{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4e89690ce8c582ec927bfb44","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4e89690ce8c582ec927bfb44","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4e89690ce8c582ec927bfb44","title":"Alternate Program Manager / Agile Program Lead - NOAA","description":"INNOVIM is seeking an Alternate Program Manager / Agile Program Lead to support NOAA ProTech Weather Agile Program and Project Management Services.\n\nThis position is contingent upon award of the contract.\n\nPosition Summary\nThe Alternate Program Manager acts with full authority in the Program Manager's absence and, as Agile Program Lead, owns the integrated Agile program-management framework across the four Moonshot focus areas. The position charters the Agile teams, establishes the program operating rhythm and decision-rights model, owns the Living Program Roadmap, integrates cross-project dependencies, leads the Scrum Master facilitators through a Scrum-of-Scrums construct, and drives the research-to-operations-to-research (R2O2R) management approach with Government concurrence.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nAgile framework. Charter one Agile team per focus area, define working agreements and cadences, recommend the RACI decision-rights model, and stand up the single Agile tracking environment on the Government-provided platform.\nLiving Program Roadmap. Own the roadmap linking Moonshot objectives to focus-area milestones, dependencies, Readiness Levels, transition gates, and Government decision points; refresh at least quarterly.\nDependency management. Assess and resolve dependencies crossing focus-area boundaries; escalate at-risk items.\nR2O2R. Establish Government-concurred readiness definitions and evidence fields; recommend the Agile-DevOps transition redesign; facilitate NWS readiness reviews.\nFacilitator leadership. Lead the two Senior Agile Facilitators; convert workstream data into an integrated program view; coach on flow and iteration methods.\nContinuous improvement. Convert retrospective findings into an owned improvement backlog measured against KPI trends.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n\nEducation. Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or higher in business, management, or a related field.\nExperience. Eight to ten years of programmatic, portfolio, or IT program management, directing all activities of assigned delivery-order projects.\nCertification. PMP certification and scaled-Agile certification (for example SAFe).\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nScaled Agile. SAFe, Scrum-of-Scrums, and Program Increment planning across distributed scientific-software teams.\nDevOps and CI/CD. Hands-on pipeline, automated-test, and cloud-native delivery experience supporting an Agile-DevOps R2O redesign.\nScientific-software literacy. Ability to engage numerical-weather-prediction teams credibly (MPAS/UFS, data assimilation, GPU, AI4NWP).\n\nINNOVIM is committed to providing superior work in the fields of science, engineering, data analytics and technology to government agencies. We offer competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.","company":"Innovimllc","rawCompany":"innovimllc","city":"Silver Spring","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-29T10:45:24.175Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"},{"code":"11-9151.00","title":"Social and Community Service Managers","slug":"social-and-community-service-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541990","title":"All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services","slug":"all-other-professional-scientific-and-technical-services"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"},{"code":"541611","title":"Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services","slug":"administrative-management-and-general-management-consulting-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Alternate Program Manager / Agile Program Lead - NOAA","description":"INNOVIM is seeking an Alternate Program Manager / Agile Program Lead to support NOAA ProTech Weather Agile Program and Project Management Services.\n\nThis position is contingent upon award of the contract.\n\nPosition Summary\nThe Alternate Program Manager acts with full authority in the Program Manager's absence and, as Agile Program Lead, owns the integrated Agile program-management framework across the four Moonshot focus areas. The position charters the Agile teams, establishes the program operating rhythm and decision-rights model, owns the Living Program Roadmap, integrates cross-project dependencies, leads the Scrum Master facilitators through a Scrum-of-Scrums construct, and drives the research-to-operations-to-research (R2O2R) management approach with Government concurrence.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nAgile framework. Charter one Agile team per focus area, define working agreements and cadences, recommend the RACI decision-rights model, and stand up the single Agile tracking environment on the Government-provided platform.\nLiving Program Roadmap. Own the roadmap linking Moonshot objectives to focus-area milestones, dependencies, Readiness Levels, transition gates, and Government decision points; refresh at least quarterly.\nDependency management. Assess and resolve dependencies crossing focus-area boundaries; escalate at-risk items.\nR2O2R. Establish Government-concurred readiness definitions and evidence fields; recommend the Agile-DevOps transition redesign; facilitate NWS readiness reviews.\nFacilitator leadership. Lead the two Senior Agile Facilitators; convert workstream data into an integrated program view; coach on flow and iteration methods.\nContinuous improvement. Convert retrospective findings into an owned improvement backlog measured against KPI trends.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n\nEducation. Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or higher in business, management, or a related field.\nExperience. Eight to ten years of programmatic, portfolio, or IT program management, directing all activities of assigned delivery-order projects.\nCertification. PMP certification and scaled-Agile certification (for example SAFe).\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nScaled Agile. SAFe, Scrum-of-Scrums, and Program Increment planning across distributed scientific-software teams.\nDevOps and CI/CD. 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For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.","datePosted":"2026-08-29T10:45:24.175Z","dateModified":"2026-08-29T10:45:24.175Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Innovimllc","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Silver Spring","addressRegion":"MD","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"4e89690ce8c582ec927bfb44"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4e89690ce8c582ec927bfb44"}}