Project Manager – Senior
HybridAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Own the master schedule, critical path, and staffing assumptions to drive on-time delivery against fixed go-live dates for a federal public-facing website modernization program. Serve as the primary client and stakeholder interface, producing weekly status reports covering accomplishments, risks, and items requiring client decisions. Lead the full lifecycle from discovery and design through build, migration, user acceptance testing, and controlled production cutover with minimal downtime. Coordinate security accreditation activities (RMF/ATO) and oversee Section 508, 21st Century IDEA, and WCAG accessibility compliance. Manage subcontractor and vendor performance while overseeing operations, service levels, and sustainment. Manage scope, risk, quality, and staffing across the period of performance.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 6 years of hands-on IT project management experience specifically overseeing website development projects
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute to a defined plan, managing schedule, scope, and risk on technically complex, deadline-driven efforts
- Demonstrated strengths in strategic thinking, multitasking, conflict management, and time management
- Strong oral and written communication skills, fluent in English (speak, read, write), with experience interacting with and briefing senior leaders
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery teams and subcontractors to defined milestones and quality standards
- U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a federal background investigation (Public Trust / suitability)
Desired Qualifications
- Prior federal government project experience
- Delivery experience in Microsoft Azure Government or another FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment
- WordPress or comparable enterprise CMS delivery; Section 508 / WCAG / 21st Century IDEA accessibility compliance
- RMF/ATO coordination (SSP, POA&M, working with an ISSO and Authorizing Official) and FIPS-199 Moderate systems
- Delivering firm-fixed-price, fixed-deadline web builds on schedule; managing subcontractors, vendors, and independent test providers
- AI/chatbot integration, legacy content migration, and enterprise identity integration (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID)
- PMP or equivalent project management certification
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, IT management, or a related field from an accredited institution
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