Steampunk
Deputy Program Manager / Scrum Master
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- McLean, VA, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Information Technology or a related field, and 8+ total years of experience
- 7+ years of program/project coordination experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead
- Current PMP, FAC-P/PM, or equivalent industry-recognized credential
- Working proficiency in integrated scheduling and risk/issue tracking
- Experience on federal or other large, complex enterprise programs
- Strong facilitation skills and demonstrated judgment coordinating across multiple, culturally diverse stakeholder groups
- Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to stakeholders on governance, program/project management, and business process challenges
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation and facilitation skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Local to Baltimore, MD metro area and willing to go on client site at least 2 days a week
Nice to have
- CSM, PSM, or equivalent Agile certification
- Experience supporting scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe or similar)
- Experience with Human-Centered Design
Full description
Overview
Steampunk is seeking a Deputy Program Manager / Scrum Master to support day-to-day execution of a large federal advisory program, applying the same program/project manager competency standard at the operational level. You'll be a client-facing leader, coach, and mentor — driving delivery in a government consulting environment with a proven track record of building Agile teams that are self-organizing, motivated, and client-focused, and comfortable engaging and mentoring at every level of a project team.
Contributions
- Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and daily standups; manage Kanban flow to keep operational work visible and unblocked
- Identify, track, and help remove delivery impediments and blockers at the team level before they escalate to program-level risk
- Run the cross-team Scrum-of-Scrums logistics — agenda, cross-team dependency capture, and action-item tracking — feeding the integrated program schedule
- Maintain team-level backlogs, sprint boards, and dependency maps in coordination with workstream leads
- Run recurring project health checkpoints, converting retrospective findings into course corrections and monthly risk-register updates
- Support acknowledgment and tracking of COR-directed actions and escalations
- Coach delivery teams on Agile/Scrum practices and drive continuous process improvement
- Support Transition-In logistics, including onboarding coordination and system/access tracking for incoming team members
- Deputize for the Senior Program Manager in reviews and decision-making as needed
Qualifications
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Information Technology or a related field, and 8+ total years of experience
- 7+ years of program/project coordination experience, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead
- Current PMP, FAC-P/PM, or equivalent industry-recognized credential
- Working proficiency in integrated scheduling and risk/issue tracking
- Experience on federal or other large, complex enterprise programs
- Strong facilitation skills and demonstrated judgment coordinating across multiple, culturally diverse stakeholder groups
- Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to stakeholders on governance, program/project management, and business process challenges
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation and facilitation skills