Federal Agile Program Consultant

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse's federal team seeks a Program Consultant to support contract management system enhancements for a legislative branch client in Washington, DC. You will coordinate projects, support Agile delivery, and contribute to governance activities across multiple workstreams.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and vendors, tracking schedules and metrics, and ensuring clear, professional documentation. Eligibility for a federal Public Trust is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in project coordination, project management, business analysis, consulting, or related IT-related program support.
• Experience working on Agile IT projects, with familiarity with Scrum practices, backlog management, user stories, and iterative development.
• Experience using Jira or similar project tracking tools to manage tasks, user stories, issues, and project status.

Responsibilities

• Track project schedules, backlogs, releases, risks, issues, dependencies, and key delivery metrics across multiple acquisition system workstreams.
• Prepare bi-weekly status reports and meeting materials that clearly communicate progress, upcoming activities, metrics, risks, and issues.
• Support user acceptance testing and coordinate with client stakeholders, development teams, and vendors to track issues, follow up on action items, and identify potential delivery impediments.
• Support Agile project activities, including stand-ups, sprint and backlog planning, retrospectives, and maintenance of user stories and tasks in Jira.
• Monitor client Acquisition Helpdesk activities and trends and assist in identifying opportunities to improve processes, workflows, response times, and automation.

Skills

Agile projects

Jira

Communication

Analytical

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Guidehouse's federal team seeks a Program Consultant to support contract management system enhancements for a legislative branch client in Washington, DC. You will coordinate projects, support Agile delivery, and contribute to governance activities across multiple workstreams.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and vendors, tracking schedules and metrics, and ensuring clear, professional documentation. Eligibility for a federal Public Trust is required.