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IT Program Manager

MPower


Job Location:

Bethesda, MD - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 115000 - 130000
Posted: 5 September 2026 (18 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 3 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

mPower is looking for a well-rounded IT Program Manager to join our team. The IT Program Manager will be responsible for leading and coordinating complex IT programs and projects from planning through implementation. This role provides oversight of project scope schedules budgets resources risks and deliverables while ensuring technology initiatives align with organizational and client objectives. The ideal candidate is an experienced IT leader with strong project management expertise technical knowledge and the ability to manage multiple priorities and cross-functional teams.
Job Responsibilities:
  • Lead the planning execution and delivery of multiple concurrent IT projects and initiatives.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Government customers stakeholders technical teams and corporate leadership.
  • Anticipate customer needs proactively address program challenges and identify opportunities to enhance service delivery and mission outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain project plans schedules budgets milestones and performance metrics.
  • Manage project scope risks issues dependencies and change requests.
  • Coordinate activities across technical teams business stakeholders vendors and leadership.
  • Monitor program performance and provide regular status reports dashboards and executive-level briefings.
  • Ensure projects are completed on time within budget and in accordance with established requirements and quality standards.
  • Lead project meetings stakeholder discussions and technical coordination activities.
  • Manage and mentor project managers technical leads and other program resources as applicable.
  • Support IT modernization system implementations cloud initiatives infrastructure upgrades cybersecurity and other technology projects.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational IT policies security requirements and project management standards.
  • Identify opportunities to improve IT processes service delivery and operational efficiency.
  • Manage vendor and contractor performance and ensure contractual deliverables are met.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Information Systems Business Project Management or a related field.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required.
  • 7 years of progressive experience managing IT projects or programs including experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience managing a Federal Government IT services contract.
  • Demonstrated experience managing project schedules budgets resources risks and deliverables.
  • Broad understanding of enterprise IT environments including infrastructure applications cloud technologies cybersecurity and IT service management.
  • Experience working with cross-functional technical and business teams.
  • Strong leadership communication problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project Jira Azure DevOps ServiceNow or similar platforms.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of Agile Scrum Waterfall and hybrid project management methodologies.
  • Experience supporting IT modernization infrastructure or enterprise application initiatives.
  • Experience developing executive-level reports presentations project dashboards and performance metrics.
  • CompTIA Security
  • CompTIA Network and/or A
  • ITIL Foundation or higher
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or other Agile/Scrum certification
$115000 - $130000 a year
mPower Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion ethnic or national origin ancestry age sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy (including childbirth or related condition) citizenship familial status mental or physical disability status veteran status genetic information other non-disqualifying disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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