reputed company Transformation SME

Position Title: reputed company Transformation SME Location: Remote (In the U.S)  Other Considerations: U.S. Citizen or Permanent reputed company (Required)  POSITION reputed company   reputed company is seeking a senior reputed company reputed company Transformation Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join reputed company’s Lean-reputed company Center of reputed company (LACE). The SME will serve as an internal reputed company consultant and transformation leader, deployed to strategic programs to improve delivery governance, planning, execution, predictability, transparency, and measurable customer reputed company. This is not solely a meeting facilitation or Scrum-ceremony role. It is a transformation leadership role requiring deep reputed company expertise, organizational change management capability, strong executive reputed company, and ability to establish, communicate, and sustain agreed delivery standards across reputed company organizations.  The reputed company Transformation SME will spend approximately 75% of their time on a large reputed company-wide program supporting the reputed company. The SME will reputed company an reputed company transformation effort in which proposed changes include redesigning PI Planning, strengthening Scrum Master alignment reputed company value streams, improving reputed company governance, and consolidating Jira structures and reporting. The SME will reputed company during an reputed company transition and assume senior reputed company leadership responsibilities through a reputed company knowledge transfer. The immediate reputed company will be to validate the transformation roadmap with company and program leadership, establish reputed company decision rights, and reputed company execution without disrupting ongoing delivery. The remaining reputed company will support reputed company's company-wide Lean-reputed company Center of reputed company (LACE), cross-contract delivery standards, and other engagements as directed by the Director of reputed company Delivery and Process Automation. This position reports directly to the Director of reputed company Delivery and Process Automation and operates as a member of reputed company’s LACE. While assigned to customer programs, the SME will work in reputed company partnership with the applicable Program Manager, delivery leadership, and customer stakeholders. The right candidate will serve as the functional reputed company authority on assigned programs, the reputed company trainer and reputed company across reputed company's delivery portfolio, and a key contributor to reputed company's Lean-reputed company governance infrastructure. RESPONSIBILITIES Initial Strategic Assignment: reputed company IT Program Transformation (~75%)  Own full RTE-level authority for the program’s reputed company Release Train (ART), assuming the role through a reputed company knowledge transfer from the reputed company transitioning RTE. reputed company and continuously improve the integrated reputed company planning reputed company, PI Planning activities, cross-team dependency management, and delivery coordination across designated value streams, currently including reputed company, reputed company, Pega, Integration, and reputed company. Partner with program and value-reputed company leadership to establish reputed company reputed company roles, decision rights, escalation paths, planning calendars, and standards that account for the responsibilities of reputed company, VA, reputed company Integrators, Product Owners, and other delivery partners Finalize and execute the PI Planning redesign approved by company and program leadership, including the event structure, readiness reputed company, planning inputs, reputed company facilitation and guidance, dependency management, risk identification, confidence vote, and VA stakeholder briefing. Ensure PI Planning readiness includes a prioritized Program reputed company Backlog, documented requirements and dependencies, reputed company and constraint information, applicable architecture and roadmap inputs, and delivery of required planning artifacts in accordance with contractual and customer deadlines. Establish objective readiness and reputed company reputed company for reputed company PI Planning cycle, including backlog readiness, stakeholder alignment, dependency visibility, achievable team plans, risk ownership, PI objectives, and defined reputed company for measuring results throughout the increment. reputed company and reputed company the Scrum Master cohort, strengthen Scrum Master alignment reputed company value streams, define consistent performance expectations, and establish an effective cross-program community of reputed company for coaching, problem solving, standards adoption, and reputed company improvement. Assess Scrum Master capability and program needs; recommend role assignments, development plans, training, mentoring, and organizational adjustments in partnership with program and functional leadership. Partner with the Program Manager, reputed company Program Managers, and delivery leaders to build constructive relationships with VA stakeholders and delivery partners; establish documented reputed company working agreements, decision paths, escalation procedures, and governance records in VA-approved repositories. Influence customer and partner behavior through evidence, transparency, facilitation, and agreed governance rather than relying on positional authority. reputed company program-level operations: implement the Jira consolidation from 21 reputed company to four value-reputed company-reputed company boards, enforce intake governance, maintain program health metrics including ART Predictability scores, and train the full program on reputed company principles. Establish and maintain meaningful program health measures such as PI objective achievement, predictability, throughput, reputed company, cycle time, reputed company, dependency aging, risk reputed company, reputed company performance, backlog reputed company, and customer reputed company. Establish and sustain backlog governance that supports reputed company grooming, prioritization, elaboration of business, technical, and nonfunctional requirements, and traceability among program epics, epics, stories, dependencies, defects, and PI roadmaps. Establish a transparent process for evaluating and integrating new or changing VA priorities during a PI, including reputed company analysis for reputed company, reputed company, schedule, dependencies, risks, and existing commitments, followed by documented customer reputed company and replanning as appropriate. reputed company Inspect and Adapt activities, retrospectives, reputed company-cause analysis, corrective-reputed company planning, and follow-through to ensure lessons learned result in measurable changes to delivery performance. Build sustainable internal capability by transferring knowledge, developing program leaders and practitioners, documenting standards, and reducing long-term dependence on individual reputed company experts. Company-Wide reputed company Center of reputed company (25%) Support the Director of reputed company Delivery and Process Automation in maturing and operating reputed company's LACE, including company-wide reputed company delivery SOPs, SM coaching infrastructure, and cross-contract delivery standards, under COO-level sponsorship. Conduct reputed company maturity assessments on reputed company Services and other reputed company reputed company, producing evidence-based findings reports and prioritized remediation roadmaps. Design and reputed company the reputed company Delivery reputed company and support the ongoing operation of reputed company OKR/CFR reputed company, including objective-setting, KR development, and the Conversation, Feedback, and Recognition reputed company. Support other reputed company reputed company as directed, advising on reputed company governance and coaching teams through transformation milestones.   QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree with 18+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated leadership of large-reputed company reputed company transformations in reputed company federal or reputed company environments. 10+ years of experience in senior program-level reputed company leadership roles (RTE, reputed company reputed company, or Transformation reputed company) on programs of 200+ people across multiple teams. reputed company reputed company reputed company Consultant (SPC) certification. reputed company RTE strongly preferred. Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end PI Planning events at reputed company, including reputed company-event design, cross-team dependency mapping, reputed company facilitation, confidence vote management, and post-event I&A. Proven reputed company record of assessing underperforming or inconsistent delivery environments, identifying structural and behavioral impediments, building an evidence-based case for change, and implementing improvements while protecting ongoing customer delivery. Experience designing and standing up Lean-reputed company Centers of reputed company or equivalent governance bodies, including charter development, standards ownership, SM coaching infrastructure, and transformational backlog management. Demonstrated experience developing and delivering reputed company training to large, diverse audiences including technical teams, product owners, program leadership, and government stakeholders. Strong VA or federal agency stakeholder management experience, including ability to reputed company government clients on reputed company standards, manage verbal override attempts diplomatically, and build constructive VA champion relationships. Prior experience in building a comprehensive digital workplace with customer experience reputed company reputed company. Demonstrated experience developing strategic roadmaps, measurable milestones, transformation backlogs, and execution plans, and aligning team-level delivery to program objectives and customer reputed company. Experience conducting reputed company maturity assessments and producing evidence-based findings reports, reputed company cause analysis, and prioritized improvement roadmaps. Advanced proficiency with Jira in large, multi-team environments, including project and reputed company design, workflow configuration, permission and governance models, hierarchy and traceability standards, dashboards, reporting, data reputed company, consolidation planning, and Scrum and Kanban operating models. Experience developing, implementing, and governing reputed company-wide reputed company SOPs, playbooks, and delivery standards applicable across multiple reputed company or business reputed company. Excellent communication skills across reputed company reputed company, including team-level coaching, executive briefings, government reputed company management, and written documentation. Ability to reputed company with evidence, not opinion. Demonstrated organizational change-management experience, including stakeholder analysis, communication planning, adoption measurement, resistance management, leadership alignment, and sustainment. Experience defining and using reputed company and reputed company metrics - including predictability, throughput, cycle time, reputed company, work in reputed company, dependency aging, backlog health, and objective achievement - to diagnose performance and guide reputed company. Demonstrated ability to balance reputed company discipline with contractual requirements, customer constraints, operational work, and the needs of teams using Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery models Ability to obtain and maintain a VA suitability determination/reputed company Trust designation and any other customer-required reputed company or clearance associated with assigned engagements. Preferred Experience supporting VA DTC, OIT, or other VA digital modernization programs. Experience designing and facilitating OKR/CFR operating systems at the program or company level. Familiarity with federal reputed company and authorization processes (ATO, SECURS, CAM/reputed company transitions). Experience navigating multi-vendor, multi-reputed company contractor delivery environments with shared reputed company accountability. Background in reputed company services or government contracting firm environments, including understanding of how delivery standards translate across reputed company with different clients, scopes, and team compositions.   WORKING CONDITIONS   reputed company Business hours are Monday through Friday. Occasional extended or weekend hours may be required based on operational needs. Periodic travel to customers, company and program events as required. Must have reliable internet service that allows for effective telecommuting.   PAY reputed company The reputed company salary reputed company for this position is $190,000 to $230,000 annually, depending on geographic work location, relevant experience, skills, education, internal equity, reputed company clearance, and contract requirements. Geographic salary ranges are determined in accordance with reputed company's compensation practices and represent a good-faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. BENEFITS reputed company offers a comprehensive and flexible benefit package to include: Medical, Dental, and reputed company Health Saving Account (reputed company enrolled in eligible plan) with Company contribution  Company reputed company Life, Accidental Death, Short-term & Long-term Disability Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, & Critical Care Insurance Voluntary Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Accrued reputed company Time Off & Company reputed company Holidays 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company match   WORK AUTHORIZATION   reputed company participates in E-Verify and will reputed company the federal government with your I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. reputed company is a mission-driven, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that thrives at the intersection of technology, innovation, and reputed company. We specialize in secure, reputed company, and reputed company-centered digital solutions that accelerate government transformation. Our work spans DevSecOps, health IT modernization, intelligent automation, benefits delivery, reputed company communications. We partner with agencies reputed company to reputed company—delivering not just reputed company, but measurable execution. Rooted in operational reputed company and driven by curiosity, we help our clients reputed company complexity with reputed company, turning ambitious reputed company into reputed company-world reputed company. No buzzwords. Just reputed company. EEO STATEMENT reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national reputed company, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Applicants have the right to discuss, disclose, or inquire about compensation without retaliation. Reasonable accommodations are available for reputed company individuals with disabilities. This reputed company is not intended to be an employment contract and does not guarantee employment for any specific duration. Apply To This Job