Program Manager

QBA Worldwide; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

QBA Worldwide seeks a seasoned Program Manager to lead a high-impact, 150+ person federal program in the Washington, D.C. area. You will own scope, schedule, budget, and quality across multiple workstreams while maintaining strong client relationships and governance.

The role emphasizes AI-augmented delivery and continuous improvement across the SDLC. You will partner with agency leadership, CORs, and technical teams to ensure contractual compliance, staffing, and risk management, delivering on

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Experience managing 150+ person organizations on large federal programs.
• Active PMP certification.
• Experience with federal IT modernization programs.
• Experience with staffing, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.

Responsibilities

• Own program-level scope, schedule, budget, and quality across all workstreams.
• Serve as the primary client contact for executives, CORs, and contracting officers.
• Direct a matrixed organization of 150+ staff across development, security, data, and DevSecOps.
• Lead Phase 2 staffing ramp, hiring plans, onboarding, and subcontractor management.
• Establish and manage governance, metrics, and executive reporting (EVM, financials).
• Manage risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies with mitigation plans.
• Ensure contract compliance, deliverable acceptance, and responsive client direction.
• Champion AI-augmented delivery across the SDLC and collaborate with technical leadership.
• Foster accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive-level program status, financial, risk, and performance reporting.

Skills

Program Management

Project Management

PMP Certification

Agile delivery

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Financial management

Client executive stakeholder

Staffing and workforce management

Communication skills

Cross-workstream coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Location

Reston, VA & client locations in the Washington, D.C. area as required

Job Title

Program Manager

Position Type

Full-Time

Location

Reston, VA & client locations in the Washington, D.C. area as required

Days Remote

1-2 days

Position Summary

The Program Manager is the senior-most delivery leader on the platform, accountable for the success of the entire program as it enters Phase 2. The Program Manager will own the client relationship with agency leadership, direct a 150+ person multi-team Agile organization, and be responsible for cost, schedule, quality, and contractual performance across all workstreams.

This role establishes the delivery culture for the program, including the adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices across the software development lifecycle. The Program Manager works closely with client executives, contracting officials, technical leadership, and internal delivery teams to ensure successful program execution, contractual compliance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Own program-level scope, schedule, budget, and quality across all program workstreams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client executive stakeholders, the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and contracting officers.
• Direct a matrixed organization of 150+ staff spanning development, security, data, business analysis, and DevSecOps teams.
• Lead Phase 2 staffing ramp, including hiring plans, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.
• Establish and manage program governance, including delivery metrics, Earned Value Management (EVM), financial reporting, and executive briefings.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies with documented mitigation plans.
• Ensure contract compliance, deliverable acceptance, and responsiveness to client direction.
• Champion agentic and AI-augmented delivery practices, including AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting across the SDLC.
• Partner with architects and technical leadership to ensure the technical roadmap, funding, and staffing remain aligned.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage program cost, schedule, quality, staffing, and contractual performance.
• Drive Agile delivery practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Provide executive-level program status, financial, risk, and performance reporting.
• Support transition and execution of new contract phases and program initiatives.

Minimum Experience

• 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Experience managing 150+ person organizations on large federal programs.
• Experience with federal IT modernization programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile delivery at scale.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and financial management.
• Experience managing program-level scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
• Experience managing client executive relationships and federal contracting stakeholders.
• Experience with staffing, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.
• Experience managing contractual compliance and deliverable acceptance.

Mandatory Skills

• Program Management.
• Project Management.
• Active PMP certification.
• 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Federal IT modernization experience.
• Experience managing 150+ people on large federal programs.
• Large-scale Agile delivery.
• Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Financial management.
• Program scope management.
• Program schedule management.
• Program budget management.
• Program quality management.
• Program risk and issue management.
• Cross-workstream dependency management.
• Federal contract management/compliance.
• Client executive stakeholder management.
• Experience working with CORs and contracting officers.
• Staffing and workforce management.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Non-technical Requirement

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance.
• Willingness to work a hybrid schedule in Reston, VA and Washington, D.C.-area client locations as required.
• AI-augmented/AI-assisted delivery experience or demonstrated ability to champion AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• PgMP certification.
• SAFe certification.
• Financial-regulatory domain experience.
• Filing-systems domain experience.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud programs.
• Familiarity with AI-augmented SDLC tooling.
• Experience leading capture and transition into new contract phases.
• Experience with agentic AI and AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Experience managing large-scale federal cloud modernization programs.

Degrees and Certifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Active PMP certification.

Preferred

• PgMP certification.
• SAFe certification.