Senior IT Program Manager - Agile Stakeholder Leader

Jobtailor; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in McLean, VA seeks a senior software development project manager to lead cross-functional teams, drive Agile adoption, and ensure program success with government stakeholders. The role requires extensive experience in Agile practices, strong client communication, and an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities include planning, scheduling, reporting, and governing change requests while coordinating with COR, GTM, developers, and data scientists to deliver on-time, secure deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development project planning and management.
• Experience managing IT projects in Agile development and Scrum environments.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in statistics, computer science, mathematics, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of IT operations best practices.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Active Secret security clearance required prior to contract performance.
• Contractor personnel must comply with client’s security requirements and NDAs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single management focal point for contractor execution and accountability for task completion.
• Keep COR and GTM apprised of significant issues across project scope, schedule, and quality.
• Provide strategic guidance, vision, and direction to the multidisciplinary team.
• Develop, manage, and maintain the project plan and schedule.
• Coordinate across Government stakeholders, developers, analysts, data scientists, and team members.
• Lead Agile/Scrum project management, including planning and status reporting.
• Conduct weekly status meetings with COR and Product Owner.
• Support reporting on progress, infrastructure, releases, SOPs, and performance.
• Oversee change requests and deployment planning artifacts.
• Prepare and deliver Monthly Status Reports and other program deliverables.
• Promote a customer-focused approach and coordinate with client stakeholders.

Skills

Agile PM

Scrum Leadership

Software Planning

Client-Facing

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Jobtailor in McLean, VA seeks a senior software development project manager to lead cross-functional teams, drive Agile adoption, and ensure program success with government stakeholders. The role requires extensive experience in Agile practices, strong client communication, and an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities include planning, scheduling, reporting, and governing change requests while coordinating with COR, GTM, developers, and data scientists to deliver on-time, secure deployments.