Program Manager

Alpha Omega Integration • Arlington, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Alpha Omega is seeking a Program Manager to support an IT portfolio within a Program Management Office (PMO) for one of our clients. The selected candidate will, at a minimum, fulfill the responsibilities listed in the Responsibilities section. The Program Manager will be responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and managing multiple agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality for clients, and manage execution to meet or exceed Quality Assurance Standards. This role involves managing large, complex enterprise-level portfolios of projects, potentially consisting of multiple Agile teams and requiring integration with other activities outside the scope of Agile teams. The Program Manager will lead diverse teams of technical, acquisition, financial, and program/project management staff, ensuring full compliance with corporate and customer systems and quality standards. Experience with DHS and/or ICE IT environments, agile development methodologies, and the DHS Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) is preferred. The role also includes organizing, directing, and managing all aspects of federal contract operational support functions, assessing issues and developing resolutions, driving alignment between stakeholder groups, coordinating cross-functional dependencies, assessing application scope and characteristics, assisting with client requirements, and managing teams in support of application implementation. Demonstrated lifecycle acquisition Program Management experience in a federal environment and experience with requirements tools and tracking are also required.

Requirements

• 10+ years as a Project/Program Manager
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders at varied levels
• Must be able to successfully complete the DHS security and suitability background check
• Proven ability to use all Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent customer service, attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to work in a team environment
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly
• Proven ability to lead teams in an agile environment
• Able to advise on how to utilize team members appropriately
• Willingness to roll up sleeves and backfill for team as able.

Nice To Haves

• Prefer recent experience and understanding of DHS and/or ICE IT environment, processes, and agile development methodologies as well as working within the DHS Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC).
• Active or recent previous DHS experience HIGHLY desired.
• Working knowledge of SAFe methodology.
• Proven history of delivering data driven solutions with a customer-first mindset

Responsibilities

• Planning, leading, organizing, and managing multiple agile project teams
• Achieve a high level of performance and quality for clients and manage execution to meet or exceed Quality Assurance Standards
• Manage large, complex enterprise-level portfolio of projects consisting of multiple Agile teams and/or requiring integration and collaboration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams via Integrated Project Teams or other collaborative means.
• Lead large diverse teams of technical, acquisition, financial, and program/project management staff.
• Manage teams to ensure full compliance with corporate and customer systems and quality standards
• Organize, direct, and manage all aspects of federal contract operational support functions involving multiple, inter-related project tasks
• Assess issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Drive alignment between stakeholder groups and coordinate any cross-functional dependencies
• Assess the scope and characteristics of each application, and assist in client requirements while managing a team in support of implementing the application
• Demonstrated lifecycle acquisition Program Management experience in a federal environment.
• Experience with requirements tools and tracking

Benefits

• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior