The posting
Role summary
We are hiring a PMO & Program Coordinator to own JIRA governance, cross-team release coordination, and project operations across the program. This role is distinct from our Scrum Master, who owns squad-level Agile ceremonies and sprint execution — the PMO & Program Coordinator instead focuses on program-wide tooling governance, coordinating releases with external stakeholders, and keeping the operational mechanics of running the program (access, onboarding, reporting) running smoothly.
Key responsibilities
1. JIRA administration & governance
- Monitor workflow transitions and mandatory fields; correct and coach team members on compliance and best practice
- Configure custom fields and automations, including SHIP-HATS service requests
- Perform bulk data imports and data cleanup in JIRA
- Maintain traceability between tender stories and implementation stories
- Produce Agile delivery reporting from JIRA per release
2. Cross-team release coordination
- Coordinate with SimplifyNext, customers, and external reviewers, supporters, and approvers to prepare and approve the release deliverables documentation set
- Track and follow up on action items, dependencies, approvals, and status reporting
- Provide day-to-day support to all parties involved in the release process
- Coordinate with relevant parties, and vendor teams to secure sign-off on the IRF checklist
- Follow up on blockers, collate sign-off evidence, and prepare summary decks for stakeholders
3. Project operations & governance
- Manage resource onboarding and offboarding, including TechPass, account provisioning, and SEED set-up coaching and troubleshooting
- Prepare, submit, and follow up on Access Control Matrix (ACM) requests across environments, including Atlassian and JEM access
- Track leave and consolidate monthly timesheets with vendor teams
- Coordinate project presentation materials and track resulting action items
What this role does not cover
Squad-level Agile ceremonies and sprint execution (sprint/SIT/UAT dashboard set-up, opening/closing sprints, daily squad delivery tracking, and fielding BCA queries on squad operating practice)
About you
- 2–5 years' experience in a PMO or program coordination role
- Hands-on JIRA administration experience — workflows, custom fields, automation rules, bulk data operations
- Comfortable coordinating across multiple external stakeholders (government/vendor environments a plus) and driving items to closure without direct authority
- Strong document and reporting discipline — able to produce clean status decks and traceability records under deadline pressure
- Experience with access/account provisioning processes and vendor administration (timesheets, onboarding) is a plus
- Excellent written communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have
- Prior experience supporting multi-squad or multi-workstream programs
- Familiarity with government/public-sector delivery governance (IRF checklists, ACM processes)
- JIRA/Atlassian certification (e.g. Certified JIRA Administrator)



