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Senior Technical Program Manager, FEWS NET – Part-Time

Technical Program ManagerTechnical Program ManagerPart TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1946H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 4 moreAll locations: California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia

Posted

26 days ago

Salary

$63 - $84 / hour

Professional Certificate6 yrs expEnglishCloud

Job Description

• Lead Agile project management across multiple, interrelated technology workstreams, serving as Scrum Master for multiple development teams. • Plan, facilitate, and document all Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospectives. • Administer and govern Jira and Confluence environments, including project configuration, workflows, dashboards, reporting, and service desk operations. • Manage and maintain the backlog of work for the technology platforms. • Coordinate work across multiple platform teams using a “Scrum of Scrums” or technical leads-level scrum to ensure alignment of priorities, dependencies, and delivery timelines. • Develop and maintain integrated quarterly and annual work plans across platforms, aligning deliverables with task orders, budgets, and client priorities. • Serve as the primary coordination bridge between technical teams, program leadership, and clients, translating requirements into actionable plans and communicating progress, risks, and tradeoffs. • Lead preparation of client-facing deliverables, including quarterly and annual progress reports, sprint demos, and strategic planning materials. • Oversee helpdesk operations and service-level performance, ensuring timely intake, prioritization, and resolution of requests. • Support strategic planning and roadmap development for FEWS NET technology platforms, facilitating discussions on future capabilities, technical debt, and platform integration. • Identify and proactively manage project risks, dependencies, and resource constraints across teams and platforms. • Foster a collaborative, transparent, and inclusive working environment for globally distributed teams.

Job Requirements

  • Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex software or data platform projects using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams or platforms, including cross-team dependency management and integrated planning.
  • Strong Jira and Confluence administration experience, including workflow design, reporting, dashboards, and service desk configuration.
  • Experience running full Agile delivery cycles, from backlog development through sprint execution, demos, and retrospectives.
  • Ability to operate at both project and program levels, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term strategic alignment.
  • Excellent communication skills, with experience producing client-facing reports and facilitating stakeholder meetings.
  • Experience working with distributed, multidisciplinary teams (software engineers, data scientists, GIS specialists, UX/design, and operations).
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize work, manage competing demands, and maintain delivery momentum in resource-constrained environments.
  • Familiarity with data platforms, web applications, and modern software development practices (CI/CD, cloud hosting, APIs) sufficient to engage credibly with technical teams.
  • Experience working on donor-funded or government-funded projects, including alignment to task orders, reporting requirements, and stakeholder governance structures.
  • Ability to lead with diplomacy and clarity, fostering alignment across teams while respecting existing workstream ownership.

Benefits

  • AIR’s Total Rewards Program
  • Competitive salary

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