Deputy Program Manager

Job Title: Deputy Program Manager / Delivery Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA

Duration: Fulltime Permanent Position

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Program Manager in day-to-day delivery management and assume delegated program leadership responsibilities as needed.

• Coordinate execution across product, engineering, QA, DevSecOps, data, interoperability, migration, support, and training teams.

• Translate program priorities into actionable delivery plans, sprint objectives, milestones, and resource assignments.

• Monitor delivery progress, schedule performance, blockers, dependencies, and resource constraints and drive timely resolution.

• Oversee Agile delivery practices and ensure consistent planning, execution, review, and retrospective activities across teams.

• Coordinate release readiness, deployment planning, change activities, and stakeholder communications.

• Maintain delivery dashboards, action registers, decision logs, and management reporting.

• Support staffing, onboarding, continuity planning, workload balancing, and performance management.

• Facilitate cross-functional meetings and escalate issues requiring program or Government decisions.

• Ensure delivery activities follow applicable Federal lifecycle, security, quality, and documentation requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Federal IT delivery, program management, Agile delivery, or software modernization environments.

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent Agile teams or technical workstreams.

• Strong experience with sprint governance, staffing coordination, release oversight, and dependency management.

• Experience managing schedules, risks, issues, actions, and performance reporting.

• Working knowledge of software development, DevSecOps, cloud, QA, and IT operations practices.

• Experience working directly with Government stakeholders, Product Owners, and technical leaders.

• Ability to organize complex work, resolve competing priorities, and maintain delivery momentum.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Education

Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related field.

Preferred: Master's degree or advanced training in program management, technology management, or a related discipline.

Target Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP)

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

• SAFe certification

Equivalent or advanced certifications may be considered where appropriate based on the candidate’s experience and the needs of the position.

Preferred Experience

• Federal health IT or public health technology delivery experience.

• Experience supporting NBS or comparable mission-critical public health applications.

• Experience with large-scale modernization and migration initiatives.

• Experience coordinating distributed and remote technical teams.

• Knowledge of EPLC, SDLC, Federal reporting, and governance practices.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or comparable Agile delivery platforms.

Work Authorization and Federal Suitability

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Must be able to successfully complete the applicable Government background investigation.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain required Federal credentials and information-system access.

• Must comply with applicable Federal security, privacy, confidentiality, and acceptable-use requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Certified Technical Experts, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTE provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment in accordance with applicable Federal, state, and local laws.

Regards,

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