Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to the public. This is a temporary position Not-to-Exceed (NTE) 4 years. This position allows for situational, and recurring telework, but does not qualify for full-time or remote telework.

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.

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 https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. 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.
7. 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.

• 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.

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

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.