Program Manager (Remote US)

ICF; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF seeks a Program Manager to lead an integrated delivery for a modernization program supporting cloud data modernization, analytics, and AI operations within FDIC governance. You will connect workstreams, plan sequencing, manage backlogs, and ensure compliance and acceptance by FDIC.

You will coordinate sprint planning, cost control, risk management, and stakeholder communications across technical teams and FDIC partners, ensuring secure, auditable delivery and timely outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex technology programs with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Experience applying Agile delivery practices, sprint planning, backlog management, and release demos.
• Experience managing budgets, burn rates, schedules, risks, and corrective actions.
• Ability to translate technical issues for business/government stakeholders and coordinate across teams.
• PM/PMO certifications (PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, ITIL) or equivalent Agile credentials.

Responsibilities

• Lead program planning and execution across concurrent data, cloud, analytics, AI, and operations workstreams.
• Establish sprint plans with epics, backlog items, success criteria, and reviews.
• Manage backlog, requirements, code, artifacts, and business rules through approved tools.
• Monitor costs, schedule, risks, and changes; provide cost projections and actions.
• Prepare weekly status reports for FDIC stakeholders and leadership briefings.
• Coordinate architecture, security, governance, and operations reviews with stakeholders.
• Oversee change control processes and production configuration items.
• Ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria and quality reviews.
• Lead transition and knowledge transfer for uninterrupted operations.

Skills

Complex program leadership

Agile delivery practices

Budget & cost management

Stakeholder communication

Transition & continuity planning

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

ServiceNow

Jira

Power BI

Azure Monitor

Job description

The Work

ICF is seeking a Program Manager to lead integrated delivery for a modernization effort for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC). The program supports cloud data modernization, enterprise analytics and AI operations within FDIC’s governance and security environment.

You will provide the management structure that connects workstreams, technical teams, FDIC stakeholders, and delivery commitments. You will plan and sequence work, manage backlogs and sprint execution, monitor cost and schedule, control risks and changes, and ensure that work products are complete, traceable, secure, and ready for FDIC review and acceptance.

Job Location: Remote

What You Will Do

• Lead program planning and execution across concurrent data, cloud, analytics, AI, and operations workstreams; maintain an integrated project plan and coordinate dependencies, milestones, and priorities.


• Establish sprint plans with epics, backlog items, success criteria, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint demonstrations; sequence work to support approved priorities and release objectives.


• Manage the product backlog, requirements, code, artifacts, bug fixes, requirements baselines, system features, and business rules through FDIC GitHub Enterprise or approved tools.


• Manage team and individual project budgets, track actual and projected costs, monitor burn rate, and provide cost projections and timely corrective actions.


• Prepare weekly status reports covering cost, current and planned activities, schedule, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items; provide clear briefings to FDIC stakeholders.


• Coordinate architecture, infrastructure, data, security, privacy, operations, and business stakeholder reviews; ensure decisions address cost, security, operations, technical standards, and mission requirements.


• Manage requirements, risk, issue, change, and configuration processes, including FDIC Change Control Board and ServiceNow processes for production changes and configuration items.


• Ensure deliverables and sprint outcomes meet acceptance criteria; coordinate quality reviews, continuous testing and validation, stakeholder feedback, and resolution of rework before submission.


• Oversee security and compliance coordination, including A&A and ATO support, NIST 800-53 controls, POA&Ms, Azure policy findings, hardening guides, Security Impact Assessments, and annual security assessments.


• Lead transition and continuity activities, including knowledge transfer, resource coordination, documentation handoff, communication channels, risk mitigation, and readiness for uninterrupted operations.

What You Will Bring With You:

• Demonstrated experience managing complex technology programs or projects with multiple technical workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies, and delivery commitments.


• Experience applying Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog management, daily stand-ups, demonstrations, retrospectives, and work tracking through GitHub, Jira, or comparable tools.


• Experience managing budgets, burn rates, schedules, risks, issues, action items, status reporting, and cost or schedule corrective actions.


• Experience coordinating cloud, data, application, security, infrastructure, or analytics teams and translating technical issues and trade-offs for business and government stakeholders.


• Experience managing requirements, deliverables, change control, quality assurance, acceptance criteria, and version-controlled project documentation.


• Ability to satisfy FDIC personnel eligibility and background-investigation requirements


• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.


• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.

What we would like you to bring:

• Experience supporting federal or regulated technology modernization programs, particularly cloud, data management, analytics, AI, or enterprise platform initiatives.


• Experience with Azure, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Azure AI services, or comparable cloud technologies.


• Experience supporting FDIC or similar governance bodies, including enterprise architecture, security, privacy, data governance, change control, A&A, ATO, or configuration management processes.


• Experience developing project, risk, requirements, security, architecture, data, testing, UAT, and transition documentation.


• Experience using GitHub Enterprise, ServiceNow, Jira, Power BI, Azure Monitor, or comparable delivery and reporting tools.


• Experience establishing KPIs, agile metrics, quality measures, stakeholder feedback loops, and QASP-style performance reporting.


• Experience leading transition-in or transition-out activities, incumbent knowledge transfer, operational readiness, or continuity planning.


• PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, ITIL, or comparable project or Agile certification.

Professional Skills

• Lead with clarity and accountability across technical teams, government stakeholders, and partner organizations.


• Communicate status, risks, decisions, and recommendations concisely to both executive and working-level audiences.


• Organize complex work into actionable plans with clear ownership, sequencing, and follow-through.


• Use sound judgment to balance scope, schedule, cost, quality, security, and operational risk.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

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At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate orassistwith responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is notpermitted. This policy is in place tomaintainthe integrity and authenticity of the interview process.

However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodationthat involves the use of AI. Ifsuch anaccommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance [e-mail]. Weare dedicated to providingthe necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$158,819.00 - $269,993.00

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