Program Manager

We are building a team for one of the U.S. Federal Government's largest technology modernization programs, underpinning the U.S. capital markets.

Built on AWS and leveraging an AI-powered software engineering platform, this program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with next-generation AI, Agentic AI, cloud technologies, and AI-driven engineering.

If you are looking for technically challenging work, exceptional learning, and a résumé-defining opportunity with national impact, I would love to connect.

Job Title:
Program Manager

Position Type:
Full-Time

Location:
Reston, VA & client locations in the Washington, D.C. area as required

Days Remote:
1-2 days

Position Summary:
The Program Manager is the senior-most delivery leader on the platform, accountable for the success of the entire program as it enters Phase 2. The Program Manager will own the client relationship with agency leadership, direct a 150+ person multi-team Agile organization, and be responsible for cost, schedule, quality, and contractual performance across all workstreams.
This role establishes the delivery culture for the program, including the adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices across the software development lifecycle. The Program Manager works closely with client executives, contracting officials, technical leadership, and internal delivery teams to ensure successful program execution, contractual compliance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own program-level scope, schedule, budget, and quality across all program workstreams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client executive stakeholders, the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and contracting officers.
• Direct a matrixed organization of 150+ staff spanning development, security, data, business analysis, and DevSecOps teams.
• Lead Phase 2 staffing ramp, including hiring plans, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.
• Establish and manage program governance, including delivery metrics, Earned Value Management (EVM), financial reporting, and executive briefings.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies with documented mitigation plans.
• Ensure contract compliance, deliverable acceptance, and responsiveness to client direction.
• Champion agentic and AI-augmented delivery practices, including AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting across the SDLC.
• Partner with architects and technical leadership to ensure the technical roadmap, funding, and staffing remain aligned.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage program cost, schedule, quality, staffing, and contractual performance.
• Drive Agile delivery practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Provide executive-level program status, financial, risk, and performance reporting.
• Support transition and execution of new contract phases and program initiatives.

Minimum Experience:

• 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Experience managing 150+ person organizations on large federal programs.
• Experience with federal IT modernization programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile delivery at scale.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and financial management.
• Experience managing program-level scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and dependencies.
• Experience managing client executive relationships and federal contracting stakeholders.
• Experience with staffing, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.
• Experience managing contractual compliance and deliverable acceptance.

Mandatory Skills:

• Program Management.
• Project Management.
• Active PMP certification.
• 10+ years of program/project management experience.
• Federal IT modernization experience.
• Experience managing 150+ people on large federal programs.
• Large-scale Agile delivery.
• Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Financial management.
• Program scope management.
• Program schedule management.
• Program budget management.
• Program quality management.
• Program risk and issue management.
• Cross-workstream dependency management.
• Federal contract management/compliance.
• Client executive stakeholder management.
• Experience working with CORs and contracting officers.
• Staffing and workforce management.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Non-technical requirement:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance.
• Willingness to work a hybrid schedule in Reston, VA and Washington, D.C.-area client locations as required.
• AI-augmented/AI-assisted delivery experience or demonstrated ability to champion AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• PgMP certification.
• SAFe certification.
• Financial-regulatory domain experience.
• Filing-systems domain experience.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud programs.
• Familiarity with AI-augmented SDLC tooling.
• Experience leading capture and transition into new contract phases.
• Experience with agentic AI and AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Experience managing large-scale federal cloud modernization programs.

Pay Rate Range:
$200,000 - $220,000

Degrees and Certifications:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Active PMP certification.

Preferred:

• PgMP certification.
• SAFe certification.