IT Program Manager

Bespoke Technologies, Inc.; Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bespoke Technologies, Inc. seeks an IT Program Manager to lead enterprise-scale projects on-site in Chantilly, VA. The role requires deep Agile program management, senior stakeholder coordination, and governance across multiple teams using the Sponsor's PMF.

Candidates should have experience with ICD-503, ATO processes, and Jira-driven backlogs, with a track record of delivering complex initiatives on time and within scope.

Qualifications

• Enterprise project leadership with PMF and Agile PM experience.
• Experience coordinating with senior customers for updates and prioritization.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent, high-visibility projects.
• Experience guiding programs through ICD-503 accreditation and ATO.
• Strong communication of complex tech topics to diverse audiences.

Skills

Agile Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Sprint Planning

Reporting

Risk Management

Technical Communication

PMF & Agile PM

Multi-Project Management

Mitigation Planning

ICD-503 ATO

Tools

Jira

Job description

BT-439 – IT Program Manager

Location: Chantilly, VA (fully on-site, no remote option)

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).