Federal Data & AI Program Manager

Innodata Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 68,880 - 75,768; Full time

Job summary

Innodata Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Working Technical Program Manager to drive a multi-milestone data engineering program for federal Trust & Safety work.

You will own the schedule, coordinate with partner teams, and deliver work products while managing the program toolchain. The role requires 7+ years of overall experience, 4+ years in federal programs, hands-on CVAT or annotation platform expertise, and active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years total professional experience, 4+ years in federal program or technical project management.
• Hands-on experience with annotation platforms, CVAT strongly preferred.
• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling and federal data security awareness.
• Strong working-level stakeholder communication in federal environments.
• Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day WBS execution and schedule maintenance against the 24-week program schedule.
• Draft weekly status reports for Delivery Owner review before AFS submission.
• Manage AFS working-level coordination: technical POCs, dependency tracking, acceptance criteria follow-up.
• Maintain risk and issue log; elevate decisions and blockers to the Delivery Owner.
• Package and submit phase-milestone deliverables with explicit acceptance requests and deadline tracking.
• Administer CVAT + SAM 2 toolchain in coordination with the Data & Annotation Engineer.
• Facilitate standups, working sessions, and phase gate preparation.
• Coordinate Technical Writer onboarding and documentation production in Phase E.

Skills

Program management

Federal environment

Stakeholder communication

Technical documentation

Security awareness

Annotation platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical/business/related field

PMP certification preferred

Tools

CVAT

Job description

Innodata Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Working Technical Program Manager to drive a multi-milestone data engineering program for federal Trust & Safety work.

You will own the schedule, coordinate with partner teams, and deliver work products while managing the program toolchain. The role requires 7+ years of overall experience, 4+ years in federal programs, hands-on CVAT or annotation platform expertise, and active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.