[Remote] Deputy Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sky Solutions is a trusted partner in government contracting that provides federal agencies with digital transformation, cybersecurity, cloud, and low-code/no-code IT solutions. The Deputy Program Manager will support the management and execution of a large-scale CMS federal healthcare technology program by overseeing delivery, governance, planning, risk management, performance, and coordination across technical and functional workstreams.
Responsibilities
- Support the Program Manager in the overall planning, execution, governance, and delivery of the program
- Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight across multiple technical and functional workstreams
- Coordinate program schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resources, risks, and issues
- Establish and maintain program-level status reporting, dashboards, metrics, and executive briefings
- Lead program governance activities and facilitate senior-level stakeholder meetings, reviews, and decision forums
- Proactively identify and manage program risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery challenges
- Coordinate across development, QA, architecture, DevSecOps, data, business, and other project teams to ensure alignment and delivery
- Monitor program performance against established objectives, schedules, milestones, and contractual or organizational commitments
- Support resource planning, staffing, onboarding, workload management, and prioritization across program teams
- Partner with Product Owners, Project Managers, technical leads, and business stakeholders to resolve cross-functional issues and dependencies
- Ensure program deliverables, documentation, reporting, and governance artifacts are accurate, timely, and maintained
- Support program-level Agile planning, release planning, and coordination across multiple Agile teams
- Provide leadership with timely analysis, recommendations, and escalation of critical program concerns
- Drive continuous improvement of program management processes, governance practices, reporting, and delivery operations
- Serve as a senior point of contact for program stakeholders and represent program leadership when appropriate
- Support the Program Manager in maintaining strong customer relationships and ensuring stakeholder expectations are effectively managed
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience in program/project management, including experience supporting large-scale technology programs
- Demonstrated experience in a Deputy Program Manager, Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, or comparable leadership role
- Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams, teams, schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables
- Strong experience with program governance, executive reporting, risk/issue management, and stakeholder management
- Experience leading cross-functional technical and business teams in complex enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum and/or hybrid software delivery methodologies
- Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate effectively with senior government, customer, technical, and program stakeholders
- Experience supporting federal government technology programs, particularly large-scale programs with multiple contractors or stakeholder organizations
- Experience working with CMS, Medicare, Medicaid, or federal healthcare programs
- Experience supporting enterprise application modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
- Experience with Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, and cloud-native delivery environments
- PMP, PgMP, or similar program/project management certification
- Experience with program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Power BI
- Experience managing distributed teams, vendors, subcontractors, and multiple delivery organizations
- Experience supporting federal governance, compliance, security, and contractual reporting requirements
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage tailored to your needs.
- Supplemental options like life insurance, disability, HSA/FSA available.
- Starting at 15 PTO days per year, increasing with tenure.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Annual education stipend.
- Access to thousands of online courses.
- Formal mentorship programs for career advancement.
- “One Team” mentality focused on collaboration and belonging.
- Recognized as a Great Place to Work® for six years straight.
- Remote work model.
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