Overview
Sedaro is hiring a Project Manager to own the day-to-day execution of modeling and simulation software R&D and implementation projects to customers.
- Team: Engineering, reporting to Director of Programs
- Location: In person in Arlington, VA
- Must be eligible for a US security clearance
What You'll Do
Communication
- Communicate regularly with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with project goals
- Be the primary point of contact for customer engagement
- Facilitate communication across cross-functional project teams
Execution & Delivery
- Manage scope, schedule, & cost through agile and hybrid practices
- Lead milestone reviews and status updates with external stakeholders
- Track progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies
- Translate customer requirements into actionable implementation plans
- Ensure deliverables meet contract requirements, business objectives, and quality assurance standards
- Draft subcontractor statements of work (SOWs) and oversee their execution
- Discern, capture, prioritize, communicate, and update product requirements, such as use case descriptions and user stories, for example
- Empower engineering teams by making customer intent and priorities transparent, supporting autonomy and accountability for technical outcomes
- Manage project & labor budgets to achieve customer priorities and project needs
- Facilitate agile re-prioritization with customers to ensure project work reflects current priorities
Benefits
- 100% premium payment for Medical Insurance
- Flexible work schedule with core hours
- Company provided lunches 3 days a week
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
Requirement
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Project Management, Business Administration, CS, Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 2 years of experience planning, managing, and executing projects
- Excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with customers, provide regular updates, and address concerns promptly
- Strong communication skills to lead meetings, including demonstrations, requirements discovery sessions and retrospectives
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Agile) and knowledge areas (e.g., Scope Management, Stakeholder Management) and the ability to apply them to plan, execute, and monitor projects effectively
- Experience with tools such as Jira and GitLab
- Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks
Additional desirable experience
- Domain expertise in A&D
- Familiarity with U.S. space domain acquisition and operations
- Background or familiarity with software solutions in A&D
- PMP or other project management certification
- Experience working in small businesses or startups
- 1 or more years' experience as a Product Owner or Project Manager in software development
- Strong knowledge of federal acquisition processes (e.g., DoD/DoW, NRO, NASA)
- Active or current Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
