Senior Federal Appian Delivery Lead (SAFe)

Horizon Industries

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 130,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

401k with match

Educational Assistance

Student Loan Repayment Program

Paid Time off

Dynamic, multi-disciplinary team

Job summary

Horizon Industries seeks a hands-on Senior Project Manager to lead federal Appian case management modernization delivery and contract execution in the Washington, DC area. You will own schedules, coordinate technical teams, manage government stakeholders, and ensure agile/SAFe delivery across planning, development, testing, deployment, and production support.

Active PMP/PMI-ACP and CSM certifications, Jira/Confluence proficiency, and experience managing federal contracts, reporting, and

Qualifications

Minimum five (5) years managing large-scale Appian projects in a federal environment using SAFe Agile.
Active PMP or PMI-ACP, and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification.
Hands-on proficiency with JIRA and Confluence; strong Agile delivery, sprint metrics, and release management experience.
Experience managing federal contract deliverables, staffing, schedules, financial reporting, and Government stakeholder relationships.
Excellent leadership, executive communication, risk management, and requirements facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Appian delivery for multiple Appian Applications, including release planning, deployments, and O&M coordination.
Run biweekly sprint planning, daily Scrum, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and CCB presentations/approvals in the Federal Agile framework.
Lead requirements elicitation and business process discussions; ensure JIRA epics, stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria are actionable and development-ready.
Maintain integrated schedule, PM workbook, risk/issue registers, burn-up/burn-down charts, cost variance, burn-rate dashboards, personnel reports, and OCIO-approved PPM artifacts.
Prepare monthly invoice details, individual and labor-category hour breakdowns, financial forecasts, and earned value/performance reporting.
Coordinate with FPM, COR, Product Owners, OCIO, and other vendors; manage multi-vendor dependencies, risks, milestones, and executive status updates.
Ensure required Appian certifications, OCIO cybersecurity/privacy/Section 508 training, and compliance with governance, release, and documentation controls.
Lead transition-in/out, Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) planning, and structured knowledge transfer.