Federal Open Data Program Lead

Bixal; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex hours

401K with matching

Parental Leave

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Flex Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Bixal is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead delivery of a federal open data platform hosting a broad portfolio of public data products. You will own the product roadmap and lead a cross-functional agile team of 15–25, partnering with data leadership and data owners across multiple agency components to drive measurable results.

This full-time role requires coordinating with CMS and other client agencies, delivering multiple data product releases per contract year, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Master's degree in management, public administration, IT, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant program or project management experience.
• Minimum 4 years on open data projects, with DCAT-US 3.0 expertise.
• Minimum 4 years working with CMS programs or data.
• Strong knowledge of Agile product management, sprint planning, backlog management and release planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional delivery team of 15–25 people.
• Own product strategy and rolling roadmap; update at each PI.
• Lead agile cadence: two-week sprints and three-sprint PIs.
• Oversee task order management, planning, and budgeting.
• Produce Monthly Status Reports and Project Status Dashboard.
• Develop and maintain the QASP and report on metrics.
• Identify risks and blockers and propose path forward to client.
• Serve as primary client contact including COR and CO.
• Coordinate with CMS components and data owners; onboard data owners as needed.
• Deliver at least 10 new data product releases per contract year.

Skills

Agile

Jira

Confluence

Stakeholder management

Open data

DCAT-US 3.0

CMS programs

Scrum

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Slack

GitHub

Job description

Bixal is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead delivery of a federal open data platform hosting a broad portfolio of public data products. You will own the product roadmap and lead a cross-functional agile team of 15–25, partnering with data leadership and data owners across multiple agency components to drive measurable results.

This full-time role requires coordinating with CMS and other client agencies, delivering multiple data product releases per contract year, and ensuring