Job Title: Project Manager 4 - MOD PRODUCT LINE

Location(s): Richmond, VA
(Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite)

Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager to lead complex IT projects in a Scaled Agile environment. The ideal candidate will hold an active PMP certification, possess strong leadership and communication skills, and have experience managing cross-functional teams, budgets, schedules, risks, and project governance. Experience with state government project management standards is preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects through all project lifecycle phases:
  • Preselect
  • Initiation
  • Planning
  • Execution & Control
  • Closeout
• Serve as a hands-on technical Project Manager working closely with development teams and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate project resources across IT and business units.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, and deliverables.
• Facilitate collaboration among cross-functional technical teams.
• Communicate project status, milestones, timelines, and expectations to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with vendors, consultants, contractors, procurement teams, and project management offices.
• Ensure compliance with established project management standards and governance requirements.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, communication plans, and status reporting.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, use case development, and design workshops.
• Oversee test planning, test objectives, and test case preparation.
• Track project performance using defined metrics and provide regular progress updates.
• Support system implementation, user training, and project closeout activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Active PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
• Experience managing projects in a Scaled Agile environment.
• Extensive experience leading large, complex IT projects.
• Strong technical project management background.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams and workstreams.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• State government project management certification or equivalent.
• Experience managing public sector IT projects.
• Experience working within structured project governance frameworks.

Candidate Requirements:

• Must reside in the Richmond metropolitan area.
• Must possess an active PMP certification.
• State government project management certification is a plus.

Skills:

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience Expertise Rating Move Experience managing large MultiStream projects valued at ***M or greater each Required 10 Years Experience in IT infrastructure delivery (Networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning) Required 10 Years Experience in both Scaled Agile and Waterfall Project Management Required 10 Years PMP Certification Required

VITA Certification Highly desired gile Scrum Master Certification Desired SAFe Scrum Master Certification Desired Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server) Required 10 Years Experience managing projects with high visibility and high stakes Required 10 Years Experience managing projects that had to coordinate with at least one external team. Required 10 Years Experience managing a project as part of a larger program and under PMO governance. Required 10 Years Bachelors degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, Management Information Systems, Project Management or Finance/Business Required 4 Years