POSITION OVERVIEWThe Agile Project Manager supports Federal digital services initiatives by leading Agile delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing stakeholder engagement, and ensuring successful execution of complex digital modernization efforts in high-visibility environments. This role is responsible for Agile planning and execution, stakeholder communications, risk management, release planning, governance compliance, and continuous process improvement while supporting Government customers and cross-functional delivery teams.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES- Serve as the accountable Agile Project Manager and primary day-to-day delivery lead for digital services initiatives.
- Coordinate priorities, scope, schedules, resource requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
- Plan and facilitate Agile delivery across Scrum and Kanban teams, including standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies and facilitate Scrum-of-Scrums activities as required.
- Develop and maintain Agile roadmaps, release plans, prioritized backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and definitions of done.
- Manage RAID logs, escalation paths, delivery risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
- Provide transparent delivery reporting using Jira dashboards, metrics, and stakeholder briefings.
- Communicate accomplishments, upcoming work, schedule impacts, and scope considerations to Government stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with SDLC/WDLC processes, accessibility requirements, quality gates, and governance standards.
- Coordinate with QA, security, infrastructure, and technical teams to support successful releases.
- Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, SOP development, Agile coaching, and process optimization.
- Coordinate surge efforts and urgent response activities in high-visibility operational environments.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading Agile delivery in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Strong proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile collaboration platforms.
- Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, change management, and stakeholder communications.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI, MS Project, and SharePoint.
- Experience working effectively with remote and hybrid cross-functional teams and Government stakeholders.
- Required certifications: PMP and Agile credentials such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and/or SAFe Agilist.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience supporting Federal digital services, web operations, or public-facing platforms.
- Advanced SAFe or scaled Agile experience including dependency management and release planning.
- Advanced proficiency with Jira and Confluence administration and reporting.
- Experience with Miro, Mural, Visio, Lucidchart, and other collaboration and visualization tools.
- Experience defining and measuring S.M.A.R.T. goals, OKRs, KPIs, and executive reporting dashboards.
- Experience building reports and dashboards using Excel, Power BI, Workboard, or similar platforms.
- Additional Agile certifications such as ICAgile Agile Coach, ICP-ACC, A-CSM, or equivalent credentials.
- Experience establishing PMO governance, templates, standards, and delivery processes across multiple initiatives.
