{"id":1504424,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ironarch-technology-program-manager-va","title":"Program Manager (VA)","company":{"id":1966478,"name":"IronArch Technology","domain":"ironarchtechnology.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ironarchtechnology","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paylocity","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":130000,"max":140000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":140000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"Confluence","optional":true},{"name":"GitHub","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T12:42:40Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-30","last_verified_at":"2026-09-30T14:23:58Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Description\nJob Summary\nIronArch is seeking an experienced delivery leader to support the Veteran Transition Experience (VTE) program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) while providing leadership across an assigned portfolio of IronArch programs.\nThis role is designed for someone who is strongest where strategy meets execution. Within VTE, you will operate as a Delivery Lead and Scrum Master, creating the structure, visibility, and delivery discipline that allow cross-functional product teams to do their best work. You will facilitate Agile delivery, surface and resolve blockers, manage risks and dependencies, monitor program health, and ensure contractual reporting and delivery obligations remain on track.\nYou will work in a shared ownership model with program and product leadership rather than operating as a traditional, top-down Program Manager. Success requires being close enough to the work to understand what is slowing teams down, while maintaining the broader perspective needed to anticipate risks, connect dependencies, and improve how the program operates.\nBeyond VTE, you will also provide leadership across an assigned portfolio of IronArch programs. This includes maintaining visibility into delivery performance, staffing and risk; supporting customer relationships and escalations; managing and developing delivery personnel; and helping IronArch identify opportunities to strengthen existing programs and grow strategic customer relationships.\nKey Responsibilities\nVTE Delivery & Scrum Leadership\nOwn day-to-day delivery for VTE, ensuring teams have the structure, information, and support needed to meet program and contractual objectives.\nServe as Scrum Master, facilitating sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and other team ceremonies.\nPartner with Product Managers to align team execution with product goals, priorities, and release plans.\nMonitor scope, schedule, resources, quality, risks, dependencies, milestones, and delivery commitments, resolving or escalating issues as needed.\nCoordinate work and dependencies across product, engineering, design, research, analytics, and other functions.\nTrack sprint velocity and other delivery measures to understand team capacity, improve predictability, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.\nLead recurring contractual reporting, including the Monthly COR report, and maintain clear visibility into overall program health.\nBuild trusted relationships with VA stakeholders and communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans clearly.\nSupport project invoice workflows and coordinate with internal operations and finance partners as needed.\nEstablish practical Agile, documentation, and knowledge-management practices that help teams work effectively and maintain continuity.\nSupport onboarding and help new team members quickly understand team practices, responsibilities, and delivery expectations.\nData-Informed Delivery & Reporting\nDevelop clear reporting that gives IronArch and VA stakeholders meaningful visibility into delivery progress, risks, trends, and outcomes.\nUse delivery metrics such as velocity, schedule performance, risks, operational measures, and available product data to identify trends and support decision-making.\nHelp evolve reporting beyond activity tracking toward measures that demonstrate delivery performance and product outcomes.\nPortfolio Leadership\nIn addition to VTE delivery responsibilities, this role will provide leadership across an assigned IronArch portfolio.\nMaintain a synthesized view of delivery performance, staffing, and risk across assigned contracts.\nServe as an escalation point for client and contract delivery issues and help stabilize programs when additional leadership support is needed.\nBuild and maintain executive-level relationships with key customers across the assigned portfolio.\nReview Program Manager forecasts and monitor portfolio-level staffing, delivery, and financial health in partnership with Finance and IronArch leadership.\nParticipate in IronArch's Delivery Operations cadence and contribute portfolio updates to Business Health Reviews and Monthly Business Reviews.\nManage assigned Program Managers, Associate Program Managers, or other delivery personnel, including coaching, performance feedback, reviews, and development planning.\nMentor delivery leaders and help strengthen delivery practices across programs.\nSupport strategic account planning and identify potential growth opportunities within existing customer relationships.\nPartner with IronArch leadership and other capability leaders when programs require additional technical, operational, or delivery support.\nRequirements\nMust Have\nBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent relevant professional experience.\nSignificant experience leading delivery for complex digital product or technology programs.\nDemonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, Agile Delivery Manager, or in a comparable hands-on delivery role.\nStrong working knowledge of Scrum and Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, release planning, velocity, dependency management, and continuous improvement.\nExperience coordinating cross-functional teams that may include product management, engineering, design, research, analytics, and operations.\nDemonstrated ability to identify and manage delivery risks, blockers, dependencies, schedules, and competing priorities.\nExperience developing program or contract reporting for customers and organizational leadership.\nExperience working directly with government or enterprise customers and communicating effectively with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.\nExperience managing and developing employees, including coaching and performance feedback.\nAbility to move comfortably between hands-on team delivery and broader program or portfolio-level concerns.\nStrong facilitation, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to create structure and clarity in complex or ambiguous delivery environments.\nNice-to-Haves\nCurrent authorization/onboarding to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs.\nPrevious experience supporting VA, VHA, or other federal civilian technology programs.\nExperience supporting Veteran-facing digital products or digital health services.\nExperience with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) or similar analytics platforms, including using product data to develop meaningful reporting and connect delivery decisions to measurable product outcomes.\nExperience turning product analytics and delivery data into dashboards, reports, or actionable recommendations.\nExperience with GitHub, Mural, Jira, Confluence, or similar collaboration and delivery-management tools.\nExperience with government contract reporting, invoice workflows, staffing forecasts, and contract performance monitoring.\nExperience managing delivery across multiple contracts or programs.\nExperience supporting account growth, capture, proposals, or other business development activities.\nImpact & Success: Success in this role means VTE can focus on delivering valuable outcomes because delivery is organized, risks and dependencies are visible, blockers are addressed quickly, and stakeholders have a clear picture of program health. Across your broader portfolio, success means IronArch leadership has an accurate view of program health, delivery leaders receive the coaching and support they need, customer concerns are addressed early, and programs are positioned for sustainable delivery and growth.\nSalary Description\n$130,000 - $140,000","description_format":"text","description_chars":7647,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T05:11:04Z"}],"liveness":{"score":81,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.812,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:15","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":140000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ironarch-technology-program-manager-va","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ironarch-technology-program-manager-va.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-02T02:14:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2895,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2105,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-03T00:00:00Z"}}}