Program Manager

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We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead delivery of a federal open data platform that hosts a large portfolio of public data products used by researchers, policymakers, healthcare providers, and the public. As the primary strategic and delivery lead, you will own the product roadmap, lead a cross-functional agile team of 15 to 25 people, and serve as the main partner to the client's data and analytics leadership and to data owners across multiple agency components.

You will guide the platform's next phase of growth, positioning it as the single, trusted destination for the agency's public data. This role suits a leader with deep federal health data and open data experience who can turn stakeholder priorities into measurable results.

This is a full-time position contingent on contract award with a defined performance period of a nine month base period and four option years.

This role can work remotely from anywhere in the USA with occasional travel to CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD. You must be legally authorized to work in the US.Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 – $130,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate.

• Lead and manage a cross-functional delivery team, and scale staffing as optional tasks and surge support are authorized.
• Own the product strategy and rolling roadmap, prioritize the backlog by desirability, feasibility, and viability, and update the roadmap at the start of each Program Increment (PI).
• Lead the agile cadence: two-week sprints, three-sprint PIs, planning, demos, retrospectives, and the Scrum of Scrums.
• Oversee all task order management, including project and sprint planning, financial tracking, and estimate at completion.
• Produce the Monthly Status…