Federal Agile Project Coordinator

Guidehouse; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse’s federal team supports a legislative branch client by monitoring and improving contract management systems and processes. As a Program Consultant, you will assist with project coordination, Agile delivery, and governance activities.

You will track schedules and metrics, prepare status reports, support UAT, and coordinate with stakeholders, vendors, and IT teams to identify delivery impediments and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in project coordination, project management, business analysis, consulting, or related IT-related program support.
• Experience working on Agile IT projects, with familiarity with Scrum practices, backlog management, user stories, and iterative development.
• Experience using Jira or similar project tracking tools to manage tasks, user stories, issues, and project status.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to track multiple activities and produce clear, professional project documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Track project schedules, backlogs, releases, risks, issues, dependencies, and key delivery metrics across multiple acquisition system workstreams.
• Prepare bi-weekly status reports and meeting materials that clearly communicate progress, upcoming activities, metrics, risks, and issues.
• Support user acceptance testing and coordinate with client stakeholders, development teams, and vendors to track issues, follow up on action items, and identify potential delivery impediments.
• Support Agile project activities, including stand-ups, sprint and backlog planning, retrospectives, and maintenance of user stories and tasks in Jira.
• Monitor client Acquisition Helpdesk activities and trends and assist in identifying opportunities to improve processes, workflows, response times, and automation.
• Collaborating closely with federal client stakeholders (contracts and grants leadership, product owners, IT developers, and end users) to support business analysis and ensure transparent communication across all teams.

Skills

Project coordination

Project management

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Scrum practices

Backlog management

User stories

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Office

Job description

Guidehouse’s federal team supports a legislative branch client by monitoring and improving contract management systems and processes. As a Program Consultant, you will assist with project coordination, Agile delivery, and governance activities.

You will track schedules and metrics, prepare status reports, support UAT, and coordinate with stakeholders, vendors, and IT teams to identify delivery impediments and drive improvements.