Information Technology Project Manager (Release Train Engineer)

Summary

The Information Technology Project Manager (Release Train Engineer) position in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Case Management Modernization Program Office (CMM). CMM drives change management and adoption practices to achieve delivery of a modernized efficient and secure case management environment.

Duties

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Case Management Modernization Program Office is seeking an experienced Information Technology Project Manager (Release Train Engineer) to join its team in the APMO Workstream. This position reports to the Chief Product Portfolio Management.

The IT Project Manager serves as the daily technical program driver for the release train maintaining integrated visibility to deliver progress dependencies Risks Actions Issues Dependencies (RAID) items scope procurement needs resources and budget signals across the value stream.

The duties of the position include but are not limited to:

1. Maintaining an integrated value stream delivery plan across build pods aligning sprint and Program Increment (PI) execution to committed milestones and release items.
2. Tracking and managing cross-pod dependencies and handoffs ensuring blockers are surfaced early and routed through the correct escalation path.
3. Maintaining and managing value stream RAID including intaking prioritizing mitigation planning and leadership escalation.
4. Monitoring resource and budget signals at the value stream level and partnering with APMO and AO pod leads to address capacity gaps and forecast risks.
5. Producing and maintaining program-ready execution artifacts enabling transparent reporting decision making support and governance rhythms.
6. Analyzing recommending and implementing requirements principles and design models that satisfy the needs of the various system components.
7. Maintaining product alignment oversight such as roadmaps scopes and sequencing management.
8. Providing integrated views of statuses risks dependencies and near-term decisions report to APMO to consolidate pod and value stream execution progress.
9. Driving cross-workstream alignment across solution build data and infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive end-to-end delivery.
10. Facilitating decision-making forums to ensure timely resolution of ambiguities and maintaining structured decision logs and escalation pathways across the value streams.
11. Leading increment (PI) planning readiness and alignment to ensure synchronization between roadmap scope and execution timelines.
12. Coordinating with vendors to establish onboarding standards and ensure adherence to program frameworks and delivery expectations.
13. Defining and maintaining value stream level metrics and dashboards to track delivery health risks and execution performance.
14. Spearheading stakeholder engagement through proactive communication to ensure alignment across technical and non-technical audiences.
15. Contributing to framework and process maturity including standardization of tools (e.g. Jira structures) templates and operating rhythms.
16. Supporting capacity planning and resource alignment across pods/value streams to meet roadmap priorities.
17. Facilitating cross-team tradeoff discussions to resolve competing priorities and maintaining momentum.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection withdrawal of an offer of employment or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306 Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue) non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States please refer to Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights/responsibilities visit new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
5. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government transferring from another Federal agency or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
6. If appointed to a temporary position management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification Compensation and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience : Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience must demonstrate experience in ALL areas defined below:

• Serving as a technical program manager or release train engineer in a scaled multi-team agile environment supporting Program Increment (PI) planning and releasing trains.
• Managing integrated delivery across multiple pods including dependency orchestration Risks Actions Issues Dependencies (RAID) discipline and executive-ready status narratives.
• Using modern engineering delivery practices to translate technical constraints into delivery implications and sequencing decisions.

Highly Desired :

• Knowledge of federal procurement auditability governance constraints and execution planning.
• Experience using delivery tools such as Jira to report workflows track executions and standardize program artifacts.

Applicants with the following certi fi cations are highly desired :

• SAFe Scrum Master/SAFe Agilist
• Release Train Engineer (RTE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Education

This position does not require education to qualify. However a bachelors degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university in business information technology engineering or a related field is highly desired .

Additional information

The AO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

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