Senior Product & Delivery Manager
The Role
Agile Six is looking for a Technical Product and Delivery Manager to join our agile team supporting the SimplerGrants modernization effort and the CommonGrants data standard. This role blends product ownership with delivery leadership: managing the roadmap and backlog for CommonGrants and SimplerGrants reporting/automation, translating program goals into clear priorities, and driving execution through strong sprint planning and agile cadence.
You’ll coordinate across HHS and multiple vendors, manage internal and external stakeholder relationships (including prospective adopters and open-source contributors), and keep progress, risks, dependencies, and program health visible and on track. We’re looking for someone collaborative, organized, and technically fluent — able to navigate a complex ecosystem, make pragmatic tradeoffs, and advance sustainable, accessible outcomes that support adoption of the CommonGrants standard.
The work we do is largely open source and publicly available on GitHub. You can explore the CommonGrants repository and CommonGrants.org to learn more.
Responsibilities
- Product Roadmap & Backlog: Own the product vision and roadmap for CommonGrants and SimplerGrants reporting/automation, translating program goals into a prioritized backlog of well-scoped epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
- Sprint Planning & Ceremonies: Lead sprint planning and facilitate core agile ceremonies (standups, refinement, reviews/demos, retros), driving healthy team flow and continuous improvement.
- Cross-Program Facilitation: Plan and facilitate cross-program meetings and in-person events with HHS and multiple vendors/workstreams to align goals, dependencies, timelines, and decisions for Grants.gov modernization.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders (HHS, SimplerGrants vendors, partner programs) and external stakeholders (CommonGrants adopters, open-source contributors), ensuring feedback informs product direction.
- Delivery Tracking & Program Reporting: Track delivery against roadmap and sprint goals, monitor program health signals, and provide clear progress updates, risks, and tradeoffs to support governance and expectation-setting.
- Risk & Dependency Management: Surface blockers, risks, and cross-team dependencies early; drive mitigation plans and decision points with engineers, program leads, and partners.
- Budget & Contract Support: Track budget and burn to support timely invoicing and responsible use of contract funds; coordinate forecasts and resourcing needs with program leadership.
- Quality, Accessibility & Sustainability: Ensure product outcomes and delivery practices reflect Agile Six values, accessibility commitments, and the long-term sustainability of the CommonGrants standard.
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ of related experience, including:
- 3+ years of experience as a Delivery Manager, Product Manager, Program Manager or similar role on projects or programs using agile methodologies
- 5+ years of direct experience working on an agile scrum team as a Scrum Master and/or Scrum Product Owner
- Familiarity with managing agile development projects using Github or Zenhub
- In-depth knowledge and demonstrated application of Agile principles and practices
- Ability to coach their scrum team in agile practices and support the team’s self-organization
- Prior experience supporting newly formed teams on complex projects
- Ability to independently remove impediments to team progress and maintain alignment and productivity across different team structures
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage complex stakeholder relationships and ensure smooth collaboration and alignment across multiple teams or organizations to ultimately ensure successful delivery
- Experience recognizing and resolving complex dysfunction within teams without extensive external support
- Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years
- Some of our clients may request or require occasional travel. If this is a concern for you, we encourage you to apply and discuss it with us at your initial interview
Additional desired qualifications
- Experience managing the technical product roadmap for developer tools (code libraries, SDKs, CLIs, etc.)
- Prior experience as a software or data engineer
- Certified Scrum Master and/or Certified Product Owner Certification(s)
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead delivery teams at Agile Six or at like minded organizations within the civic tech space
- Experience working with government agencies
- You are a U.S. Veteran. As a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, we recognize the transition to civilian life can be tricky, and welcome and encourage Veterans to apply
At Agile Six, we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and who can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.
Salary and Sixer Benefits
As a small organization and government contractor, the roles we hire for depend on the contracts we hold and the funding available. Salaries at Agile Six are tied to predefined peer groups based on the staffing plans we sell to clients. People in the same peer group are paid within 2.5% of the peer group’s salary mean, even when their project work differs.
We post fixed, non-negotiable salaries so that you know what to expect, and to remove the bias and inequity that often show up in salary negotiations. We also periodically raise the salary of all Sixers to keep pace with market conditions.
For more information about our Pay and Equity practices, please contact our Recruitment team.
The salary for this position is: $154,931.
Our benefits are designed to reinforce our core values of Wholeness, Self Management and Inclusion. The following benefits are available to all employees. We respect that only you know what balance means for your life and season. While we offer support from coaches, we expect you to own your wholeness, show up for work whole, and go home to your family the same. You will be seen, heard and valued. We expect you to offer the same for your colleagues, be kind (not controlling), be caring (not directive) and ready to participate in a state of flow. We mean it when we say “We build better by putting people first”.
All Sixers Enjoy:
- Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
- Competitive and equitable salary (equal pay for equal work)
- Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) for all employees!
- 401K matching
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employer paid short and long term disability insurance
- Employer paid life insurance
- Self-managed and generous paid time off
- Paid federal holidays and two floating holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Self-managed professional development spending
- Self-managed wellness days
Hiring practices
Agile Six Applications, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
Note: We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation in applying for any of these positions, please reach out to careers@agile6.com. We want to ensure you have the ability to apply for any position at Agile Six.
Please read and respond to the application questions carefully. Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.
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