Technical Program Manager

Description

The team supports the Department of Defense by helping unify the Air Force's cyber defense, so threats can be met faster with shared insight, quicker decisions and stronger mission protection.

This Technical Program Manager role gives you a view of the full mission initiatives and a clear path for growth in program management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central coordinator for the Agile process across the enterprise, turning authoritative requirements into development work for every contractor team.
• With Government approval and in close coordination with it, lead the program's overall Agile framework, including running joint Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions.
• Keep delivery in sync by mapping technical dependencies and aligning schedules across the Platform and Application contractor teams.
• Build and manage a formal requirements ingestion process so each enterprise technical requirement is mapped and traced to its authoritative Government capability document.
• Oversee the breakdown of high-level requirements into Epics, Features and User Stories that fit upcoming Program Increments.
• Evaluate and categorize validated requirements, then recommend them to the Government for approval and route each one to the right Agile pipeline: infrastructure, pipeline, software or application.
• Occasionally access SCIF facilities to engage with classified requirement sources and governance boards.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of Scrum and SAFe, including Agile decomposition, backlog management, and PI and Sprint planning.
• Experience orchestrating PI planning across multiple contractor teams in a System of Systems environment.
• Experience bringing high-level capability documents such as IS-ICD, RDP and Forms 1067 into digital thread workflows.
• Working knowledge of DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD and software testing frameworks.
• Ability to coordinate multiple contractor teams in a hybrid cloud, cybersecurity-intensive environment.
• Technical fluency in enterprise architecture, MBSE models or Zero Trust frameworks.
• Proficiency with backlog tools such as Jira.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 10 to 12 years in technical program or product leadership.
• At least 5 years leading Agile development pipelines and at least 3 years supporting MBSE, DevSecOps or software engineering programs.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance.
• Top Secret clearance, currently held, with eligibility to obtain Top Secret/SCI.
• US citizenship required.

Conditions

Onsite position based at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX.

Full-time, 40 scheduled hours per week, with full flex work weeks where possible.

Travel is required for less than 10% of the time.

Clearance requirement: no public trust or other clearance beyond the Top Secret level listed above.

The likely salary range is $140,250 to $189,750, based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements, and the offer may fall outside this range.

Equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre- and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid education and certifications, internal mobility support and access to modern technology.
• Identity verification using biometrics and AI is part of hiring, and interviews are on camera.