Senior Agile Delivery Manager - Multi-System Portfolio

Unissant; Chevy Chase (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to champion Agile practices and oversee multiple BAS systems delivery.

You will lead cross-functional teams across development, testing, security and operations, managing backlogs and release cadences to ensure on-time, within-budget deployments for complex federal-style programs. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT project management and 4+ years guiding Agile teams in multi-system portfolios, with strong communication and risk-management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required. Preferred fields of study include Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations Management, or a related field.
• MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field of study is preferred.
• Agile, Scrum, project management, or product management certification is preferred (for example, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, SAFe, or equivalent).
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in IT project management, product management, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years of direct experience managing Agile software development teams in a multi-system portfolio environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams supporting concurrent application delivery efforts.
• Experience coordinating Agile ceremonies, release planning, dependency management, risk management, and delivery reporting.
• Experience managing technical and operational leads and aligning resources across multiple systems or workstreams.
• Experience supporting federal IT programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Champion Agile methodologies across assigned BAS systems, ensuring the consistent application of sprint planning, backlog management, retrospectives, and release cadence.
• Remove impediments for development and operations teams, escalating to the Program Manager when resolution requires contract-level intervention.
• Coordinate release schedules across assigned systems, manage dependencies, and minimize delivery conflicts.
• Manage non-key Technical Leads and Operations Leads for individual systems within the assigned portfolio subset.
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration among development, testing, security, and operations teams for all active work assignments.
• Maintain a current, prioritized backlog for all assigned systems; review the backlog with the Program Manager at least monthly and update it weekly.
• Monitor and report delivery performance, resource utilization, and risks for assigned systems as part of the monthly status-reporting cycle.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the assigned portfolio subset, ensuring rapid, stable integration without degrading existing service levels.

Skills

Agile leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Backlog management

Release planning

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or MS preferred

Tools

Agile certifications

Job description

Unissant, Inc. seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to champion Agile practices and oversee multiple BAS systems delivery.

You will lead cross-functional teams across development, testing, security and operations, managing backlogs and release cadences to ensure on-time, within-budget deployments for complex federal-style programs. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT project management and 4+ years guiding Agile teams in multi-system portfolios, with strong communication and risk-management