Program Manager
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Job Summary
Vacancy: 1
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)
Candidate Location Requirement: Local DMV candidates only
Location: Washington DC 20024
Employment Type: Contract
Engagement Type: W2 or 1099 only; no C2C
NDA Requirement: Selected candidate must be willing to sign an NDA
Dhaka Technologies Limited is seeking a highly experienced Program Manager Master to lead the successful delivery of large and complex programs and projects for one of its clients.
The selected candidate will manage programs through all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle including initiation planning iterative development continuous testing execution monitoring control and closeout. This role will serve as the primary technical point of contact for the customer and will coordinate across multiple workstreams including infrastructure applications quality assurance change management and customer service support.
This position requires a senior program leader with strong experience managing concurrent initiatives leading multi-year implementations supporting Agile delivery managing stakeholders and vendors and communicating effectively with business technical and executive audiences.
- Lead the successful delivery of large complex programs and projects across the full project lifecycle.
- Manage project initiation planning iterative development testing execution monitoring control and closeout activities.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer stakeholders.
- Manage relationships with stakeholders managers project teams software vendors service providers and key implementation partners.
- Provide thought leadership and delivery expertise for software hardware infrastructure IT application business process and system implementation initiatives.
- Manage daily project implementation activities including defining deliverables tracking schedules managing backlogs and monitoring sprint progress.
- Lead teams through all phases of the System Development Life Cycle using appropriate Waterfall Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Create and maintain project plans resource plans program metrics communication plans schedules backlogs and delivery analytics.
- Align project objectives with stakeholder goals business priorities and program outcomes.
- Identify project dependencies resource dependencies risks issues decisions and required actions.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure project schedules milestones and deliverables remain on track.
- Communicate project status risks issues actions decisions and schedule updates across the customer project portfolio.
- Develop executive-level communications steering committee materials status reports dashboards and decision-support documentation.
- Assist with internal communications resource coordination and project team alignment as needed.
- Direct motivate and collaborate with project team members to ensure clear communication timely task completion and strong delivery performance.
- Provide guidance direction coaching and feedback to less-experienced staff and project contributors.
- Foster a collaborative team environment built on trust accountability diverse perspectives innovation and continuous improvement.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business Finance or another related field.
- PMP PMI Agile Certified Practitioner ScrumMaster or another recognized Agile/project management certification is required.
- 12 years of experience managing and implementing concurrent initiatives of varying size and complexity.
- Minimum of four individual multi-year project implementation experiences.
- Proven success leading initiatives within an Agile methodology environment.
- Strong experience managing large and complex IT software hardware infrastructure application or business transformation programs.
- Demonstrated experience leading programs across multiple workstreams including infrastructure applications QA change management and customer support.
- Strong understanding of the System Development Life Cycle and experience applying Waterfall Agile and hybrid project delivery methods.
- Demonstrated success as a team leader including motivating teams building trust encouraging diverse viewpoints and driving delivery performance.
- Experience managing stakeholders managers technical teams vendors service providers and executive sponsors.
- Strong experience creating and maintaining project plans resource plans communication plans program metrics schedules backlogs and delivery reports.
- Ability to identify track and manage risks issues actions decisions resource dependencies and project dependencies.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare executive steering committee communications.
- Strong leadership facilitation organization decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Microsoft Project Microsoft Visio Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment and support onsite collaboration as required.
- Must be a local DMV candidate.
- Experience working in a formal PMO or enterprise program delivery environment.
- Experience managing SaaS PaaS on-premise infrastructure application modernization or enterprise system implementation projects.
- Experience supporting government public-sector or highly regulated technology programs.
- Experience managing project portfolios executive reporting and cross-functional delivery governance.
- Experience supporting organizational change management customer service support implementation readiness and operational transition activities.
- Senior-level program and project management discipline.
- Strong stakeholder and vendor management capability.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities.
- Strong Agile delivery and sprint management experience.
- Strong executive communication and steering committee reporting skills.
- Ability to lead teams drive accountability and resolve delivery challenges.
- Strong documentation planning scheduling and reporting discipline.
- Ability to work across technical and business teams in a complex delivery environment.
- Strong judgment professionalism and confidentiality.
The ideal candidate is a senior program manager with deep experience leading complex multi-year IT implementations and concurrent project initiatives. This individual should be able to manage executive expectations coordinate technical and business teams lead Agile delivery manage vendors maintain project discipline and ensure successful outcomes across scope schedule quality communication and stakeholder satisfaction.
This role is best suited for a highly experienced delivery leader who can operate confidently in a complex enterprise environment and serve as a trusted point of contact for both technical teams and customer leadership.
Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume to:
Required Skills:
Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business Finance or another related field. PMP PMI Agile Certified Practitioner ScrumMaster or another recognized Agile/project management certification is required. 12 years of experience managing and implementing concurrent initiatives of varying size and complexity. Minimum of four individual multi-year project implementation experiences. Proven success leading initiatives within an Agile methodology environment. Strong experience managing large and complex IT software hardware infrastructure application or business transformation programs. Demonstrated experience leading programs across multiple workstreams including infrastructure applications QA change management and customer support. Strong understanding of the System Development Life Cycle and experience applying Waterfall Agile and hybrid project delivery methods. Demonstrated success as a team leader including motivating teams building trust encouraging diverse viewpoints and driving delivery performance. Experience managing stakeholders managers technical teams vendors service providers and executive sponsors. Strong experience creating and maintaining project plans resource plans communication plans program metrics schedules backlogs and delivery reports. Ability to identify track and manage risks issues actions decisions resource dependencies and project dependencies. Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare executive steering committee communications. Strong leadership facilitation organization decision-making and problem-solving skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Microsoft Project Microsoft Visio Atlassian Jira and Confluence. Ability to work in a hybrid environment and support onsite collaboration as required. Must be a local DMV candidate. Preferred Qualifications Experience working in a formal PMO or enterprise program delivery environment. Experience managing SaaS PaaS on-premise infrastructure application modernization or enterprise system implementation projects. Experience supporting government public-sector or highly regulated technology programs. Experience managing project portfolios executive reporting and cross-functional delivery governance. Experience supporting organizational change management customer service support implementation readiness and operational transition activities. Required Competencies Senior-level program and project management discipline. Strong stakeholder and vendor management capability. Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities. Strong Agile delivery and sprint management experience. Strong executive communication and steering committee reporting skills. Ability to lead teams drive accountability and resolve delivery challenges. Strong documentation planning scheduling and reporting discipline. Ability to work across technical and business teams in a complex delivery environment. Strong judgment professionalism and confidentiality.
Required Education:
BSC in Computer Science or relavant field
