Project Manager- Senior

Key Responsibilities

• Drives the day-to-day execution of modernization work by ensuring all internal teams and vendors have what they need to maintain continuous forward progress toward milestones
• Translates high-level program goals into coordinated, sequenced, and actionable delivery activities across workstreams including Development, Testing, Data, OCM/Training, IT, and business units
• Serves as a key integrator across workstreams by identifying cross-team dependencies, coordinating required actions, and ensuring consistent alignment across internal and vendor teams
• Maintains and communicates dependency maps or logs to support cross-team alignment
• Pairs closely with the Business Analyst to ensure incoming work is clear, actionable, and ready for delivery; partners with the Program Manager to ensure execution aligns with program strategy and priorities
• Collaborates with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine scope, clarify requirements, and ensure delivery readiness
• Ledges and facilitates Agile or iterative delivery routines, ensuring ceremonies remain outcome-oriented and that work is broken down into clear, manageable steps rather than vague tasks
• Maintains real-time visibility into delivery plans, risks, dependencies, and status; proactively identifies and resolves issues before they become blockers to progress
• Investigates issues end-to-end to determine root causes and drives resolution across teams, escalating only when necessary and always with recommended solutions
• Bridges ambiguity by defining problems, coordinating decisions, and establishing the structure needed for continued forward movement
• Leads and coordinates readiness and implementation activities including go-live planning, communications, training coordination, environment preparation, UAT coordination, go-live execution, and stabilization
• Coordinates daily with the implementation vendor to ensure alignment on deliverables, timelines, risks, and dependencies; works with the Vendor Manager to surface issues, monitor vendor commitments, and support accountability mechanisms
• Contributes to the delivery processes and routines that support DMV’s transition to a future product operating model
• Maintains updates in Azure DevOps (ADO) or related delivery tools to ensure clear visibility across workstreams

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience serving as a Delivery Lead, Implementation Manager, or Project/Program Manager supporting complex initiatives, system implementations, or modernization efforts
• Proven ability to drive outcomes across internal teams and vendors, maintaining daily forward momentum and ensuring workstreams stay aligned and on track
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to proactively identify issues, investigate root causes, and resolve blockers across teams before they escalate
• Demonstrated communication and influence skills, including the ability to coordinate across technical and business teams, vendor partners, SMEs, and leadership without direct authority
• Experience working in Agile, iterative, or hybrid delivery environments, including facilitating ceremonies and maintaining real-time plans, risks, and dependencies
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies, driving alignment across vendors and internal teams, and ensuring all workstreams maintain progress toward shared outcomes
• Experience preparing for and supporting implementation and go live activities such as readiness planning, UAT coordination, communications, cutover, and stabilization efforts
• Experience identifying and resolving issues end-to-end to drive resolution across teams, escalating only when necessary and always with recommended solutions
• Experience investigating issues end-to-end to determine root causes and drives resolution across teams, escalating only when necessary and always with recommended solutions
• Experience establishing delivery routines, processes, or operating models in maturing or forming environments
• Experience partnering with multidisciplinary teams such as Development, Testing, Data, OCM/Training
• Experience working in government, vendor-heavy, modernization, or large-scale implementation environments
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) and/or MS Project

Desired Attributes

• Proactively identifies problems early and takes full ownership for driving solutions across teams, without waiting for direction
• Thrives in complex, high ambiguity environments and brings structure, clarity, and order where processes are still forming
• Comfortable operating in evolving, “squishy,” non-fully defined environments while helping the organization mature toward more disciplined delivery practices
• Demonstrates a strong sense of accountability and maintains relentless focus on forward movement and delivery outcomes
• Builds strong working relationships across internal teams and vendors, driving alignment and coordination without relying on authority
• Builds clarity from complexity by simplifying work, defining needed decisions, and coordinating cross-stream actions to maintain consistent progress
• Energized by helping establish the foundational delivery routines and operating model that will support DMV’s future product-based structure
• Maintains a high ownership mindset with strong initiative, stepping in wherever needed to remove blockers, solve issues, and move work forward

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills with the ability to create clarity, explain complexities, and coordinate effectively across business teams, technical teams, vendors, SMEs, and leadership without relying on authority
• Skilled in facilitating discussions, delivery ceremonies, and cross-team decision-making to ensure alignment, shared understanding, and continued progress across workstreams
• Highly proactive mindset with the ability to anticipate issues, take ownership, and address risks or blockers before they impact delivery momentum
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to investigate root causes, navigate ambiguity, and bring structure to evolving or unclear situations
• Ability to influence, build alignment, and drive collaboration across diverse internal teams and vendors in a forming, rapidly changing environment
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities, needs, and expectations often evolve as modernization work progresses

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience
• Relevant fields may include business, public administration, information systems, computer science, engineering, communications, or other related disciplines
• Certifications in Agile, Scrum, project delivery, or change management are helpful but not required

Benefits

Long-Term Stability: Join us on a multi-year opportunities with room to grow.
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access quality healthcare benefits to keep you and your family well.
Future Planning: Enroll in our 401(k) program and invest in your financial security.
GC Assistance: We support immediate Green Card processing, if required.