Project Manager

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. They are seeking a Project Manager to support their client by leading delivery for a complex application program, managing scope, schedule, budget, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring quality and adherence to agile delivery practices.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the client COR and stakeholders to plan, prioritize, execute, monitor, and report on project work
• Lead project delivery to ensure milestones and releases are completed on time, within scope, and within budget
• Coordinate and lead meetings with system owners, business owners, technical teams, functional teams, and end users to define and document requirements and implementation priorities
• Ensure quality across requirements analysis, documentation, design, development, testing, deployment, operations, and maintenance activities
• Manage financial activities, including timekeeping, budget tracking, status reporting, briefings, and communications
• Lead project estimation, release planning, scheduling, task management, execution, and tracking for iterative and agile releases
• Manage team resources, including staffing levels, skill alignment, mentoring, training, recruitment, and roll-off planning
• Proactively identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders regarding progress, risks, decisions, and mitigation activities
• Support adoption of modern technologies and delivery practices, including AI-assisted delivery, DevSecOps, automation, and cloud-native approaches

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of experience as an IT Project Manager
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing IT projects of similar size, complexity, and technology environment
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading projects using agile or iterative enterprise performance life-cycle methodologies
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading IT projects for the federal government
• Solid understanding of software engineering disciplines, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations and maintenance
• Working knowledge of the Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) or comparable federal delivery framework
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and rapidly evaluate and adopt new technologies
• Strong project planning, financial management, risk management, and written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree required; preferred field of study in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations Management, or a related field
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance is required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate stakeholder meetings and present project status, performance data, risks, and recommendations
• Ability to write clear, concise content and manage sensitive information in a highly confidential manner
• MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field preferred
• PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP, or comparable project-management/agile certification is preferred