OCTO Program Manager Web Portfolio

RIZEUP TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity for advancement

Training & development

Wellness resources

Job summary

RIZEUP TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LLC in Washington, DC, seeks an experienced Master Program Manager to lead OCTO’s web portfolio. You will establish governance, define scope for each sub-project, and provide leadership with a current status view across all active work, including the dc.gov redesign.

The role requires 11+ years in program or project management, experience with large-scale website or CMS migrations, and fluency with vendor contracts and SOWs.

Qualifications

• Translate technical and business requirements into actional project scope.
• Experience supporting or informing scope of work for external vendor contracts (SOWs, deliverables, acceptance criteria).
• Manage a multi-project portfolio with PM tooling, reporting cadence, and prioritization.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 11 years PM experience with large-scale website or CMS migration projects.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder government or enterprise projects.
• Familiarity with Drupal CMS and website content migration practices.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Familiarity with AI/ML project delivery timelines a plus.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Prior experience supporting DC government or comparable public-sector clients.

Responsibilities

• Establish a portfolio-wide tracking system with RAID log, milestone schedules, and dashboards.
• Run recurring status reporting cadence to OCTO leadership across the full portfolio.
• Partner with OCTO SMEs to define project requirements and scope, including for initiatives with external vendor support.
• Advise on vendor/contractor scoping and deliverables, drawing on SOW structure and government procurement norms.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies and action items across projects, escalating to OCTO leadership as needed.
• Report on project status, milestones, and delivery readiness across the portfolio, with the dc.gov relaunch as the flagship initiative.

Skills

Requirement translation

Vendor contracts

Portfolio management

Communication

Govt. experience

PM tooling

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Drupal CMS

Job description

Benefits

• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Wellness resources

The District’s web. team manages a portfolio of concurrent initiatives across more than 100 agency websites. The largest is the dc.gov redesign, which itself comprises multiple sub-projects including design implementation, content migration, agency-wide launch, and integration of AI—powered search. OCTO requires an experienced Master Program Manager who can bring structure, visibility, and accountability across this full portfolio, ensure each sub-project has a defined scope and milestone plan, and give OCTO leadership a clear, current picture of status across all active work.

Key Duties

• Establish and maintain a portfolio-wide tracking system (RAID log, milestone schedules, dashboard) covering all active web team projects.
• Run a recurring status reporting cadence to OCTO leadership across the full portfolio
• Partner with OCTO SMEs to define project requirements and scope, including for initiatives that may require external vendor support
• Advise on vendor/contractor scoping and deliverables, drawing on familiarity with SOW structure and government IT procurement norms
• Track risks, issues, dependencies and action items across projects, escalating to OCTO leadership as needed
• Report on project status, milestones, and delivery readiness across the portfolio, with the dc.gov relaunch as the flagship initiative

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to translate technical and business requirements into actional project scope, working directly with subject matter experts
• Experience supporting or informing scope of work development for external vendor contracts (SOWs, deliverables, acceptance criteria)
• Experience managing a multi-project portfolio simultaneously, including establishing. PM tooling, reporting cadence, and prioritization across competing initiatives
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience
• 11 years of program/project management experience, including large-scale website or CMS transition and migration projects
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder government or enterprise projects
• Working knowledge of Drupal CMS and website content migration practices
• PMP certification preferred
• Familiarity with AI/ML project delivery timelines and dependencies a plus, given active AI integration work within the portfolio
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
• Prior experience supporting DC government or comparable public-sector clients preferred