Program Manager

Applied Information Sciences, Inc; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k) Retirement Plan (5% match)

Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, &

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement & Learning Allow

Referral Bonus Program (up to $5k)

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences is seeking a Program Manager to lead a large-scale enterprise cloud migration program moving applications from on‑prem to Azure and AWS. You will oversee the IMS, governance, risk, and customer coordination for successful delivery.

In this remote role, you will partner with technical and operations leads and manage the program from assessment through first migrations, ensuring alignment with contractual obligations and profitability targets.

Qualifications

• Ten years in program/project management (enterprise scope).
• Experience leading cloud migrations to Azure and AWS.
• Proven ability to meet contractual obligations, manage risk, and drive profitability.
• Experience managing IMS and multiple migration workstreams.
• Proficient in program/schedule/scope/stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Owns program performance against cost, schedule, scope, and quality baselines.
• Directs program leadership and migration teams; ensures staffing.
• Builds and maintains the IMS; tracks progress against milestones.
• Identifies and mitigates risks and issues; escalates when needed.
• Serves as primary customer point of accountability and reports status.
• Ensures contractual delivery and approves invoices with customers.

Skills

Program management

Enterprise-scale PM

Risk management

IMS scheduling

Stakeholder management

Cost/margin oversight

Education

PMP/Scrum Master/FAC-PM certification

Tools

Azure

AWS

Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

Job description

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee‑owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued. Mission‑Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

What you will be doing?

This position is contingent upon contract award. We are currently pursuing a proposal and are seeking qualified candidates to include in our submission and identify candidates for future hiring needs on the program once awarded. At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Program Manager. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Program Manager.

Project Summary

The Program Manager provides leadership and governance for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration program, moving a complex application portfolio from on-premises data centers to Azure and AWS. The role is accountable for overall program performance, the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), risk, customer coordination, reporting, and contractual delivery. The role is remote.

Engagement Context

The Program Manager owns the program‑level schedule and performance baseline and is AIS's primary point of accountability to the customer. The role works closely with technical and operations leads across the program, relying on them for the execution data that keeps the IMS current, and leads the program from initial assessment through full‑scale migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Owns overall program performance against cost, schedule, scope, and quality baselines, including spend plans and margins.
• Directs the program leadership team and migration team leads, and keeps the program appropriately staffed.
• Builds and maintains the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), tracking planned versus actual progress against program milestones
• Identifies, tracks, and mitigates program risks and issues, escalating to customer and AIS leadership when needed.
• Serves as the customer's first escalation point within AIS and builds trusted relationships with customer stakeholders and teaming partners.
• Provides regular status reporting to the customer and to AIS leadership.
• Ensures contractual delivery of scope, service levels, and deliverables through documented customer acceptance, and approves subcontractor and AIS invoices.

Required for This Opportunity

In the first 90 days, the Program Manager confirms contract scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria with AIS Sellers and the Contracts team, and baselines the IMS along with risk management and regular customer reporting. During this period, the Program Manager also establishes working relationships with customer stakeholders and the program leadership team, and leads the program from initial assessment into the first migrations.

Core Qualifications

• US Citizen
• Minimum ten years of program and/or project management experience
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migrations to Azure and AWS
• Demonstrated success meeting contractual obligations, managing risk, and realizing profitability targets
• Experience managing an IMS and dependencies across multiple concurrent migration workstreams
• Intermediate proficiency (Career Framework Level 3) in Program, Schedule, Scope, and Stakeholder Management

Preferred Qualifications

• Federal program delivery experience
• Experience with Azure Government or AWS GovCloud environments
• PMP, Scrum Master, or FAC-P/PM certification
• Experience with enterprise IT change management and release processes
• Previous leadership experience and demonstrated success building a high performing team

Compensation

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $137,000-$207,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certificates, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• Qualified Overtime Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Flexible Holiday Leave (88 hours per year)
• Parental Leave
• Immediate Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (5% match on base compensation, immediate 100% vesting)
• Tuition Reimbursement & Learning Allowance
• Referral Bonus Program (up to $5k)

Equal Opportunity

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Who We Are

If you're committed to curiosity, life‑long learning, and passionate about technology – AIS is the place for you. Learn more at ais.com.