Technical Program Manager
Overview
Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.
Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to own requirements, planning, sequencing, and execution reporting across the CTO organization’s technical portfolio. This is a hybrid work position with our office located in Reston, VA. This individual will partner with engineering, solution integration, delivery, and growth teams to bring a single operating rhythm to a multi-team roadmap spanning AI teammate deployments, reusable skills, and platform investment. The Technical Program Manager will be instrumental in converting technical ambition into committed dates, visible dependencies, and executive-ready reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Own intake, prioritization, and sequencing of technical work across the engineering and solutions and delivery groups.
- Build and maintain the technical roadmap, including milestones, dependencies, owners, and committed dates.
- Manage the agentic workforce deployment schedule across internal teams and customer programs.
- Track cross-team dependencies, risks, and blockers; drive them to resolution and escalate when they stall.
- Run the recurring design review, sprint, and demonstration cadence.
- Maintain a single consolidated portfolio view across all active technical efforts.
Delivery Governance:
- Establish intake and change control so new work is prioritized rather than absorbed.
- Define and track delivery metrics including cycle time, throughput, and schedule variance.
- Coordinate with program managers to align internal technical milestones with customer commitments.
- Partner with the Principal Engineer to keep technical direction and delivery schedule in step.
- Identify capacity constraints early and recommend resequencing or staffing adjustments.
Reporting & Communication:
- Produce executive reporting for monthly business reviews, board materials, and CTO briefings.
- Translate engineering status into business language for non-technical executives.
- Maintain risk and issue registers with named owners and mitigation plans.
- Support technical SMEs on proposals with schedule, staffing, and transition inputs.
- Serve as the single point of truth on what is in flight, what is committed, and what is at risk.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- 5+ years in technical program or project management within software, cloud, or AI delivery environments.
- Demonstrated ownership of a multi-team roadmap, not single-project coordination.
- Experience in a federal contracting environment, including work spanning contract-funded and overhead-funded efforts.
- Strong agile delivery fluency (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe) and the ability to hold a credible schedule conversation with senior engineers.
- Executive-level written and verbal communication, including experience producing material for C-suite or board audiences.
- Proficiency with work management tooling such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow.
Preferred:
- Active DoD, DHS, or Department of State clearance or suitability.
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification.
- Experience supporting AI/ML, automation, or platform product delivery.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or FedRAMP environments.
- Prior experience in a federal systems integrator, consulting, or advanced technology firm.
What We Offer
- Ownership of the delivery rhythm for a high-visibility, AI-native technical portfolio.
- Collaborative, fast-moving environment backed by private equity investment.
- Competitive compensation, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.
- Professional development and access to cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:
- Sitting for long periods
- Ambulate throughout an office
About Empower AI
All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm’s overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.