Government PMO Project Manager – Delivery Leader

Nextens; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match

Wellbeing programs including Headspace

Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance

Family Benefits and leaves

Health Savings Accounts

Paid Time Off and volunteering leave

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex government-facing engagements from initiation to delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and ensure compliance and customer satisfaction.

You must excel in stakeholder communication, risk management, and owning delivery momentum in fast-moving, regulated environments. This role emphasizes accountability, structure, and proactive problem-solving to drive successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management, PMO, or equivalent delivery experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (or equivalent).
• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience leading customer-facing projects within complex, cross-functional environments.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and project execution skills.
• Experience building and maintaining project schedules, governance artifacts, risk registers, dependency management, and executive-level reporting.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and drive accountability across teams.
• Experience working within Agile, hybrid, or structured project delivery environments.
• Strong collaboration and leadership across technical, operational, business, and customer teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex customer engagements and project initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Drive project planning, milestone management, dependency tracking, issue resolution, and delivery execution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build and maintain project schedules, action logs, risk registers, governance documentation, and executive-ready status reporting artifacts.
• Drive cross-functional execution and alignment across Engineering, Product Management, Testing, Operations, Legal, Sales, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Lead customer communications, governance discussions, delivery reviews, and project status meetings.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication, issue escalation, and consistent follow-through.
• Identify risks, blockers, and dependencies proactively while driving accountability and resolution across teams.
• Lead scope management and change control efforts while ensuring alignment to contractual obligations and business objectives.
• Communicate project health, delivery status, risks, financial impacts, dependencies, and key decisions to leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, contractual, and regulatory requirements throughout all project phases.
• Drive operational improvements and contribute to PMO delivery best practices and process optimization efforts.
• Operate effectively in fast-moving environments where priorities, timelines, and requirements may evolve.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Technology

Tools

PMP certification

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex government-facing engagements from initiation to delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and ensure compliance and customer satisfaction.

You must excel in stakeholder communication, risk management, and owning delivery momentum in fast-moving, regulated environments. This role emphasizes accountability, structure, and proactive problem-solving to drive successful outcomes.