Delivery Lead

Summary

Join PingWind as a Delivery Lead (Team Lead) to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Solutions Delivery Center of Excellence (COE) program. You will lead cross-functional teams in developing software applications for VBA customer groups. Responsibilities include leading project activities, developing customer relationships, clarifying business requirements, facilitating Agile Scrum ceremonies, ensuring quality execution, planning demos and testing, and delivering weekly updates to leadership. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of relevant project management experience with Agile methodologies and experience implementing SaaS and PaaS applications (Salesforce preferred). A Bachelor’s degree is required, or 8 years of relevant experience. US Citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance are also necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• 5+ years of relevant project management experience, including experience with Agile methodologies and facilitating scrum teams
• Experience implementing SaaS and PaaS applications (Salesforce preferred)
• U.S. Citizenship; Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
• Expert communication and client management skills
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and organized
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Flexible, able to adapt to different customer groups and expectations
• Experience working in and with cross-functional teams, preferably developing software
• Outcome-oriented approach focused on delivering value to end users backed by measurable, data-driven results

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project activities, owning the success/failure of assigned projects/products
• Develop and own customer relationships with Product Owners and stakeholders of assigned projects/products
• Collaborate with Product Manger, stakeholders, and team to identify and clarify business requirements and help build healthy backlog for team
• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies and discussions among scrum team and assist in removing blockers
• Ensure quality of execution, definition of done, and on-time delivery of product
• Planning and organizing demos and product testing
• Deliver weekly updates to program and senior government leadership on accomplishments, upcoming priorities, dependencies, risks, and issues
• Track and ensure the timely creation and delivery of required contract deliverables

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal Agile or PM certifications
• Public sector, VA or similar government organization experience
• Experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Experience with JIRA or similar project management software

Benefits

• Paid Federal Holidays
• Robust Health & Dental Insurance Options
• 401k with matching
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Continuing education assistance
• Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program through Sun Life Financial EAP Guidance Resources