10+ years of project or delivery management experience, particularly in software.
Experience leading Agile teams with a focus on planning and execution.
Comfortable engaging with senior leadership internally.
Strong follow-through on tasks to ensure successful completion.
Ability to manage risk and articulate its impact on projects.
Customer-focused with a track record of building strong relationships.
Excellent presentation skills for both clients and internal teams.
Proven experience in comprehensive project planning and execution.
Responsibilities
Drive successful delivery of projects, managing scope, schedule, cost, and risk.
Own financial performance metrics including revenue and project profitability.
Forecast staffing needs and shape hiring strategies based on project pipeline.
Build proposals and manage scope changes proactively.
Coach team members to support their career growth and enhance engagement.
Communicate effectively with clients and internal teams to provide clarity and confidence.
Develop detailed project plans and monitor all lifecycle phases.
Benefits
Flexible work hours and hybrid work options.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, including paid short-term and long-term disability.
Generous paid time off starting with 15 PTO days and 11 holidays.
401K savings plan with company matching.
Educational growth opportunities including tuition reimbursement and certification support.
Community engagement through sponsored volunteer events.
Monthly social events to foster team camaraderie.
Full Job Description
Ready to lead a software teams that ships mission-critical work for the warfighter? DS2 is hiring a Department Manager to own delivery, client relationships, and the people behind the work. You will set the plan, staff the team, keep projects healthy, and coach engineers to grow. If you like running delivering relevant new capabilities, and growing the people who produce the work people, we want to talk. Responsibilities - What you'll do:
Drive successful delivery for assigned projects, including scope, schedule, cost, and risk.
Own team financial performance: revenue, margin, project profitability, and utilization.
Staff the work - forecast skills, allocate people, and shape hiring against the pipeline.
Build proposals, manage scope changes, and keep risk visible before it becomes a surprise.
Coach the team, support career growth, and keep retention and engagement high.
Communicate effectively both internally and externally, providing certainty and confidence to clients, project teams, and internal leadership.
Develop full-scale project plans, budgets, monitors, controls, and documents all project lifecycle phases.
Develop proposals for new and existing projects, perform risk analysis, and proactively manage changes in scope, while managing risk.
Be the client's trusted point of contact and keep internal leadership clear on status and decisions.
Required Qualifications - We need someone who:
Has 10+ years of project or delivery management experience, including software work.
Has led Agile teams and can plan and execute across resources, scope, schedule, cost, and change.
Is comfortable operating with internal senior leadership teams.
Follows through on tasks, ensuring successful completion.
Can manage risk and explain the impact on cost, schedule, and contingency.
Customer focused - develops and maintains strong relationships, continuously strives to exceed expectations and providing value add opportunities.
Excellent client-facing and internal presentation skills.
Proven planning and execution experience that includes resources, scope, scheduling, cost, change management, performance management and communication.
Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications - Bonus points if you:
Hold a PMP or equivalent delivery certification.
Have hands-on experience with Scrum, SAFe, or product management.
Have led software delivery for DoW or federal clients.
Salary Range
$120,000-$150,000 USD
Benefits - What we do for you:
Flexible work hours and hybrid work options
Health, dental, and vision insurance, including paid STD, LTD, and AD&D
Start with 15 paid time off (PTO) days and 11 holidays
401K savings plan with company-matching
Educational and growth opportunities
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan repayment
Certification reimbursement + bonuses and Learning Platform Subscriptions
Catered tech talk lunches on topics picked by you and your teammates
Sponsored community and volunteer events, giving back to our community
Monthly office social events; game night, cook outs and office parties
