Project Manager at Unissant in Washington, DC, USA

Job description

• We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team and support our client.
• The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, results-driven IT project manager who can lead delivery for a complex application program. This individual will manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, staffing, stakeholder engagement, and project reporting while supporting iterative and agile delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the client COR and stakeholders to plan, prioritize, execute, monitor, and report on project work.
• Lead project delivery to ensure milestones and releases are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Coordinate and lead meetings with system owners, business owners, technical teams, functional teams, and end users to define and document requirements and implementation priorities.
• Ensure quality across requirements analysis, documentation, design, development, testing, deployment, operations, and maintenance activities.
• Manage financial activities, including timekeeping, budget tracking, status reporting, briefings, and communications.
• Lead project estimation, release planning, scheduling, task management, execution, and tracking for iterative and agile releases.
• Manage team resources, including staffing levels, skill alignment, mentoring, training, recruitment, and roll-off planning.
• Proactively identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders regarding progress, risks, decisions, and mitigation activities.
• Support adoption of modern technologies and delivery practices, including AI-assisted delivery, DevSecOps, automation, and cloud-native approaches.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience as an IT Project Manager.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing IT projects of similar size, complexity, and technology environment.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading projects using agile or iterative enterprise performance life-cycle methodologies.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading IT projects for the federal government.
• Solid understanding of software engineering disciplines, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) or comparable federal delivery framework.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and rapidly evaluate and adopt new technologies.
• Strong project planning, financial management, risk management, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree required; preferred field of study in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations Management, or a related field.
• MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field preferred.
• PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP, or comparable project-management/agile certification is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate stakeholder meetings and present project status, performance data, risks, and recommendations.
• Ability to write clear, concise content and manage sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance is required.

Skills

Required

• Detail-oriented
• Results-driven
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Ability to write clear, concise content
• AI-assisted delivery
• DevSecOps
• Automation
• Cloud-native approaches
• Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC)
• Software engineering disciplines