VG IT Program Manager

Probity; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Probity is seeking a Program Manager with active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph to lead an Agile software development team delivering data-search solutions across structured and unstructured data sources in AWS or Azure.

You will coordinate sprint planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while aligning with Sponsor security and accreditation processes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
• Experience working with senior level customers for status updates.
• Experience using Jira for backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Experience putting together sprint plans.
• Experience putting together weekly reports.
• Ability to monitor multiple projects and risks; communicate with customers and teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication of technical issues to varied audiences.
• Experience leading enterprise projects with cross-organizational teams using PMF and Agile PM.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with tight deadlines.
• Ability to identify risks and mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing a project through ICD-503 accreditation and ATO.
• Hold PMI PMP or PMI-ACP certifications (desired).
• Lean Agile methodology experience (desired).
• Experience with sponsor data repos, Segmentation service, SecOps Pipeline, and Jira Workflow (desired).
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executives (desired).
• Familiarity with IC issues, policies, architectures (desired).
• Ability to build relationships among customers, stakeholders, teams (desired).

Skills

Agile leadership

Jira

Sprint planning

Stakeholder comms

Risk management

Portfolio mgmt

PMF knowledge

Security clearance

Communication skills

Cross-functional teams

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: This position requires an ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph. To be considered for this position, you MUST have an ACTIVE Clearance Level of Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Position Code: 03-PM0924-1

The Sponsor requires project management and technical support to manage projects and to perform software development activities within budget in the areas of enabling search against structured and unstructured data sets; federating searches across external data sources; coordinating, tagging, organizing, and collaborating on documents across the organization; leveraging machine language to discover content that would otherwise be missed via Boolean; and incorporating artificial intelligence to do predictive analysis and make recommendations based on historical data. These systems must continue without interruption and meet Sponsor approved timelines for new development activities. The team will comply with the Sponsor’s Lean Agile methodology, participate in all Lean Agile scrums, sprints and grooming sessions, and with Sponsor oversite, manage the progress of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product integration and development efforts. They will provide for O&M of existing system capabilities for enabling search against unstructured data sets; federating searches across external data sources; coordinating, tagging, organizing, and collaborating on documents across the organization and will provide after-hour support on an “on call” basis. The team will ensure O&M and software enhancement activities meet Sponsor approved timelines; consult and coordinate appropriately for problem resolution, task scheduling, new resource requirements, and task clarification; and operate in partnership with an integrated team of staff and contractors. They should understand the Sponsor’s target cloud environment, such as AWS or Azure, and coordinate and collaborate with Sponsor security, operations, testing, and other teams to provide system information and technical support. The team will comply with the Sponsor’s Risk Management (i.e., cyber security) Framework to ensure that the program addresses and mitigates vulnerabilities and risks identified throughout the lifecycle of the project; create, manage, and update Jira tickets; and assist in navigating the security accreditation process. They will support the dissemination of products to access-controlled users; develop and deploy web applications and user experiences supporting the dissemination of analytic product; and with Sponsor direction, provide prototype solutions to demonstrate feasibility and potential benefits of various technical solutions such as: establishing a unified backend architecture for the Sponsor's program, or redesigning and modernizing the existing backend infrastructure. The team will implement changes to current applications based on Sponsor requirements and support the Sponsor’s representatives in the technical assessment to right-size and scale cloud services to include Government-purchasing, engineering, and architecture related activities as applicable to applications. They will track work requirements and action items to meet program deadlines; deliver development requirements as requested by the Sponsor; use a Sponsor-approved tracking system for issues and problems; and provide applications development and programming support to develop software to implement system-level requirements. The team will implement, at Sponsor direction, changes to the current applications based on changing partner requirements, legislation, and policy and new functionality to system software. They will conduct functionality and performance testing for existing applications; develop applications and modifications to existing Sponsor applications in compliance with the Sponsor’s architectural and Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) process; and with Sponsor oversight, engage with end users, stakeholders, and project team members to understand end-user goals and business requirements. The team will create and communicate interaction and UX design decisions in the most appropriate forms (e.g., user stories, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, etc.) with Sponsor’s organization and, with Sponsor oversight, maintain a continuous feedback loop with users and stakeholders for UI/UX decision-making.

• 1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
• 2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• 3. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• 4. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together sprint plans.
• 5. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together weekly reports.
• 6. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job ability to monitor the progress of multiple concurrent and highly visible projects and requirements with the ability to recommend or take required corrective actions; to perform risk identification and management; and to communicate effectively with the customer, stakeholder, and project team.
• 7. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job communication skills and ability to articulate complex resource and technical issues to a range of audiences.
• 8. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with leading and managing enterprise level projects that have a multi-disciplinary cross-organizational project team from start to end using the Sponsor’s Project Management Framework (PMF) and Agile Project Management methodology.
• 9. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.
• 10. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience identifying programmatic challenges, risks, and constraints coupled with a strong ability to convey well-thought mitigation strategies.
• 11. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receive ATO (Authority to Operate).
• 12. (Desired) Hold the following Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (i.e. PMI PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP).
• 13. (Desired) Demonstrated recent experience with the Sponsor’s Lean Agile methodology.
• 14. (Desired) Demonstrated experience managing top line charts, sprint burn-up charts and sprint goals.
• 15. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Sponsor data repositories, Segmentation service, SecOps Pipeline, and Sponsor JIRA Workflow.
• 16. (Desired) Demonstrated on-the-job ability to communicate (orally and in writing) complex technical concepts and project information, tailoring ideas, explanations, and concepts to executive and senior managers.
• 17. (Desired) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge of Sponsor’s enterprise technical architecture, services-oriented architectures, security requirements, and operating environments.
• 18. (Desired) Demonstrated broad knowledge of Sponsor’s IT components, missions, and strategies.
• 19. (Desired) Demonstrated familiarity with IC issues, policies, systems, and working relationships.
• 20. (Desired) Demonstrated on-the-job ability to build and maintain constructive relationships among customers, stakeholders, technical teams, and contractors across the Sponsor and Intelligence Community (IC).