Project Manager

Techstra Solutions

$90K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • 10+ years of experience managing complex consulting programs
  • PMO or PMI (PMP) certification required
  • Proven ability to navigate government agencies and regulated environments
  • Experience managing formal project lifecycles and complex dependency mapping
  • Demonstrated team leadership in high-pressure, deliverable-based environments

Responsibilities

  • Direct daily activities of analysts to keep project streams on schedule
  • Manage team assignments to optimize productivity across multi-disciplinary workstreams
  • Develop and maintain detailed project schedules to track progress
  • Oversee stage-gate governance to ensure all requirements are met before project phase transitions
  • Produce comprehensive status reports for executive leadership
  • Ensure all project activities meet compliance and transparency standards
  • Act as the primary contact between technical teams and business stakeholders

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility with relocation assistance offered
Full Job Description
Role Overview
Coordinates the daily workflow of the project team, driving the requirements process through a structured project lifecycle and ensuring seamless communication between internal and external stakeholders. This role requires a senior leader with 10+ years of experience managing complex consulting programs, specifically within government environments. The coordinator ensures all deliverables align with PMO/PMI standards and strategic program milestones.
Key Responsibilities
Program Orchestration & Workflow
  • Workstream Coordination: Directs the daily activities of Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Technical Analysts to ensure all project streams remain on schedule and within scope.
  • Resource Allocation: Manages team assignments and task distribution to optimize productivity across multi-disciplinary technical and business workstreams.
Traditional Milestone & Deliverable Management
  • Project Scheduling: Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, tracking progress against critical path milestones and key deliverables.
  • Stage-Gate Governance: Manages the transition between project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, and Closure), ensuring all requirements are met before proceeding to the next gate.
  • Formal Reporting: Produces comprehensive status reports, including RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, and Dependencies), for presentation to executive leadership.
Government & PMO Compliance
  • Regulatory Alignment: Ensures all project activities, reporting, and documentation meet the specific compliance and transparency standards required for government-facing projects.
  • PMI Standard Execution: Operates as a subject matter expert on PMI best practices, enforcing standardized project management methodologies across the program.
  • Requirements Traceability: Oversees the requirements repository (e.g., Jira/Confluence), maintaining a rigorous Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that is audit-ready and linked to the program roadmap.
Stakeholder Management
  • Strategic Liaison: Acts as the primary point of contact between technical teams and high-level business stakeholders, facilitating formal requirements review meetings.
  • Roadblock Escalation: Proactively identifies project bottlenecks and escalates critical risks to the API Technical Lead or senior program leadership.
Required Qualifications/Skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • Senior Consulting Leadership: 10+ years of experience leading high-stakes consulting programs and managing large-scale IT or data services projects.
  • Professional Certification: Must be PMO or PMI (PMP) certified.
  • Government Sector Expertise: Proven experience or deep functional knowledge of navigating government agencies or highly regulated public sector environments.
  • Structured Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage formal project lifecycles, Gantt charts, and complex dependency mapping.
  • Team Leadership: Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in a high-pressure, deliverable-based environment.
  • PMO/PMI certified
  • 10+ years managing consulting programs
  • Government experience / knowledge
  • Nice to have - finance transformation, billing, AR, collections knowledge

Preferred Qualifications
  • Finance Transformation Knowledge: Experience in large-scale finance modernization initiatives, specifically regarding Billing, Accounts Receivable (AR), and Collections.
  • Financial Services Background: Prior experience at the intersection of government regulation and financial data integrity.


Location: Remote (relocation assistance is offered)

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