Manager, Program/Project III

Nationwide IT Services employs the Project Manager to manage a Department of War Development and Sustainment program. The role provides overall Agile program and project management for the sustainment, enhancement, cybersecurity compliance, and modernization of a public-facing website and supporting CMS, while coordinating execution and serving as the primary management interface with Government stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Agile software development program management across application sustainment, enhancements, cybersecurity activities, and modernization efforts
• Facilitate bi-weekly work-planning and priority-setting sessions with Government representatives
• Maintain and manage the Government-accessible product backlog, including priorities, milestones, deployment dates, velocity, and progress against the program roadmap
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate program and technical risks; maintain the project risk register and report risk status to the Government regularly
• Coordinate closely with the TPOC/COR, Government technical stakeholders, developers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, and other team members to ensure priorities and technical activities remain aligned
• Oversee schedules, milestones, dependencies, change-management activities, software releases, and overall delivery performance
• Ensure timely preparation, review, and delivery of required CDRLs, including the Project Management Plan, backlog-related deliverables, status reports, and other required program documentation
• Provide management oversight for projects operating under DoD RMF and STIG compliance requirements, coordinating cybersecurity activities with the technical and cyber teams
• Support Government reviews, status meetings, release planning, issue escalation, and management reporting
• Promote effective Agile execution while maintaining visibility into cost, schedule, performance, staffing, risks, and Government dependencies

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience managing agile software development projects within a NIWC or Department of the Navy (DON) enterprise environment, specifically supporting programs with a public-facing, secure web presence
• Must demonstrate experience managing projects subject to DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and STIG compliance
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation