Lean/Agile Project Manager

About the Role

Culmen International is looking for a cleared Lean/Agile Project Manager to work on site for the U.S. Department of State, Office of Facilities Management in Washington D.C.

TALENT PIPELINE - Qualified applicants will be contacted as soon as funding for this position is secured!

What You’ll Do in Your New Role

Works with both technology-focused and business-focused agile teams and agile release trains (teams of teams) in planning and executing work delivering value to the organization. Key functions include supporting clear and objective prioritization of work items, aligning work with high priority strategic goals, decomposing, and clarifying business value for technical work, as well as developing and using metrics to improve team and train performance. 

• Supports the intake of taskers and Archibus program work into teams, ensuring alignment on tools and process and between the business processes and technology providers. 

• Serves as Scrum Master to teams and/or Release Train Engineer to train as described by agile and scaled agile methodologies. 

• Provides coaching to teams and team members to clarify roles/expectations and to resolve blockers. 

• Works with Product Owners and Product Managers to ensure backlog is refined and demos/user acceptance is completed; identifies input and output criteria for accepting completed work and determines value has been delivered (definition of done, value statement/metrics). 

• Assists teams in capturing and breaking down delivery of more complex requests that require coordination between teams. This is done through managing dependencies and by decomposing features to stories, splitting/slicing stories, identifying tasks. 

• Facilitates team retrospectives and supports, trains, inspects, and adapts practices for continuous improvement. 

• Gathers and analyzes performance metrics, such as team velocity, to forecast capacity so realistic commitments can be established to deliver on priorities. 

• Facilitates and prepares for team and trains level ceremonies, such as sprint/iteration planning, backlog refinement, sprint/iteration review, team standups, team retrospectives, Quarterly PI Planning, and Scrum of Scrums Meetings. 

• Communicates release planning objectives after release planning week (for the teams and the train). 

• Communicate with stakeholders at several levels on team progress toward objectives and to resolve blockers. 

Required Qualifications

• Must have an active Top Secret clearance 
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience with a bachelor’s degree; or minimum of 5-7 years’ experience without a bachelor’s degree. 

• 3-5 years minimum experience in an execution role on an agile team (e.g., Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer or Product Owner). 

• Proven track record of success executing in an Agile environment and scaled agile implementation at a med/large organization (SAFe preferred, LeSS or DAD also accepted). 

• Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and the ability to deliver sensitive/difficult information tactfully. 

• Client-success oriented mindset. 

• Ability to assess problems and solve them with a sense of urgency. 

• Ability to motivate a team to work together in the most efficient manner. 

• Ability to effectively analyze data and apply solutions. 

• High level of comfort with the role of a change agent within an organization. 

• Passion and curiosity for understanding the business process for the supported release 

• team/train. 

• Ability to develop a general working knowledge of the technical domain to effectively 

• support technical risks that may arise. 

• Experience with the following types of tools: 

• Task and backlog management tools (Kanban or Scrum boards) 

• Reporting and analytics (agile dashboards and progress reports) 

• Team collaboration tools (communicating updates, shared task lists, feedback, and assignments) 

About the Company

Culmen International is committed to enhancing international safety and security, strengthening homeland defense, advancing humanitarian missions, and optimizing government operations. With experience in over 150 countries, Culmen supports our clients to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments.

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision coverage with 100% of the premiums paid by the company for all eligible employees and their eligible dependents (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• AFLAC Available
• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education
• 12 Paid Holidays

To learn more about Culmen International, please visit www.culmen.com

At Culmen International, we are committed to creating and sustaining a workplace that upholds the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We believe in the importance of fair treatment and equal access to opportunities for all employees and applicants.  Our commitment to these principles is unwavering across all our operations worldwide.