Senior Program Manager

Agile Six is a people-first, remote-work company that serves shoulder-to-shoulder with federal agencies to find innovative, human-centered solutions. We build better by putting people first. We are animated by our core values of Purpose, Wholeness, Trust, Self-Management and Inclusion. We deliver our solutions in autonomous teams of self-managed professionals (no managers here!) who genuinely care about each other and the work. We know that’s our company’s purpose – and that we can only achieve it by supporting a culture where people feel valued, self-managed, and love to come to work.

We are seeking a Senior Program Manager with experience supporting initiatives related to VA.gov or other high profile websites that provide essential services to join a multi-team effort to digitize forms related to Veteran benefits and services. Initial deliverables for this effort have very aggressive timelines. The Program Manager will act as the primary customer point of contact for the contract, and provide status updates to stakeholders for multiple teams (up to 4) and work streams, identify and raise significant risks, impediments and trade-off decisions, manage cross-team dependencies, and ensure all teams have the context they need to deliver effectively. Importantly, the Program Manager will need to act as a two-way “adapter” between Agile Six’s agile delivery teams and a set of lightweight traditional project management processes at the VA, including project plans and high level Gantt charts. The Program Manager will need to be deeply tuned in with the team’s progress, and be able to articulate risks and blockers in the client’s preferred format, and communicate stakeholder priorities and technical direction back to the team. Most importantly, we are looking for people who share our passion for working on important problems that have a lasting impact on millions of users and make a difference in our government!

Please note, this is a short-term contract. We expect this position will end March of 2026. While we hope to have other work available at that time, we cannot guarantee it. Our preference would be to transfer team members to other positions, but that will depend on the availability of other suitable opportunities.

• Act as the primary customer point of contact for a multi-team development effort, proactively communicating significant status updates as well as risks and impediments to delivery
• Make regular updates to a risk register and review the register with delivery teams and VA stakeholders
• Contribute to the coordination of multiple interdependent workstreams by providing input into high level project plans and Gantt charts maintained by VA program stakeholders
• Ensure that delivery teams are staffed adequately and appropriately for effective delivery, raising concerns and advocating for changes when the team is not properly staffed
• Establish strong, trust-based relationships with stakeholders while fostering an exceptional first impression of Agile Six’s culture and delivery effectiveness
• Work with teams to ensure they are creating and regularly reviewing team working agreements and norming documents
• Communicate clearly, honestly, and effectively, both with team members and with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Work with delivery teams to fulfill all reporting and contractual requirements
• Establish feedback loops, ensuring teams are aligned, responsive to input, and continuously improving delivery
• Proactively identify and remove impediments and/or guide the team to remove them, addressing complex challenges with minimal guidance
• Help the team maintain a pace of delivery that is effective for the customer and sustainable for the team within a complex environment
• Support the practice of delivery within the larger company as needed
• We expect the responsibilities of this position to shift and grow organically over time, in response to considerations such as the unique strengths and interests of the selected candidate and other team members and an evolving understanding of the delivery environment

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as a Program Manager, Delivery Manager, and/or Project Manager
• 4+ years of experience stewarding large scale and/or multiple-team software delivery efforts
• In-depth knowledge and demonstrated application of Agile principles and practices
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead delivery teams at Agile Six or at like minded organizations within the civic tech space
• Demonstrated ability to coach teams in Agile practices and support self-organization
• Demonstrated experience supporting newly formed teams on complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to independently remove impediments to team progress and maintain alignment and productivity across different team structures
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage complex stakeholder relationships and ensure smooth collaboration and alignment across multiple teams or organizations to ultimately ensure successful delivery
• Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years
• Some of our clients may request or require occasional travel. If this is a concern for you, we encourage you to apply and discuss it with us at your initial interview

• Experience working with government agencies, especially at VA
• You are a U.S. Veteran. As a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, we recognize the transition to civilian life can be tricky, and welcome and encourage Veterans to apply

At Agile Six, we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and who can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

To promote pay equity, we publish the salary for each position. The salary for this position is $164,991.

Our benefits are designed to reinforce our core values of Wholeness, Self Management and Inclusion. The following benefits are available to all employees. We respect that only you know what balance means for your life and season. While we offer support from coaches, we expect you to own your wholeness, show up for work whole, and go home to your family the same. You will be seen, heard and valued. We expect you to offer the same for your colleagues, be kind (not controlling), be caring (not directive) and ready to participate in a state of flow. We mean it when we say “We build better by putting people first”.

All Sixers Enjoy:

• Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
• Competitive and equitable salary (equal pay for equal work)
• Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) for all employees!
• 401K matching
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer paid short and long term disability insurance
• Employer paid life insurance
• Self-managed and generous paid time off
• Paid federal holidays and two floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Self-managed professional development spending
• Self-managed wellness days

Hiring practices

Agile Six is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Note: We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

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