Remote AI Program Manager - SAFe Lead

GovCIO; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to oversee integrated delivery across VA AI task orders and maintain portfolio roadmaps. The role leads SAFe cadence across AI teams, manages platform partner relations, and builds evidence for VA investment and scale decisions.

This position is fully remote within the United States. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of PM experience, strong Jira/Confluence expertise, and a track record delivering AI or digital modernization programs for federal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years experience, including 3+ years leading agile multi-team programs.
• Expert Jira (Plans/Advanced Roadmaps, epics and initiatives, JQL, dashboards) and Confluence space design.
• Experience delivering AI, data or digital modernization programs for a federal agency.
• Experience managing subcontractor or platform partner delivery.
• Ability to obtain and maintain VA Public Trust background.
• Excellent written communication for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Creates integrated project plans for contract deliverables and new products in development projects.
• Manages a project team comprised of a multidisciplinary staff.
• Reviews, manages and controls status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with team members and line managers.
• Own and manage the integrated roadmaps and schedules across all task orders in Jira Plans (Advanced Roadmaps), with cross-team dependencies visible.
• Maintain the milestone plan (governance ready, prototypes, validation, shadow mode, etc.) and the rolling deployment forecast
• Serve as the day‑to‑day delivery lead with the VA and hold vendor partner work to the same sprint, quality and traceability standards
• Act as scrum master, set Jira and confluence standards

Skills

Agile multi-team leadership

Clear executive writing

VA Public Trust eligibility

Program management

Scrum/SAFe certification

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira Plans/Advanced Roadmaps

Confluence space design

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Sr. Project Manager to oversee integrated delivery across VA AI task orders and maintain portfolio roadmaps. The role leads SAFe cadence across AI teams, manages platform partner relations, and builds evidence for VA investment and scale decisions.

This position is fully remote within the United States. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of PM experience, strong Jira/Confluence expertise, and a track record delivering AI or digital modernization programs for federal