Principal Technical Project Manager
About The Position
The Technical Project Manager supports the Agile Release Train Program Manager and Technical Lead in developing Epics, Features, and application roadmaps for the design and development of new and existing applications. The role helps customers achieve mission outcomes and drives innovation throughout the engagement lifecycle through iterative feedback mechanisms. The TPM works with software development teams, serves as a key customer liaison, and coordinates with internal systems engineers to ensure customer priorities are planned through the implementation lifecycle. The position leads technical planning and coordination between Agile teams and mission customers, including verification, validation, and deployments. It also performs risk management and mitigation and develops implementation timelines in a tailored SAFe Agile DevSecOps environment. The role requires strategic thinking, sound judgment guided by policies and business plans, and collaboration across roles to understand mission objectives and define project goals.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with at least a CI polygraph; the posting also states TS/SCI with a Full-Scope Polygraph is required.
- Bachelor's degree and 12 or more years of experience; relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- In-depth knowledge of common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and development practices.
- In-depth experience as a technical expert across multiple project assignments while supervising others.
- Exposure to web and mobile application development teams.
- Comprehensive knowledge across key tasks on high-impact assignments.
- Experience operating in SAFe and Agile frameworks and planning and leading major technology assignments.
- Experience evaluating performance results and recommending major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
Nice To Haves
- SAFe Agilist Certification.
- Scrum Alliance Scrum Master Certification.
- Experience using SAFe as the Agile development methodology.
- Previous software development or infrastructure experience.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
- Experience with requirements management, portfolio management, Lean Six Sigma, or other optimization methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Support the Agile Release Train Program Manager and Technical Lead in developing Epics, Features, and application roadmaps.
- Lead technical planning and coordinate work between Agile teams, mission customers, and internal systems engineers.
- Execute project plans, address customer needs, resolve or escalate issues, and capture and validate requirements.
- Develop and manage project governance plans, schedules, team goals, success criteria, milestones, and budgets; identify and mitigate execution limitations.
- Communicate complex concepts to customers and technical teammates, adjusting communication style to the context.
- Use judgment and tact to challenge, recommend, and redirect teams and manage client expectations.
- Lead business and technical project teams using Agile delivery methods while managing scope, schedule, and cost.
- Track team work through completion of all deliverables accepted into a PI.
- Coordinate with team members and customers to ensure stories contain the information needed to complete the work and that necessary stories are created.
- Coordinate and socialize production changes and brief appropriate boards for deployment approval.
- Coordinate verification, validation, and deployments.
- Identify and mitigate project risks and develop implementation timelines.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
