinate with QA, security, infrastructure, and technical teams to support successful releases.
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, SOP development, Agile coaching, and process optimization.
• Coordinate surge efforts and urgent response activities in high-visibility operational environments.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

SharePoint

Job description

RIVA Solutions, Inc. in Rockville, MD, seeks an Agile Project Manager to lead digital modernization initiatives for federal agencies.

You will coordinate Scrum and Kanban teams, manage stakeholders, and ensure delivery against schedules and quality gates. The role covers Agile planning, risk management, release planning, and governance compliance, working with remote and hybrid teams and government partners.