Agile Program Manager *Contingent*

*Contingent upon contract award, anticipated early 2027*

Summary

DAS is seeking an experienced Agile Program Manager (APM) to lead a large, multi-site Agile Professional Services (APS) contract supporting a U.S. Army program executive office headquartered in Orlando, Florida. This position is contingent upon contract award, anticipated in early 2027. The APM leads the overall contract effort, managing a capacity pool of roughly 200 professionals organized in cross-functional pods across six directorates and eleven sites in the United States, Germany, and South Korea, and serves as the single point of contact to Government leadership for contract execution. You will run the backlog, capacity, and flow metrics in Jira, hold every deliverable to its Definition of Done, and brief Government Product Owners from the directorate level to the program executive. Full time, on site in Orlando, with periodic travel to supported sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall contract effort as the Government's single point of contact for contract execution across the program executive office portfolios
• Manage the enterprise capacity pool: allocate cross-functional pods and squads to Government priorities, run the weekly Replenishment Meeting and the sprint cadence, and apply the classes of service and reallocation triggers in the Agile Implementation Plan
• Own the Jira configuration and the contract's Agile performance dashboard: backlog workflows, capacity tracking, flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, aging work in progress, say/do), and dashboards at the program executive, program manager, and product manager levels
• Lead quality control so that every deliverable meets its Definition of Done; run the monthly Operations Review and the quarterly Enterprise Capacity Review with the Government
• Direct workforce management with the DAS and teammate recruiting teams: backfill vacancies within 20 calendar days, maintain the Key Personnel and Labor Category (LCAT) Crosswalk as a living document, and keep the skills matrix and cross-training current
• Lead Agile adoption and change management with Government Product Owners: onboarding clinics, working agreements, communities of practice, and the metrics that show adoption
• Oversee geographically dispersed teams at sites across the United States, Germany, and South Korea; travel as required
• Deliver the monthly progress and status report and the Agile management plan; keep every hour posted to the Government-authorized task instruction
• Manage subcontractor teammates' delivery inside the pods and hold the team to the contract's Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan metrics
• If selected before award, participate in the proposal's oral presentation as the proposed APM

Required Qualifications & Experience

Each must be demonstrated on your resume.

• Active DoD security clearance
• At least 5 years of program management experience leading Agile teams or managing cross-functional, capacity-based professional services contracts in a federal or commercial environment, with at least 3 of those years within the past 5 years
• Demonstrated experience scaling Agile practices across multiple teams while maintaining alignment with strategic goals
• A current, recognized advanced Agile credential: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), SAFe Agilist, SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), or an equivalent advanced certification; certificate copies required
• Hands-on experience with enterprise Agile management tools, Jira at a minimum, to track capacity, manage backlog workflows, forecast delivery velocity, and generate flow metrics and dashboards
• A documented record of the specific metrics you have used to pivot a failing project or improve team performance, with the before-and-after results
• U.S. citizenship
• Able to work on site full time in Orlando, Florida, and travel to supported sites

Desired Skills

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) or SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE); Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Experience leading a professional services or SETA contract of 100 or more personnel for an Army or Department of Defense program executive office
• Jira Data Center administration experience (boards, workflows, custom fields, automation rules, dashboards and gadgets) and Power BI reporting from Jira data
• Familiarity with Army acquisition and the simulation, training, test, and instrumentation domain
• Experience briefing senior Government leadership
• Prior military or Government civilian service

About DAS: Defense Acquisition Support Services is a Women Owned Small Business focused on hiring the very best people in Defense Contracting. As a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) focused organization, we partner with the government to help them achieve Mission Success. Established in 2007, we have remained "People Focused" and understand the secret to organizational success is the team. Our "People Focused" approach enables us to hire, retain, and help our teammates succeed and assist them by providing the very best possible support available to our government customers.

The DAS Culture: We are "People Focused." Each team member gets an employee concierge who is charged with helping ensure personal and professional success for our people. We care and try to help people find the right fit so they can find happiness, development, and a rewarding career. We succeed by helping you succeed.

DAS Benefits: We provide real benefits for our team that includes:

• Free Health Care from Aetna
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• 401K
• Employer Paid Group Life
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Professional Development Training