Program Manager

About the Position

Actively Hiring

QBA is seeking a Program Manager to lead our federal IT modernization and large-scale Agile delivery initiatives. This role is pivotal in managing a 150+ staff, overseeing budget, and maintaining client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own program-level scope, schedule, budget, and quality across all program workstreams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client executive stakeholders, the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and contracting officers.
• Direct a matrixed organization of 150+ staff spanning development, security, data, business analysis, and DevSecOps teams.
• Lead Phase 2 staffing ramp, including hiring plans, onboarding, badging, and subcontractor management.
• Establish and manage program governance, including delivery metrics, Earned Value Management (EVM), financial reporting, and executive briefings.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies with documented mitigation plans.
• Ensure contract compliance, deliverable acceptance, and responsiveness to client direction.
• Champion agentic and AI-augmented delivery practices, including AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting across the SDLC.
• Partner with architects and technical leadership to ensure the technical roadmap, funding, and staffing remain aligned.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage program cost, schedule, quality, staffing, and contractual performance.
• Drive Agile delivery practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Provide executive-level program status, financial, risk, and performance reporting.
• Support transition and execution of new contract phases and program initiatives.

Requirements

• Program Management
• Project Management
• Active PMP certification
• Federal IT modernization experience
• Experience managing 150+ people on large federal programs
• Large-scale Agile delivery
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Financial management
• Program scope management
• Program schedule management
• Program budget management
• Program quality management
• Program risk and issue management
• Cross-workstream dependency management
• Federal contract management/compliance
• Client executive stakeholder management
• Experience working with CORs and contracting officers
• Staffing and workforce management
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance
• Willingness to work a hybrid schedule in Reston, VA and Washington, D.C.-area client locations as required
• AI-augmented/AI-assisted delivery experience or demonstrated ability to champion AI-assisted development, testing, and reporting

Nice to Have

• PgMP certification
• SAFe certification
• Financial-regulatory domain experience
• Filing-systems domain experience
• Familiarity with AWS cloud programs
• Familiarity with AI-augmented SDLC tooling
• Experience leading capture and transition into new contract phases
• Experience with agentic AI and AI-assisted engineering practices
• Experience managing large-scale federal cloud modernization programs

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $200k – $220k
• Full-Time position
• Hybrid work location with options to work remotely and on-site in Washington, D.C. and Reston, VA
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge federal IT modernization projects
• Collaborative and innovative work environment

About the Company

QBA

QBA is a leading provider of IT services, consulting, market research, audit, and compliance solutions. With a team of 201-500 employees, we are committed to delivering high-quality services to our clients.

Location: Washington, D.C. and Reston, VA

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