IT Program Manager

Bespoke Technologies, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bespoke Technologies, Inc. in Chantilly, VA is seeking an IT Program Manager to lead an Agile development team and coordinate with senior customers for status updates and prioritization.

This role requires Jira proficiency and experience managing multiple concurrent projects within a Sponsor PMF framework. Responsibilities include creating sprint plans, producing weekly reports, and communicating complex technical concepts to executives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an Agile development team.
• Experience engaging senior customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Proficiency using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Experience creating sprint plans.
• Experience producing weekly project reports.
• Ability to monitor multiple concurrent projects and manage risks with mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage agile development efforts across multiple projects.
• Coordinate with senior customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Maintain Jira backlogs, portfolios, products and sprints; manage burn-downs and timelines.
• Develop sprint plans and ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• Prepare and deliver weekly status reports to stakeholders.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation actions to keep programs on track.

Skills

Agile teams

Senior stakeholders

Jira proficiency

Sprint planning

Weekly reporting

Risk management

Communication skills

PMF framework

Cross-functional leadership

Multi-project oversight

ATO process understanding

Tools

Jira

Segmentation service

SecOps pipeline

Sponsor JIRA Workflow

Data repositories

Job description

• Demonstrates on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience putting together sprint plans.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience putting together weekly reports.
• Demonstrates on-the-job ability to monitor the progress of multiple concurrent and highly visible projects and requirements with the ability to recommend or take required corrective actions; to perform risk identification and management; and to communicate effectively with the customer, stakeholder, and project team.
• Demonstrates on-the-job communication skills and ability to articulate complex resource and technical issues to a range of audiences.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with leading and managing enterprise level projects that have a multi-disciplinary cross-organizational project team from start to end using the Sponsor's Project Management Framework (PMF) and Agile Project Management methodology.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience identifying programmatic challenges, risks, and constraints coupled with a strong ability to convey well-thought mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receive ATO (Authority to Operate).

BT-439 - IT Program Manager

Location- Chantilly

Required Skills

• Demonstrates on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience putting together sprint plans.
• Demonstrates on-the-job experience putting together weekly reports.
• Demonstrates on-the-job ability to monitor the progress of multiple concurrent and highly visible projects and requirements with the ability to recommend or take required corrective actions; to perform risk identification and management; and to communicate effectively with the customer, stakeholder, and project team.
• Demonstrates on-the-job communication skills and ability to articulate complex resource and technical issues to a range of audiences.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with leading and managing enterprise level projects that have a multi-disciplinary cross-organizational project team from start to end using the Sponsor's Project Management Framework (PMF) and Agile Project Management methodology.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience identifying programmatic challenges, risks, and constraints coupled with a strong ability to convey well-thought mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receive ATO (Authority to Operate).

Desired Skills

• Hold the following Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (i.e. PMI PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP).
• Demonstrates recent experience with the Sponsor's Lean Agile methodology.
• Demonstrates experience managing top line charts, sprint burn-up charts and sprint goals.
• Demonstrates experience with Sponsor data repositories, Segmentation service, SecOps Pipeline, and Sponsor JIRA Workflow.
• Demonstrates on-the-job ability to communicate (orally and in writing) complex technical concepts and project information, tailoring ideas, explanations, and concepts to executive and senior managers.
• Demonstrates on-the-job knowledge of Sponsor's enterprise technical architecture, services-oriented architectures, security requirements, and operating environments.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of Sponsor's IT components, missions, and strategies.
• Demonstrates familiarity with IC issues, policies, systems, and working relationships.
• Demonstrates on-the-job ability to build and maintain constructive relationships among customers, stakeholders, technical teams, and contractors across the Sponsor and Intelligence Community (IC).