Program Manager, Government

For People; Yorktown (VA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

For People is seeking a delivery lead for a government data platform project. This fully remote role supports CMS data publication and cross-functional teams across the U.S. Occasional travel to CMS headquarters in Baltimore may be required.

The position requires 8+ years in program management, experience with government contracts, and strong agile practices. Base salary ranges from $100,000 to $160,000 per year with company health insurance and profit sharing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in program or project management, including managing government contracts.
• Experience with open data projects.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, 15–25 people as contract grows.
• Deep knowledge of agile product management principles.
• Ability to oversee task order management including reporting, sprint planning, and project planning.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder engagement across multiple government agency offices and data owners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as delivery lead on a cross-functional team of about 15 people, spanning engineering, design, user research, and support functions.
• Run agile practices including sprints, planning cycles, demos, and retrospectives, with CMS stakeholders.
• Coordinate with CMS offices that publish data on the public portal; identify and mitigate risks to delivery.
• Ensure compliance with contract, security, and accessibility requirements (Section 508; ATO).
• Report status and outcomes to CMS and For People leadership using dashboards and drive efficiency via automation.
• Lead the handoff from the current contractor in the first months to avoid user disruption.

Skills

Open data projects

Agile product management

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Coordination with CMS

Education

Degree in management, public administration, IT, or related field

Tools

Drupal

Job description

For People is improving government digital services for the disadvantaged population. We work directly with government agencies to modernize software, systems, and platforms so that they better serve people.

They are researchers, reporters, policy staff, and health care providers. When the data is hard to find, a file is too large to post, or a column quietly changes its name between releases, their work slows down or goes wrong.

This project supports the website where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes that data for the public. You'll facilitate partner meetings, support the team when they are blocked, and get into project details as needed to report clearly on the team's progress. You'll work elbow-to-elbow with the project's technical and product leadership. You will learn about the work enough to identify and help mitigate delivery risks and hold the team accountable for what we promise to government partners.

This position is a full-time position contingent on For People being awarded a federal contract. That means picking a child up from school during the day or going for a mid-day walk is okay!

This position is 100% remote . Our entire team is remote across the United States, from the West Coast to the East Coast. There will never be a return-to-office, as we have none! Occasional travel to CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD (2-3 times per year) is required. This full-time position's published base salary range is between $100,000 and $160,000 annually. For People pays 100% of Gold-tier employee health insurance premiums) and annual company profit sharing.

On this project, you will be the delivery lead on a cross-functional team of about 15 people spanning engineering, design, user research, and support functions. Run agile practices including sprints, planning cycles, demos, and retrospectives, all of which include CMS stakeholders

Coordinate with CMS offices that publish data on the public portal; Proactively identify and mitigate risks to project delivery

Keep the program in line with contract, security, and accessibility requirements, including Section 508 and the site's Authority to Operate (ATO)

Report status and outcomes to CMS and For People leadership, using live dashboards wherever possible and finding efficiency gains through automation

Lead the handoff from the current contractor in your first few monthsso users see no disruption

8+ years of relevant experience in program or project management, including managing government contracts

• Degree in management, public administration, information technology, or a related field
• Experience with open data projects
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, with the ability to lead teams of 15 to 25 people as the contract grows
• Deep knowledge of agile product management principles
• Ability to oversee all aspects of task order management including reporting, sprint planning, and project planning
• Experience facilitating stakeholder engagement across multiple government agency offices and data owners

Experience working directly with CMS programs or data

Experience with public websites built on Drupal

Experience leading a contract transition from an incumbent team

You will be working on a United States government platform, and they have a few basic requirements for contractors like ourselves. In addition, you must be a United States citizen and be able to pass a government-performed public trust background check.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, and/or veteran status.