Senior Agile Program Manager - DoD RMF/STIG (Remote)

Nationwide IT Services; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services seeks an experienced Manager, Program/Project III to lead an agile, DoD RMF–STIG compliant development and modernization program for a DoW initiative. The role is remote, with public sector stakeholders and bi-weekly planning sessions, reporting, and compliance governance.

The Project Manager interfaces with government staff, manages risk, schedule, and backlog, and ensures timely delivery of CDRLs and contractual deliverables as a direct employee of Nationwide IT Services.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience managing agile software development projects within a NIWC or DON enterprise environment.
• Experience managing DoD RMF and STIG compliance.
• Located in the United States; work cannot be performed outside of the US.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile software development program management across sustainment, enhancements, cybersecurity activities, and modernization efforts.
• Facilitate bi-weekly work-planning and priority-setting sessions with Government representatives.
• Maintain and manage the Government-accessible product backlog, including priorities, milestones, deployment dates, velocity, and progress against the program roadmap.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate program and technical risks; maintain the project risk register and report risk status to the Government regularly.
• Coordinate closely with the TPOC/COR, Government technical stakeholders, developers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, and other team members to ensure priorities and technical activities remain aligned.
• Oversee schedules, milestones, dependencies, change-management activities, software releases, and overall delivery performance.
• Ensure timely preparation, review, and delivery of required CDRLs, including the Project Management Plan, backlog-related deliverables, status reports, and other required program documentation.
• Provide management oversight for projects operating under DoD RMF and STIG compliance requirements, coordinating cybersecurity activities with the technical and cyber teams.
• Support Government reviews, status meetings, release planning, issue escalation, and management reporting.
• Promote effective Agile execution while maintaining visibility into cost, schedule, performance, staffing, risks, and Government dependencies.

Skills

Agile project management

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Public sector experience

Tools

RMF compliance tools

Job description

Nationwide IT Services seeks an experienced Manager, Program/Project III to lead an agile, DoD RMF–STIG compliant development and modernization program for a DoW initiative. The role is remote, with public sector stakeholders and bi-weekly planning sessions, reporting, and compliance governance.

The Project Manager interfaces with government staff, manages risk, schedule, and backlog, and ensures timely delivery of CDRLs and contractual deliverables as a direct employee of Nationwide IT Services.