Software Development Manager

Maximus is looking for a results-oriented Software Development Project Manager to join our team managing multiple delivery teams while shaping our clients’ technological and operational future through thoughtful collaboration, adherence to industry best practices, and by way of a continuous improvement mindset. This role is remote and requires a Public Trust security clearance. Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS196, T4, Band 7 Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities Serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership by offering strategic recommendations and responsive support. Work with the program manager and stakeholders to define the technological roadmap. Serve as main point of contact for Development teams for cross-team collaboration within the Program, removing communication stovepipes and enhancing awareness of work in progress. Promote collaborative problem solving for challenges encountered during enhancements and maintenance efforts. Enable a relentless improvement mindset for development teams and program-wide through engaged promotion of intellectual curiosity, clarity on empowered contributors across all team members, active listening, and embracing change. Support the maturity of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), including aligning ART activities with client objectives and fostering collaboration across teams. Encourage organizational alignment of the ART (Agile Release Train) with client strategy and goals, and business objectives. Foster collaboration among teams to facilitate flow of work, remove impediments and help to elevate issues through problem‑solving actions. Enable internal engagement in Innovation and Planning opportunities to promote continuous improvement. Help manage risks, constraints, and dependencies that impact the ART’s goals. Identify and track metrics that enable data‑driven decisions and improvements. Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events like Program Increment (PI) Planning and ART Syncs. Provide back‑up support to Scrum Masters and assist in fulfilling their duties. Maintain weekly communication with the client’s Product Manager and Product Owners to ensure teams are operating in lockstep with one another and recognize risk areas that can be mitigated as a group. Manage, monitor and report on the capacity, utilization, and forecasting of the development teams to determine a development and release schedule that maximizes throughput. Promotes a strategy with actionable, monitorable steps to enhance code quality, automation testing, adopt test‑driven development, shift security left, and strengthen requirements traceability. Job-Specific Minimum Requirements Due to federal requirements only US Citizens who do not possess dual citizenship with another country may be considered. Selected candidates will be required to successfully complete a government-sponsored clearance process for position of public trust prior to start. Bachelor’s Degree. 7+ years of Direct Management Experience of developers. Experienced in guiding and supporting developers across several Scrum teams to ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum practices and delivery goals. Proficient in Microsoft suite of tools. Ability to think quickly, act swiftly, and adapt. Demonstrated confidence in tasking peers and providing high‑impact briefings to senior leadership and organizational stakeholders. Proven experience developing, coordinating, and delivering formal contract deliverables from inception to completion, leveraging input from capability SMEs across the program. Experience working with Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Developers, and Quality Assurance engineers while ensuring they are complying with program processes and norms. Experience working in a scaled Agile environment. Agile Certifications/Trainings. Preferred Skills and Qualifications Experienced in developing solutions using Java, XBRL, and HTML, and building APIs leveraging JSON and REST service architectures. Provides strategic development leadership and end‑to‑end process ownership for multiple Scrum teams, ensuring alignment with Agile practices and delivery goals. Experienced in modernizing legacy applications by implementing microservice architecture patterns, enabling improved scalability, maintainability, and deployment efficiency. Prior experience as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) or similar SAFe leadership role. Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift platform. Experience managing IT/Software projects at a financial agency. Consulting or Systems Integration experience to a federal department or agency in support of a high visibility system/application. SAFe Certifications/Trainings. Hands on experience with AI/ML powered tools to accelerate code generation, unit test creation, and overall development efficiency. Minimum Salary $140,000 Maximum Salary $165,000 Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr