Senior Agile Program Manager – DoD Contract, On-Site Orlando

Defense-Acquisition-Support-Services; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Acquisition Support Services is seeking an experienced Agile Program Manager to lead a large, multi-site APS contract for a U.S. Army program executive office based in Orlando, FL.

The APM will own backlog, capacity, and flow metrics in Jira, ensure deliverables meet the Definition of Done, and brief Government Product Owners from directorate to program levels. This is a full-time, on-site role in Orlando with periodic travel.

Qualifications

• Active DoD security clearance.
• 5+ years of program management leading Agile teams or cross-functional professional services contracts.
• Experience scaling Agile across multiple teams with strategic alignment.
• Advanced Agile credentials: PMI-ACP, CSP, SAFe Agilist or SPC.
• Hands-on Jira for capacity tracking, backlog workflows, velocity forecasting, dashboards.
• On-site Orlando work with travel to supported sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall contract effort as the Government's single point of contact for contract execution across the program executive office portfolios
• Manage the enterprise capacity pool: allocate cross-functional pods and squads to Government priorities, run the weekly Replenishment Meeting and the sprint cadence, and apply the classes of service and reallocation triggers in the Agile Implementation Plan
• Own the Jira configuration and the contract's Agile performance dashboard: backlog workflows, capacity tracking, flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, aging work in progress, say/do), and dashboards at the program executive, program manager, and product manager levels
• Lead quality control so that every deliverable meets its Definition of Done; run the monthly Operations Review and the quarterly Enterprise Capacity Review with the Government
• Direct workforce management with the DAS and teammate recruiting teams: backfill vacancies within 20 calendar days, maintain the Key Personnel and Labor Category (LCAT) Crosswalk as a living document, and keep the skills matrix and cross-training current
• Lead Agile adoption and change management with Government Product Owners: onboarding clinics, working agreements, communities of practice, and the metrics that show adoption
• Oversee geographically dispersed teams at sites across the United States, Germany, and South Korea; travel as required
• Deliver the monthly progress and status report and the Agile management plan; keep every hour posted to the Government-authorized task instruction
• Manage subcontractor teammates' delivery inside the pods and hold the team to the contract's Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan metrics
• If selected before award, participate in the proposal's oral presentation as the proposed APM

Skills

Agile program management

Cross-functional leadership

DoD security clearance

Stakeholder management

Education

PMI-ACP

SAFe Agilist

SPC / RTE / PMP

Tools

Jira

Jira Data Center

Power BI

Job description

Defense Acquisition Support Services is seeking an experienced Agile Program Manager to lead a large, multi-site APS contract for a U.S. Army program executive office based in Orlando, FL.

The APM will own backlog, capacity, and flow metrics in Jira, ensure deliverables meet the Definition of Done, and brief Government Product Owners from directorate to program levels. This is a full-time, on-site role in Orlando with periodic travel.