Overview

As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Manager to join our growing team.

Responsibilities

Duties of the Project Manager will include the following:

- Lead day-to-day delivery of development and sustainment work, owning scope, schedule, and execution against the contract Performance Work Statement.

- Serve as Scrum Master / Agile lead - facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and keep the team's velocity and burndown healthy.

- Act as a technical lead and trusted point of contact for the development team, contributing to architecture and design discussions, unblocking engineers, and making sound trade-off calls on sprint scope.
- Produce clear, reliable documentation including meeting minutes, decision logs, action-item tracking, status reports, and risk/issue registers and follow each item to closure.
- Manage stakeholder communication with the federal customer (Product Owner, COR, and end-user representatives), translating between technical teams and program leadership.
- Maintain and groom the product backlog, write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensure work is properly prioritized and ready for development.
- Track and report on cost, schedule, and performance; surface risks early and drive mitigation.
- Coordinate releases and deployments, and support QA, user acceptance, and transition activities.

Qualifications

The Project Manager selected should have the following:

- 5+ years of IT project management experience, including leading software development teams.
- Demonstrated mastery of Agile and Scrum with proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead
- Strong technical leadership ability: comfortable engaging developers on architecture, code-level trade-offs, and sprint scoping decisions.
- Exceptional documentation and note-taking discipline and able to capture decisions, action items, and follow-ups accurately in real time and maintain authoritative records.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to brief both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a federal Public Trust / background investigation.

The Ideal Project Manager will have the following:

- Experience supporting federal customers, or other federal scientific or regulatory data systems.
- Familiarity with the technical environment (e.g., Oracle/APEX, web-based reporting and data submission systems, large multi-user operational platforms).
- PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM/PSM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience with help desk / user support operations and service-level reporting in a sustainment context.
- Prior experience in a federal government contracting environment.

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
• Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
• Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - we're all company owners!
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
• Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
• Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
• Employee Referral Program
• Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
• Personalized career growth plans for every employee