Application Development Program Manager

CloudFit Software • Lynchburg, VA

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About The Position

We are looking for an individual to join our Program Engineering team to partner with technical engineering/service teams to build, monitor, and maintain the systems and infrastructure that ensure our customers can achieve their missions. We want someone to bridge a stakeholder's vision and our technical teams skills to deliver world class results; who values people and efficiency equally; who builds, maintains, and protects relationships; who relentlessly prioritizes and cuts through competing voices; who continually optimizes and improves every process or team they encounter.

At CloudFit, the Senior Program Manager (PM) is a blend of program manager, project manager, and business analyst skill sets. You will be responsible for the tactical delivery of any assigned projects while aligning to the broader vision of CloudFit and our clients. You must be capable of managing the scope, schedule, and budget for engagements of any size. Our PMs drive the rhythms and reporting but also must be proactive, engaged, and hands-on to drive the programs/projects/initiatives forward.

We would like to talk with you if you:
Are interested in or have built distributed systems and enjoy working with high scale services
Have a knack for driving, organizing, and clarifying complex cross-team & multi-geo efforts
Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment and not afraid to change things to make it better
Enjoy new technological challenges and solving problems
Believe that a team working well together is truly smarter than the single smartest person on that team
Understand the Product Owner role and be able to fill that role if our stakeholders do not
Enjoy being part of the architecture and design stages of the project - helping to determine the strategy and plan for the product
Be the voice of the customer, understand development practices and technologies, directly manage the work of the development team, and make decisions to build a product that achieves the goals/vision of our stakeholders

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical project management.
• Current Federal Security Clearance or ability to obtain (US Citizenship required)

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services)
• Experience administering/customizing a work tracking system (like Azure DevOps and Jira)
• Experience with modern CICD automation pipelines
• Experience managing projects where the customer/client approves the budget

Responsibilities

• Lead development and engineering teams to deliver customer-facing projects
• Adhere to quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full project life cycle
• Collaborate with customers, understand the business value and the technical ask, to balance the customer/contract/technical demands
• Clarify contractual requirements, squash ambiguity, and breakdown the work into a delivery plan
• Manage the delivery plan including backlog prioritization, sprint schedules, and resource availability
• Manage issues, risks, and change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery
• Manage all stakeholder (internal and external) expectations through regular communications, reports, and status meetings
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives benefiting all of CloudFit
• Track the detailed tasks while keeping sight of the overall goal and reporting appropriately to developers as well as executives
• Build relationships in a matrix environment to increase effectiveness and influence change
• Proactively use analytics and insights to establish relevant key performance indicators
• Scale to multiple engagements and manage competing demands

Benefits

• Physical Health: Medical, dental, vision insurance, & voluntary health options for you and your family!
• Mental Health: Talkspace, Calm, virtual therapy, counseling
• Financial Wellness: 401(k), HSA, FSAs, Personal Financial Advisors
• 3 Weeks of PTO, 15 Paid Company Holidays, 8 Giving Back Hours
• Wellness Program: reimbursement, gym discounts, health fairs, & more!
• Recognition Program: Earn & give recognition, annual awards, celebrations
• Career development for employees at every level is a priority at CloudFit.
• Certification Reimbursement
• User Friendly Career Development Tools & Resources

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed