Federal Technical Program Manager - AI Data Projects

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

Job summary

Innodata Inc. is seeking a Working Technical Program Manager to drive a 20-week federal data services program, coordinating with a Delivery Owner and partner teams to keep milestones on track and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria.

You will own the schedule, maintain the program toolchain (CVAT, SAM 2), draft status updates, and manage risks and blockers, enabling rapid progress from planning through phase gates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field; 2-for-1 substitution allowed.
• 7+ years total professional experience, 4+ years in federal program or technical project management.
• Hands-on experience with annotation platforms – CVAT strongly preferred.
• Comfortable authoring technical documentation: run books, user guides, status reports.
• 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

Annotation platforms CVAT

Technical documentation

Federal stakeholder communication

Security clearance TS/SCI eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field

PMP certification

Tools

CVAT

Job description

Innodata Inc. is seeking a Working Technical Program Manager to drive a 20-week federal data services program, coordinating with a Delivery Owner and partner teams to keep milestones on track and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria.

You will own the schedule, maintain the program toolchain (CVAT, SAM 2), draft status updates, and manage risks and blockers, enabling rapid progress from planning through phase gates.