Role: Technical Program Manager
Location: Fairfax VA Hybrid 3 days a week
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Position Summary:
Client is seeking a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to lead and manage complex technology projects for federal and commercial clients. This individual will oversee crossfunctional teams ensuring project goals are achieved on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong combination or a technical and business background proven leadership skills and the ability to drive multiple technical initiatives to completion while delivering measurable value to the organization.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead high level and detailed technical design with senior technical staff to create compliant and efficient architecture.
- Oversee scoping and funding of technical resources required to deliver the technical design across teams.
- Drive implementation of technical tasks monitoring key dependencies and reporting risks/issues/blockers.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define program objectives scope deliverables and success metrics.
- Oversee multiple simultaneous projects ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
- Develop and manage program budgets schedules and resources while maintaining accountability for results.
- Work closely with crossfunctional teams including engineering product management and external vendors to ensure successful program execution.
- Identify risks and opportunities and proactively develop mitigation and contingency plans to ensure seamless project delivery.
- Produce detailed program status reports for stakeholders including performance metrics and actionable insights.
- Lead change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption of new processes technologies or systems.
- Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure clear communication and shared understanding of priorities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize program delivery and team performance.
- Oversee multiple project teams ensuring program goals are reached
Skills/Qualifications:
- 9 years of experience working on technical/software engineering teams fielding capability up to Enterprisescale systems.
- 7 years of experience as a software/technical engineering manager technical lead or technical manager with Agile processes.
- Knowledge of solutions architecture web technologies relational databases networks Cloud and security.
- Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multimillion dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership.
- Exceptional leadership time management facilitation and organizational skills
- Outstanding working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes.
- Ability to develop and communicate new concepts via written and spoken interaction; apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; organize schedule and coordinate work phases; and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or with assistance at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
- Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment and quickly learn new technology concepts including software and hardware.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills for design creation and testing.
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration or a Technical Discipline.
- Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex technology solutions within federal or commercial environments.
Clearance:
- U.S. citizenship required
- Possesses or can obtain OPM Position of Public Trust or DoD Secret clearance.
Desired Certifications:
- PMP Certification
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMIACP)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent certifications
Work Location:
- Fairfax VA Hybrid 3 days a week