Program Manager (Federal Financial Systems)

Ascella Technologies, Inc.•Washington, DC

2d•Remote

About The Position

Ascella Technologies is seeking a strategic leader to support a federal agency initiative focused on modernizing financial and acquisition systems. This effort includes migrating legacy core financial systems to a modern, cloud-based ERP solution to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and support more effective decision-making across the agency.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required
Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university
At least 10 years of experience managing the implementation of CGI Momentum at a federal agency.
Proven success directing programs with 50+ team members, specifically overseeing complex data conversion and interface workstreams.
Minimum of 15 years of industry experience within Financial Management Systems (FMS), with a deep understanding of federal accounting and acquisition regulations.
Extensive experience leading projects within a SAFe or Lean-Agile framework, including the use of tools like Jira or Agility to track scrum team capacity and velocity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Azure FISMA High cloud offerings.
Familiarity with federal software delivery lifecycles.
Deep knowledge of automated data cleansing and iterative migration methodologies.

Responsibilities

Lead a high-performing team of over 50 professionals in the end-to-end delivery of interface design and data conversion, ensuring the successful migration of legacy data to a secure, Azure-based SaaS environment.
Serve as the primary bridge between government leadership and technical workstreams, navigating complex Agile environments (SAFe) to ensure that performance, quality, and schedule milestones are consistently met.
Define and execute the Program Management Plan, establishing the resource controls and risk mitigation strategies necessary to maintain a steady delivery cadence across multiple implementation waves.