IT Project Manager (contingent upon contract award)

• Manage the full lifecycle of assigned IT projects using PMI/PMBOK-based methods tailored with agile practices.
• Build and maintain project schedules, scope, backlogs, and dashboards in Azure DevOps.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Track cost, schedule, and performance for federal IT investments, and report actual versus budgeted spending with projections.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, and impediments, and escalate them according to established procedures.
• Coordinate with contracting officer’s representatives and application vendors to keep work aligned with contract terms.
• Develop and manage test plans that support system testing and user acceptance testing.
• Support NIST SP 800-53 control implementation statements, control assessments, and FIPS 199 categorization for project systems.
• Develop change and configuration management plans for assigned projects, and keep configuration items current.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis, develop communication plans, and deliver weekly status reports.

• Five or more years of experience managing IT projects.
• Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• In-depth knowledge of IT project management processes and the system development life cycle (SDLC).
• Working knowledge of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), IT security management, and risk management.
• A track record of developing, monitoring, and reporting on project objectives, cost, schedule, and performance.
• Experience owning both the technical and administrative sides of a project, including vendor coordination and budget tracking.
• Hands-on experience running projects with agile methods and Azure DevOps (Boards, Work Items, Dashboards, Test Plans).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and leadership skills, including briefing senior federal stakeholders.
• Ability to pass a federal background investigation (NACI) and obtain a PIV credential.
• Must reside within 50 miles of Reston, VA

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, or a related field.

• PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, or Professional Scrum Master certification.
• Experience managing application development, PaaS, or SaaS implementations for a federal agency.
• Experience with Department of the Interior or Indian Affairs programs.
• Familiarity with the NIST Risk Management Framework, FIPS 199 categorization, or change and configuration management processes.