Deputy Program Manager

About Pluribus Digital: Join us and do work that matters: use your skills to improve how your government serves the public! Pluribus Digital partners with our government customers to design, develop, and deliver useful and impactful digital products. We are a hands-on digital services consultancy – part technologists, part change agents, and all heart.  We employ modern best practices in all that we do as we work to solve problems in public health, financial industry regulation, granting citizenship and asylum, and identity and access management.

 

About the Role: Pluribus Digital is seeking a Deputy Program Manager (DPM) to join our team supporting a high-impact federal contract with the Department of the Treasury. This role is ideal for someone with strong program management experience who thrives in fast-paced, agile environments and wants to help modernize mission-critical systems that directly serve the public.

As DPM, you will play a vital role in overseeing day-to-day operations across multiple Agile delivery teams. You’ll serve as a key liaison between client stakeholders and cross-functional teams, supporting the Program Manager in strategic execution, delivery quality, and team performance. You’ll help guide operational processes, remove blockers, align staffing needs, and ensure delivery excellence while fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

Organizational & Program Leadership

• Manage daily operations for assigned program areas across multiple teams.

• Translate strategic goals from the Program Manager and government stakeholders into actionable team-level plans.

• Proactively identify delivery risks and mitigation strategies; escalate issues when needed.

• Coach and support technical and team leads; foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.

• Track program health metrics including burn rate, contract deliverables, and team capacity.

• Approve timecards and PTO requests; support performance feedback and expectation setting.

Agile Delivery & Execution

• Help shape overall delivery strategy and ensure alignment across teams.

• Support Agile teams in defining scope, sprint priorities, and delivery objectives.

• Provide administrative and operational coverage for Scrum Masters, Team Leads, and Program Manager as needed.

• Serve as a resource for team-wide agile best practices (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and help remove blockers.

Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting

• Facilitate information flow between the program manager, government stakeholders, leadership, and Pluribus teams.

• Communicate status, risks, and issues clearly and proactively to internal and external stakeholders.

• Prepare program summaries and performance reports; support compliance with contract terms, timelines, and deliverables.

Staffing & Team Development

• Collaborate with recruiters and delivery leadership to forecast, plan, and fulfill staffing needs.

• Support interviews, onboarding, and performance management for new hires.

• Help stand up new teams and identify team leads or mentors as needed.

• Address performance or behavioral concerns in collaboration with leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Capability Leads, PMO team, and Technical SMEs to align tools, standards, and direction.

• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts and help evolve internal program frameworks.

• Provide mentorship, hands-on support, and leadership continuity across teams as needed.

What you will bring:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.

• PMP certification.

• 5+ years experience in program or project management within large-scale federal contracts.

• Proven experience leading Agile software delivery, DevOps, or data-focused teams.

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams with matrixed reporting structures.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills.

• Knowledge of federal budget and procurement processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, DevOps, systems, or data).

• Agile certifications (Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe).

• Experience working in blended sprint and Kanban delivery models.

• Experience supporting Government contracts.

• Proactive, self-motivated, and results-driven.

• Strong facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.

Why Pluribus May Be a Fit for You:

We are purpose driven. We support missions and products that serve the public good, and where our focused capabilities positively impact those mission outcomes. We bring a consultative approach to partner with our government customers and help them succeed as change makers.

Pluribus is a calm company. We are knowledge workers. People do their best work when they are not rushed by artificial urgency or drained by a culture of facetime and workaholism. By having confidence in our people, we can get more done at better quality. When real crunch time comes, we are not already stretched to the limit.

We are stronger because of the variety of skills and personal backgrounds of our team. We hold ourselves accountable and we publish our workforce statistics annually. 

Compensation and benefits:

Pluribus Digital offers a competitive salary that is determined at the time of offer. Compensation will be based on experience and qualifications, with salary ranges aligned accordingly. If a candidate is a strong fit at a more junior or senior level to what is outlined here, we will assess them accordingly and apply the appropriate salary range during the hiring process. The range for this specific role is from $125,000 to $150,000 depending on experience. Salary is augmented with opportunity to earn annual bonus and medical/dental/vision benefits, PTO, company paid life insurance and a generous 401k match program. Details on benefits can be found here: https://pluribusdigital.com/content/join/benefits.