DOT Senior EPMO Program Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day program execution for the ITS JPO EPMO HUB O&M program, including oversight of project teams, schedules, deliverables, risks, issue resolution, and direct management of a team of 4+ software developers and technical staff to ensure successful delivery of program objectives.
• Manage, mentor, and provide performance oversight for software development and technical team members, fostering collaboration, professional growth, accountability, and high-quality delivery across the program.
• Manage program governance by interpreting policies, procedures, and organizational objectives and translating them into effective operating procedures and governance processes.
• Serve as the Product Coordinator between the ITS JPO HUB O&M and ITS JPO EPMO contracts, ensuring alignment across stakeholders, development teams, and program leadership.
• Partner with federal stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritize initiatives, manage the product backlog, and maintain a strategic implementation roadmap.
• Monitor program performance, contractual deliverables, and service levels to ensure compliance with contract requirements and federal standards.
• Coordinate with development teams, product owners, and technical leadership to support Agile delivery and successful execution across the technology lifecycle.
• Facilitate governance meetings, executive briefings, sprint reviews, and program status meetings, communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations.
• Resolve complex program, project, and reporting issues while providing leadership, guidance, and direction to project teams.
• Ensure system documentation, governance artifacts, training materials, and operating procedures remain current and aligned with evolving business and technical requirements.
• Support change management, continuous process improvement, and knowledge transfer initiatives across the program.

Required Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of program or project management experience.
• Minimum of 5 years supporting an Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) within a federal environment.
• Minimum of 5 years managing EPMO functions and coordinating software development teams supporting federal IT initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the technology lifecycle of transportation research projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, governance, and best practices.
• Proven experience interpreting policies and procedures to meet organizational goals and contractual requirements.
• Experience managing stakeholder requirements, backlog prioritization, governance activities, and cross-functional program delivery.
• Extensive experience leading Agile delivery teams with practical application of Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Active Scrum Master certification.
• Active Scrum Product Owner certification with a minimum of four years of practical application.

Preferred Experience

• Supporting the U.S. Department of Transportation or other federal research organizations.
• Experience overseeing application development using Microsoft technologies including ASP.NET, C#, .NET, SQL Server, and related web technologies.
• Familiarity with Agile development tools, DevOps practices, Git, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with relational database management, enterprise application modernization, and federal governance reporting.
• Additional Agile certifications such as PMI-ACP or SAFe.