Federal Agile Delivery Lead & Scrum Master

Steampunk; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Deputy Program Manager / Scrum Master to drive day-to-day execution of a large federal advisory program. You will lead client-facing delivery, coach teams to self-organization, and mentor across project levels in a government consulting environment.

You will coordinate cross-team Scrum-of-Scrums, manage dependencies, and maintain clear program schedules. Required are 8+ years of experience, security clearance eligibility, and strong facilitation and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree required combined with 8+ years of experience.
• 7+ years of program/project coordination experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead.
• Current PMP, FAC-P/PM, or equivalent credential.
• Experience with integrated scheduling and risk/issue tracking.
• Experience on federal or large, complex programs.
• Strong facilitation and cross-stakeholder coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Local to Baltimore, MD metro area and willing to be on client site at least 2 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and daily standups; manage Kanban flow to keep work visible and unblocked.
• Identify, track, and remove delivery impediments at the team level and prevent escalation to program risk.
• Run cross-team Scrum-of-Scrums logistics; manage agenda, dependencies, and action tracking.
• Maintain team backlogs, sprint boards, and dependency maps with workstream leads.
• Run recurring project health checkpoints; translate retrospectives into course corrections and risk updates.
• Support COR-directed actions and escalations tracking.
• Coach delivery teams on Agile/Scrum practices and continuous improvement.
• Support Transition-In logistics, onboarding, and system/access tracking for new members.
• Deputize for Senior PM in reviews and decisions when needed.

Skills

Agile/Scrum delivery

Facilitation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Scheduling

Coaching/Mentoring

Leadership

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

PMP

FAC-P/PM

Job description

Steampunk is seeking a Deputy Program Manager / Scrum Master to drive day-to-day execution of a large federal advisory program. You will lead client-facing delivery, coach teams to self-organization, and mentor across project levels in a government consulting environment.

You will coordinate cross-team Scrum-of-Scrums, manage dependencies, and maintain clear program schedules. Required are 8+ years of experience, security clearance eligibility, and strong facilitation and communication skills.