IT Project Manager – TS/SCI Required

Responsibilities

• Supports project lifecycle coordination across SEC IT modernization initiatives ranging from software development and data analytics to cybersecurity coordination and business process improvement.
• Works under the direction of a senior PM lead, providing structure, visibility, and reporting discipline across projects executed by government personnel, contractors, and technical teams outside the PMA's direct authority.
• Success depends on professionalism, consistency, and the ability to build trust without command authority.
• Provide weekly status reporting for assigned projects covering schedule health, development progress, security assessment status, staffing, risks, issues, documentation, and upcoming milestones.
• Build and refine reporting templates, trackers, and structures in a new and evolving environment; incorporate feedback and adapt as leadership priorities develop.
• Cook up and coordinate with project teams, system owners, technical staff, and external contractors to keep information flowing and ensure accurate, timely reporting.
• Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, dependency logs, risk and issue logs, and action item registers across multiple concurrent projects.
• Support requirements validation by documenting business needs, identifying gaps, and tracking alignment to client priorities.
• Produce project artifacts including meeting notes, status summaries, briefings, and lifecycle documentation.
• Collaborate closely with the Business Modernization and Project Lifecycle Lead, government stakeholders, project sponsors, and execution teams.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field required; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience: 2–4 years supporting federal project lifecycle activities including planning, scheduling, execution monitoring, reporting, and closeout.
• Reporting: Ability to produce and maintain recurring status reports, trackers, and project artifacts across multiple concurrent projects; comfortable refining reporting products as needs evolve.
• Cordination: Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with different stakeholders, schedules, and dependencies.
• Communication: Builds effective working relationships and keeps information flowing from a support rather than authority-based posture.
• Risk Management: Ability to identify, track, and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and action items.
• Certifications: PMP, CSM, CSPO, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or similar a plus.
• Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required. Active TS/SCI required with CI polygraph.