Aviation Security Project Manager at Forge Group, LLC in VA, USA
- Company: Forge Group, LLC
- Location: VA, USA
- Posted: Sep 24, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $120,000 to $140,000 per year
- Experience: 7+ years
Overview
Job Description: Forge requires a Project Manager to become part of a dynamic team supporting aviation security projects for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW).
Job description
- Job
- Description: Forge requires a Project Manager to become part of a dynamic team supporting aviation security projects for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW).
- This position will work closely with the government and airport stakeholders on these engagements and provide expert consultative services designed to help understand and document their business, functional, and technical requirements and translate them for developers.
- The TSA project centers around the development of Power BI business intelligence reporting for all checked baggage screening nationwide. The DFW project will involve coordinating the design and installation of biometric access control technology for the authentication of airport employees and the development of a remote monitoring application.
- This role will coordinate with stakeholders and scrum teams to prioritize demands, maximize planning analysis, track progress toward meeting customers' requirements and objectives, test deliverables, and communicate product development schedules.
Responsibilities
- Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to document business and technical requirements, outcomes, user stories, and model processes.
- Facilitate functional and technical calls with government customers to cover topics including requirements analysis, project status, functional solutions, tasking, risks, and actions.
- Perform, facilitate, and document human-centered design activities.
- Work directly with technical staff to create and maintain technical documentation.
- Facilitate scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Maintain an active backlog that is continuously updated and re-prioritized.
- Facilitate and support team working in sprints for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) by removing impediments and coordinating necessary collaboration channels as needed.
- Validate business process workflows by testing, system modeling, and end-user testing.
- Maintain Active Federal Security Clearance and Airport Security Access.
Requirements
- Qualifications/Requirements: The Candidate must have the ability to think strategically, act tactically, and display strong analytical and critical thinking skills. They must also build strong cross-group working relationships and demonstrate exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. The Candidate must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.
- U.S. Citizen
- 5-7 years of professional experience supporting Digital Transformation efforts
- Bachelor's degree in management information systems, Business Information Technology, or equivalent
- Strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology
- Experience writing/reviewing documentation for the government
- Experience with Jira Software
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to follow security protocol to protect sensitive data
- Experience working in federal and/or airport aviation security environment preferred
- Active DHS Vetting and/or Security Clearance is preferred
Skills
Required
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Cross-group working relationships
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Thrive in entrepreneurial environment
- Scrum concepts and methodology
- Jira Software
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Security protocol adherence
Preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
Benefits
- Forge fosters a rich company culture built on a diverse, hard-working employee base. Our staff is the core of our success and the impetus behind our decisions. In today's corporate culture, there is no longer a line between work and home life. As a result, we focused our benefits approach on the whole family.
- The Forge total compensation model is based on a "choose-your-own-adventure approach" allowing each employee to create a comprehensive package of benefits and perks tailored to his or her needs. Examples of benefits included in our total compensation package include:
- Complete Flextime
- 401k With Employer Matching
- Healthcare, Including Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Health Savings Account (HSA) And Pre-Tax Premium Options
- Supplementary healthcare and family support
- Extended Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
- Healthcare Insurance Deductible Paydown
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment, and Education & Training Stipends
- Cell Phone / Internet Stipends
- College Saving Plans with Employer Contributions
- Alternative Work Locations and Tele-Commuting
- Employee Referral Awards
- Retention, Signing & Performance Bonuses
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Sabbatical
About Forge Group, LLC
Forge is a global solutions provider. We are a proud, certified woman-owned, service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (WOSB, SDVOSB) ignited to redefine the traditional GovCon mold, deliver innovations, and elevate collective impact. We are known as international problem fixers who only pursue work where we can truly make a difference. We are deeply integrated members of trusted client communities, energized and honored to be partners in questioning and solving human challenges worldwide. Forge strikes a precise balance between empowering autonomy and emphasizing the necessity of belonging to a connected network of people and initiatives. It's led to a new echelon of collective excellence- one that continues to lead to monumental growth - and built a dream team of top-tier, collaborative, 'get-it-done' experts. Our culture is everything. People come first. Our culture is built around a diverse group of employees empowered to think in different directions, a leadership team that trusts employees to lean in to unique greatness, and an operations team that deploys programs to support employee well-being and growth - both personally and professionally. We treat Forge like a co-op, where staff input drives corporate action. With a 93% retention rate, it's evident that once we hire great people, we keep them. We're rated #2 Best Medium Business in all of Virginia, and we are a multi-year, multi-award winner of the Fortune® Magazine Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™, Best Medium Workplaces™, and Best Workplaces for Parents™.  Based on employee feedback and independent analysis, we have been certified as a Great Place to Work™ for six consecutive years. In addition to recognition for top workplace culture, our growth earned us a spot on the 2024 and 2025 Inc. Magazine 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Companies in America, and the Women Presidents Organization (WPO) and J.P. Morgan Chase named us one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies nationally. But most importantly, we're proud to be a company that puts people first. The future of Forge is exciting and evolving - as capability and community remain the battle rhythm sustaining transformative success. We're searching for those who want to work hard, play hard, give back, and enjoy life. If this resonates with you, then come make a difference at Forge.