Senior Program Manager

This is a 6-month contract position for a Senior Program Manager to support agile transformation initiatives in Washington, DC. The role is fully onsite and requires direct experience leading enterprise agile transformations in federal or private environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction and operational execution of the agile transformation program
• Drive team maturity progression by implementing assessment frameworks, ensuring coaches create and execute coaching plans, and measuring advancement against maturity models and metrics
• Establish and maintain transparency with program stakeholders through meaningful status reporting, proactive communication of changes, data-driven insights, and regular engagement with sponsors and business stakeholders
• Ensure consistent application of the agile playbook across all teams, coaches, and Scrum Masters to maintain standardization, alignment, and continuity in agile practices
• Ensure agile resource effectiveness by establishing performance standards for coaches and Scrum Masters, monitoring coaching quality, resolving team and coach conflicts, and providing evidence-based recommendations
• Drive business value realization by ensuring agile teams deliver work that meets expected business outcomes through coaching oversight, metrics analysis, and alignment between team outputs and program objectives
• Build sustainable program governance through documented processes, stakeholder engagement rhythms, risk management protocols, resource management systems, and strategic recommendations
• Shape program strategy by continuously assessing program effectiveness, piloting innovative practices, recommending adaptations to the agile approach, and ensuring the program evolves with organizational maturity

Qualifications

• Required

• 10+ years of professional experience with at least 5+ years leading enterprise agile transformations

• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience and proven track record of coaching teams

• At least 3+ years of experience with project or program management or systems engineering demonstrating ability to manage complex initiatives

• Deep understanding and expertise of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Deep expertise in multiple agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework, or similar) with ability to adapt practices to organizational culture

• Demonstrated ability to define and implement agile maturity models and assessment frameworks

• Direct experience leading agile transformations in federal or private environments

• Direct hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to engage and influence senior leadership, sponsors, and business stakeholders

• Experience building sustainable governance models including documentation standards, engagement rhythms, and risk management

• Strong conflict resolution and problem-solving skills for addressing team dynamics and resource challenges

• Excellent communication skills including status reporting, presentations, and facilitation

• Industry-leading agile practitioner certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, PMP-ACP, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

• Advanced degree

• Government or highly regulated industry experience

• Strategic thinking with track record of evolving agile practices, recommending improvements, and driving organizational change