Program ManagerRemote

Nava Public Benefit Corp; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Insurance coverage

Time off

Company holidays

Annual bonus

Parental leave

Wellness program

Virtual care

Sabbatical leave

401(k) match

Flexible work

Home office setup

Utility support

Learning opportunities

Development opportunities

Referral bonus

Commuter benefits

Supportive culture

Job summary

Nava Public Benefit Corp is seeking a Program Manager to lead delivery and client engagement on strategic contracts. You will guide staffing, contract management, and profit & loss while maintaining strong partner relationships and delivery health.

With 5+ years of overseeing delivery outcomes and client relationships, you will manage a portfolio of government projects, scale teams, and drive continuous improvement in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing custom software or cloud infrastructure programs.
• Experience working with U.S. government agencies.
• Experience growing agile development teams and managing large projects.
• Ability to lead projects with milestones, dependencies, and complex integrations.
• Familiarity with agile practices (CI/CD) and frameworks like Scrum/Kanban/SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Exceed government partner expectations by building trust and maintaining high situational awareness at the agency level.
• Proactively detect risks and resolve issues with delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Engage clients regularly to understand needs, solve issues, and report progress transparently.
• Manage contracts, finances, and growth opportunities within your portfolio.
• Collaborate across projects to anticipate and solve cross-functional delivery problems.
• Support creation of delivery environments built on mutual trust with partners.
• Scale initiatives by leading a team of PMs and delivery leads.
• Coordinate contract changes with finance and legal teams.
• Uphold standards for delivery excellence and client service.
• Apply Nava policies at the program level and contribute to company objectives.

Skills

Custom Software/Cloud Projects

Government experience

Agile leadership

Complex project delivery

Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Empathetic communicator

Problem solving

Organization

Delivery planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

Position summary

Nava is at the forefront of reimagining how our government serves its people, and we're looking for a Program Manager to lead the delivery and client engagement efforts on a group of strategic contracts.

At Nava, members of the Program leadership team are responsible for client trust and relationships, team clarity and health, staffing, contract management / profit & loss, and organic growth. Details are in the What You’ll Do section below.

Nava's Program Managers have 5+ years of experience overseeing delivery outcomes and client relationships for a set of small- to medium-sized projects to create positive delivery environments.

What you’ll do

• Exceed the expectations of our government partners by cultivating strong, trusting relationships and maintaining high situational awareness at the agency level
• Proactively detect risks and work collaboratively with the delivery team and program stakeholders to effectively resolve them (issues can span delivery, process, culture, expectation setting, staffing, contract milestones, finances)
• Engage our clients on a continuing basis to ensure their needs are met or exceeded, understand their vision, collaboratively solve issues, and communicate our progress transparently
• Maintain awareness of the broader project landscape and potential for new opportunities and risks and grow your portfolio accordingly with surge contract line item numbers (CLINs), option years, and negotiations with prime contractors.
• Collaborate across projects and across the organization to proactively anticipate and solve problems across delivery
• Support the creation of delivery environments built on mutual trust between government partners and our team
• Scale efforts through a team of project managers and other functional delivery leads
• Manage all the contracts and finances on within your portfolio in coordination with the finance team and coordinate necessary contract modifications
• Set and uphold standards for delivery excellence and client service
• Apply Nava's policies and guidance at the program level (E.g. utilization guidance)
• Participate in developing on and delivering company objectives and key results

Required skills

• Experience with Custom Software or Cloud infrastructure programs/projects
• Experience working with or for government agencies
• Experience with growing agile development teams and the challenges of managing a project at scale
• Ability to demonstrate experience leading projects with significant complexity, including managing milestones, dependencies, and integrations with significant risk, uncertainty or scale
• Experience using agile frameworks like scrum, kanban, or SAFe and familiarity with agile development practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery
• You are an empathetic communicator and relationship builder - you take a service-oriented approach to supporting the program team and our clients
• Adaptable problem solving and ability to deal with multi-dimensional challenges involving many organizations, processes, cultures, and technologies
• You are highly organized and care deeply about building and growing a sustainable, culture-conscious business
• A strategic approach to delivery planning and contract management over the medium-term and long-term
• An iterative approach to execution that emphasizes rapid team progress.
• Ability to maintain broader situational awareness beyond the immediate team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Occasional travel

Desired skills

• Program Management experience within a government space
• Experience launching new production systems with high public visibility
• Experience with long term, complex, and ambiguous IT modernization efforts.
• Experience with using common project management tools like Jira and Confluence
• Project management in a government context
• Track record of introducing and expanding agile transformation and pursuing best practices in project management with clients and stakeholders
• Experience managing projects that provide production operations and support alongside ongoing product/feature development

Compensation

$135,000 - $150,000 USD

Other requirements

All roles at Nava require the following:

• Legal authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
• Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
• May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract

Perks working with Nava

• Health coverage - comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs
• Insurance coverage - Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost
• Time off - vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge
• Company holidays - enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO
• Annual bonus - when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus
• Parental leave - paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home
• Wellness program - full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools
• Virtual care - see doctors online with no copay through a virtual visit program (depending on available providers)
• Sabbatical leave - earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest
• 401(k) match - Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan
• Flexible work - remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities
• Home office setup - company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs
• Utility support - monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses
• Learning opportunities - internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills
• Development opportunities - LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs
• Referral bonus - get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team
• Commuter benefits - pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable
• Supportive culture - A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care

Location

We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

*If you are not living in one of the states listed above, unfortunately, you will not be considered for a position at this time.

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