Senior Delivery Program Manager

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is looking for an experienced Program Manager with an appetite for taking on new challenges. You're going to be challenged each day with new and complex mission and delivery opportunities as you serve as the agile coach for a major mission system.

Who We Are

Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. An employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government, we’re passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, scalable, and most importantly, that meet our clients’ ever-changing needs.

At Steampunk, we believe in disrupting the status quo and setting the pace in the ecosystem of government contractors, while repurposing tried-and-true methodologies. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone.

Why Steampunk?

Our people are the very core of what we do; their expertise and hunger for new and exciting challenges fuel our relentless pursuit of mission success. As part of our team of “Punks,” you’ll test the status quo, explore new boundaries, and set the bar high for how government clients expect to engage with contractors.

Because we value our employees’ work/life balance (and believe those who work hard deserve to play hard), we offer a very competitive benefits package, including telework/flex scheduling, health/dental with orthodontics/vision insurance upon hire, paid time off with a sell-back benefit and carryover option, 11 Federal Holidays, 100% paid military leave, 100% 401(k) plan match upon hire, professional development/education reimbursement, all flexible spending accounts, and more

Contributions

Specific responsibilities for the lead includes:

Ensures team(s) maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery

Provides visibility into delivery targets, commitments, and progress

Be well managed – understand and coach the team on delivery controls, compliance to minimize operational, and reputational risk

Understands domain architecture and targets to identify upstream and downstream dependencies and to support the team in risk management

Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)

Integrates Agile and Lean principles into team practices and work products

Coaches Product Owner and team on backlog refinement and prioritization

Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization

Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve

Assess the current organization and delivery environment and recommend optimal Agile practices tailored to the client

We need more than just a coach, we need someone who will also roll up their sleeves and delivery too.

Innovates with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve the team and their delivery

Developing understanding and encouragement of team’s engineering innovation and improvement (XP engineering practices, Dev Ops, etc.)

Prepare and deliver effective communications both verbally and orally regarding progress and status for both internal and client teams

Qualifications

Authorized to work for any U.S. employer

8+ years managing IT projects using agile methodolgies and approaches

5+ year experience with Scrum/Kanban Methodologies

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience

CSM and PMP certification or equivalent desired

Scaled Agile Framework Certification and Practical Experience Desired

Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence

Ability to help teams write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design optimal solutions

Flexibility to work with teams, individuals and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people

Excellent interpersonal/communication skills

Experience working in a studio / human centered design approach

About

steampunk

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. SE Solutions participates in the E-Verify program.