Technical Project Manager

About the role

RIVA Solutions is seeking a Technical Project Manager to manage day-to-day technical delivery for a Federal web modernization and digital services program.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical project execution across website maintenance, Drupal/WCMS development, content updates, web operations, testing, data visualization, analytics, and infrastructure coordination.
• Lead Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery activities, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and stakeholder demonstrations.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures, roadmaps, risk registers, issue logs, action item trackers, dependency trackers, and status materials.
• Coordinate requirements gathering for new websites, web pages, microsites, landing pages, search enhancements, analytics requests, content initiatives, and technical improvements.
• Translate business needs into actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, technical tasks, testing needs, and release milestones in collaboration with product owners, technical leads, UX/content staff, and QA resources.
• Cook up technical delivery across developers, cloud/system engineers, web administrators, content analysts, QA testers, accessibility specialists, and information resources staff.
• Oversee release readiness activities, including development status, defect resolution, regression testing, accessibility validation, content quality checks, deployment coordination, and post-release support.
• Facilitate recurring project meetings, technical working sessions, status reviews, demonstrations, and decision-making discussions with Government stakeholders and partner contractors.
• Identify schedule, scope, quality, security, accessibility, infrastructure, and dependency risks; develop mitigation plans and escalate issues with clear recommendations.
• Cook up technical issues, risks, options, and impacts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support quality management and continuous improvement by standardizing workflows, SOPs, templates, metrics, lessons learned, and team operating practices.

Requirements

• Experience managing technical projects, web/digital services, CMS-based websites, application development, or Federal IT delivery programs.
• Experience managing Agile/Scrum or Kanban teams, including backlog management, sprint execution, release planning, and stakeholder demos.
• Working understanding of Drupal/WCMS platforms, web operations, content workflows, UX, QA, accessibility, analytics, and production support.
• Experience coordinating developers, UX/content strategists, QA testers, accessibility specialists, analysts, administrators, and infrastructure/cloud resources.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, or comparable tools for backlog management, project tracking, reporting, and collaboration.
• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG, responsive design, Federal web standards, QA processes, risk management, and release management concepts.
• Ability to communicate technical issues, risks, options, and impacts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organization, follow-up, documentation, customer service, problem solving, and stakeholder management skills.