Strategic Tech Program Manager & Agile Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Reston, VA is seeking a Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master to align teams and deliver technology capabilities from planning through operations.

In a SAFe environment, you will coordinate PI Planning, backlog and release planning, and cross-functional delivery spanning engineering, security, and operations. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s degree, with a focus on leadership and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT project management or Agile delivery experience.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional IT initiatives from initiation through implementation and transition to operations.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, issues, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience operating in a SAFe Agile environment, including PI Planning, backlog management, release planning, and coordination across Agile teams.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for project planning, delivery tracking, risk management, reporting, and documentation.
• Experience coordinating technical, customer, vendor, and distributed delivery teams and driving work to completion.
• Experience leading implementation readiness, migration planning, testing coordination, cutover, stabilization, and transition-to-operations activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering and business stakeholders.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, delivery milestones, resource assignments, and dependencies.
• Lead SAFe Agile activities, including PI Planning, backlog coordination, release planning, dependency management, and delivery tracking.
• Coordinate internal, customer, vendor, and technical resources to drive deliverables to timely completion.
• Use Jira and Confluence to manage plans, backlogs, risks, dependencies, documentation, reporting, and delivery metrics.
• Lead customer status meetings and executive briefings covering progress, milestones, upcoming work, risks, decisions, and program health.
• Coordinate implementation readiness activities, including migration planning, testing, cutover, hypercare, stabilization, and transition to operations.
• Identify and resolve delivery obstacles, elevate decisions appropriately, and maintain alignment across engineering, architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• Ensure project activities meet contractual commitments and applicable security, compliance, governance, and documentation requirements.

Skills

IT project management

Agile delivery

SAFe Agile

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Reston, VA is seeking a Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master to align teams and deliver technology capabilities from planning through operations.

In a SAFe environment, you will coordinate PI Planning, backlog and release planning, and cross-functional delivery spanning engineering, security, and operations. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s degree, with a focus on leadership and stakeholder communication.