The posting
About Agile Defense
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Requisition #: 1958
Job Title: Technical Program Manager III (TPM)
Location: National Capital Region (DMV area)
Clearance Level: TS/SCI eligibility required
Required Certification(s): None
Summary
- Each increment on the roadmap is tied to a milestone, with acceptance criteria agreed with the government before the work starts.
- Dependencies on government decisions are visible, each with an owner and a date the team plans around.
- Both locations work from one backlog and one delivery cadence.
- Contract deliverables arrive complete and on schedule, and acceptance reviews close on the first pass.
- Demonstrations show what changed for the operator, so milestone decisions rest on working software rather than status reports.
- When a milestone is at risk, government leadership hears it from you early, along with options.
- Joint Staff and USPACOM stakeholders get the decisions they owe the program framed clearly enough to make them.
- Priority calls weigh operational value from the Fires SMEs, technical dependencies from the architects, risk, and capacity, and the reasoning is written down.
- Stakeholders who ask for something know where it stands and why.
- Engineers start each sprint knowing what done means for every item in it.
- Refinement, planning, reviews, and retrospectives happen across both locations and end in decisions.
- Blockers get raised and cleared within the sprint they appear in.
- Forecasts match what the team delivers closely enough for the government to plan around them.
- Proven ability to drive progress and create clarity in fast moving, ambiguous environments. Ability to maintain required TS/SCI access.
- You have taken a software product for a government customer through milestone or acceptance reviews, and can describe one that went badly and what you changed.
- You have worked as a product manager, owning a backlog that a delivery team built from.
- You have served as a Scrum Master or run a team's agile practice, applying Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or a similar approach to fit the team rather than by the book.
- You have managed contract deliverables and government acceptance on a DoW program.
- You have worked directly with Joint Staff, combatant command, or CDAO stakeholders.
- You have led a team split across locations or time zones.
- Knowledge of Joint Fires, command and control, or AI-enabled decision support is a plus.
- You use Jira, Confluence, or comparable delivery tools.
Our Core Values
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
- Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
- Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
- Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
- Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
- Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
- Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
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