Project Manager

Quantum Technologies. LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantum Technologies LLC is seeking a Senior Program Manager to translate business objectives into program charters and success metrics. You will develop integrated multi-team roadmaps and lead prioritization with Product and Engineering, aligning milestones with strategic goals.

In this role, you will own schedules, manage dependencies, and drive release readiness with cross-functional teams across cloud-native initiatives. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 6–10+ years in technical program/project management, product delivery, or engineering leadership.
• Proven success delivering large-scale software or platform initiatives across multiple teams.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe), DevOps/CI-CD, and cloud-native architectures.
• Excellent communication (written/verbal), facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in program tooling: Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into clear program charters, scope, success metrics (OKRs), and value hypotheses.
• Develop integrated plans (roadmaps, timelines, dependency maps, resource plans) for multi-team initiatives.
• Facilitate prioritization with Product and Engineering; run quarterly/PI planning (Scrum/SAFe, as appropriate).
• Own program schedules; track against milestones; manage critical path, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Run cadences: stand-ups, scrum-of-scrums, release planning, risk reviews, and post-mortems.
• Drive release readiness with engineering, QA, security, and operations; enforce change management.

Skills

Agile methodologies

SDLC

DevOps/CI-CD

Cloud architectures

Communication

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Execution planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Master’s preferred

Tools

Jira/Advanced Roadmaps

Confluence

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Mandatory Areas:
Agile methodologies, RACI, dashboards, optimize flow, MS Project, Data & Analytics

Job description:

• Translate business objectives into clear program charters, scope, success metrics (OKRs), and value hypotheses.
• Develop integrated plans (roadmaps, timelines, dependency maps, resource plans) for multi-team initiatives.
• Facilitate prioritization with Product and Engineering; run quarterly/PI planning (Scrum/SAFe, as appropriate).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 6–10+ years in technical program/project management, product delivery, or engineering leadership.
• Proven success delivering large-scale software or platform initiatives across multiple teams.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe), DevOps/CI-CD, and cloud-native architectures.
• Excellent communication (written/verbal), facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in program tooling: Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with one or more domains: Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), Data & Analytics, AI/ML, Security & Identity, FinTech/Payments, E-commerce, or Enterprise SaaS.
• Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM/SAFe, or AWS/Azure/GCP cloud certifications.
• Familiarity with SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs/Error Budgets), observability, and cost optimization (FinOps).
• Experience with compliance standards relevant to your industry (e.g., PCI DSS for payments, HIPAA for healthcare).

Execution & Delivery

• Own program schedules; track against milestones; manage critical path, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Run cadences: stand-ups, scrum-of-scrums, release planning, risk reviews, and post-mortems.
• Drive release readiness with engineering, QA, security, and operations; enforce change management.

Risk, Compliance & Governance

• Identify and maintain a risk register; establish mitigation and contingency plans.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, accessibility, and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA—customize as needed).
• Maintain program documentation (charters, RACI, decision logs, architecture & runbooks) in Confluence or equivalent.

Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Partner with architects to validate solution designs against non-functional requirements (scalability, reliability, performance, cost).
• Facilitate trade-off decisions (build vs. buy, roadmap vs. technical debt).
• Align technical dependencies across services, platforms, and shared components.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Provide transparent status reporting (dashboards, burn-up charts, KPIs) tailored to executives and teams.
• Lead steering committees; escalat e blockers early with options and recommendations.
• Drive change enablement with documentation, training, and adoption metrics.

Continuous Improvement

• Implement delivery metrics and retrospectives; optimize flow (WIP limits, SDLC guardrails).
• Standardize program processes, templates, and tooling; mentor PMs/engineers on best practices.

Key Deliverables

• Program Charter, OKRs, and Business Case
• Integrated Roadmap & Release Plan
• Risk/Issue/Dependency Register
• Architecture & Technical Decision Log
• Status Reports and Executive Dashboards
• Change Management & Release Readiness Checklist
• Post-Implementation Review (PIR) and Lessons Learned

Core Competencies

• Technical Depth: Can engage on architecture, APIs, data pipelines, cloud infra, scalability, and operational readiness.
• Systems Thinking: Understands end-to-end flows and how changes ripple across ecosystems.
• Execution Excellence: Drives predictability, eliminates blockers, and ships outcomes—not just artifacts.
• Influence Without Authority: Builds alignment across teams with different incentives.
• Decision Quality: Frames trade-offs with data; chooses scalable long-term solutions.
• Customer & Business Focus: Links technical delivery to measurable business value and user impact.

Tools & Technologies

• Planning: Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, Miro.
• Engineering & DevOps: Git/GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins/Azure DevOps Pipelines/GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Cloud: AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, Lambda), Azure (AKS, ADO, App Services), GCP (GKE, Cloud Run).
• Data/AI: Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift, MLflow, Feature Stores.
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Dynatrace, Splunk, ELK.
• Security/Compliance: Vault, Defender, Prisma, Okta, SonarQube, Snyk.
• Collaboration: Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, Slack.

Success Metrics & KPIs

• Delivery Predictability: % milestones met, variance to plan, lead/cycle time.
• Quality & Reliability: Defect escape rate, MTTR, change failure rate, SLO adherence.
• Business Outcomes: OKR attainment, feature adoption, NPS/CSAT, revenue/cost targets.
• Efficiency: Velocity trends, WIP limits adherence, automation coverage, cloud cost per transaction.
• Risk & Compliance: # high-severity risks mitigated, audit readiness, policy adherence.

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We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.