Program Manager

Providge Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dental

Vision

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Basic term life insurance

Supplemental term life insurance for?;

Job summary

Providge Consulting, LLC is seeking a Senior Agile Program Manager to lead and govern enterprise-wide Agile transformations across a complex Business and Technology Modernization program. The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on execution to raise Agile maturity and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Agile program management, organizational change, and team coaching, with ability to engage senior sponsors and standardize practices

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience as a program/project manager for technology projects with 5+ years leading enterprise Agile transformations.
• Experience coaching teams and leading agile transformations in federal or private sector.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain transparency with program stakeholders through status reporting and proactive communication.
• Drive team maturity progression by implementing and maintaining assessment frameworks.
• Ensure agile resource effectiveness by establishing coaching standards and measuring performance.
• Maintain standardized Agile playbooks across all teams, coaches, and Scrum Masters.
• Shape program strategy and governance to enable long-term success and value realization.
• Engage senior leadership and stakeholders to align outputs with program objectives.

Skills

SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

Jira

Confluence

Agile coaching

Stakeholder management

Program management

Change management

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SeekinganexperiencedSeniorAgileProgramManagertosupportourclient’sBusinessandTechnologyModernization(BTM)Program.Theidealcandidatewillprovidestrategicleadershipandoversightofenterprise-wideAgiletransformationinitiatives,drivingAgilematurity,standardizingbestpractices,andensuringmeasurablebusinessoutcomesacrossmultipleteams.ThisrolerequiresaprovenleaderwithextensiveexperienceinAgileprogrammanagement,organizationalchange,andteamcoachingwhocanestablisheffectivegovernance,engageseniorstakeholders,andcontinuouslyimproveAgilepractices.Thesuccessfulcandidatewillbalancestrategicplanningwithhands-onprogramexecutiontosupportsustainabletransformationandlong-termorganizationalsuccess.

Responsibilities

• Establishandmaintaintransparencywithprogramstakeholdersthroughmeaningfulstatusreporting,proactivecommunicationofchanges,data-driveninsightsonteamprogress,andregularengagementwithsponsorsandbusinessstakeholders.
• Driveteammaturityprogressionbyimplementingandmaintainingassessment
• frameworks,ensuringAgileCoachescreateandexecutecoachingplans,measuring
• advancement,andrecommendingmaturitymodelsandmetricsbeyondvelocity/throughput.
• EnsureAgileresourceeffectivenessbyestablishingperformancestandardsforCoachesandScrumMasters,monitoringcoachingquality,resolvingteam/coachconflicts,andprovidingevidence-basedrecommendationsonresourceperformance
• EnsureconsistentapplicationoftheAgileplaybookacrossallteams,coaches,andScrumMasterstomaintainstandardization,alignment,andcontinuityinAgilepractices.
• Drivebusinessvaluerealization
  byensuringAgileteamsdeliverworkthatmeetsexpectedbusinessoutcomesthroughcoachingoversight,metricsanalysis,andalignmentbetweenteamoutputsandprogramobjectives
• Buildsustainableprogramgovernance
  throughdocumentedprocesses,stakeholder
• engagementrhythms,riskmanagementprotocols,resourcemanagementsystems,andstrategicrecommendationsthatenablelong-termprogramsuccess
• Shapeprogramstrategybycontinuouslyassessingprogrameffectiveness,piloting
• innovativepractices,recommendingadaptationstoourAgileapproach,andensuringtheprogramevolveswithorganizationalmaturity
• .

Citizenship

• USCitizenship

RequiredQualifications

• Atleastten(10)yearsofexperienceasaprogrammanager,projectmanager,orprojectconsultantfortechnologyprojectswithatleast5+yearsleadingenterpriseAgile

1. Transformations.

• Atleastfive(5+)yearsofhands-onexperienceandproventrackrecordofcoachingteams.
• Atleastthree(3+)yearsofexperienceofeffectiveproject/programmanagementorsystemengineeringexperiencedemonstratingabilitytomanagecomplexinitiatives.
• Directexperienceleadingagiletransformationsineitherthefederalorprivatespace.
• DirectexperiencewithJiraandConfluence.

Knowledge,Skills&Abilities

• DeepunderstandingandexpertiseofScaledAgileFramework(SAFe).
• DeepexpertiseinmultipleAgileframeworks(Scrum,Kanban,ScaledAgileFramework(SAFe),orsimilar)withabilitytoadaptpracticestoorganizationalcultureratherthanrigidframeworkadherence.
• DemonstratedabilitytodefineandimplementAgilematuritymodelsandassessments

1. Frameworks.

• StrategicthinkerwithtrackrecordofevolvingAgilepractices,recommendingimprovements,anddrivingorganizationalchange.
• Excellentstakeholdermanagementskillswithabilitytoengageandinfluencesenior
• leadership,sponsors,andbusinessstakeholders.
• Experiencebuildingsustainablegovernancemodelsincludingdocumentationstandards,engagementrhythms,andriskmanagement.
• Strongconflictresolutionandproblem-solvingskillsforaddressingteamdynamicsand
• resourcechallenges.
• Excellentcommunicationskillsincludingstatusreporting,presentations,andfacilitation.

Education

• Bachelor'sdegreeinrelevantfield;advanceddegreepreferred

Certificates

• Industry-leading Agile practitioner certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, PMP-ACP, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), etc.

PreferredQualifications

• Governmentorhighlyregulatedindustryexperiencepreferred.

Compensation&Benefits

• GeneralBenefits:CustomSoftwareSystems,Inc.offersouremployeesacompetitivebenefitspackagethatmayinclude:
• Healthinsuranceplans
• HealthSavingsAccount(HSA)
• Dental
• Vision
• Long-termdisability
• Short-termdisability
• Basictermlifeinsurance
• Supplementaltermlifeinsuranceforemployees,spouses,anddependents
• SimpleIRA
• Parking/Commutingexpensereimbursement
• Training/Education