Program Manager

Jobtailor; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior program manager to lead a Government-side enterprise platform transition and data migration. You will serve as the primary liaison to the Government COR, coordinating concurrent information systems, HR, and communications migration efforts while managing the Integrated Master Schedule and cross-domain dependencies.

You will guide stage-gate readiness, cutover planning, and provide evidence-based assessments of progress and schedule impacts.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing a multi-workstream enterprise system implementation or migration of comparable scale in a Federal or DoD environment.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience developing and managing integrated schedules, critical paths, dependencies, risks/issues, decision logs, executive reporting, and recovery planning for complex programs.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical and functional workstreams and working directly with Federal Government stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Experience supporting stage-gate, cutover, migration-readiness, testing, and go-live decisions for enterprise implementations or migrations.
• Strong program governance, leadership, communication, documentation, and quality-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Government-side program management for an Enterprise Platform Transition Program Management and Data Migration Support effort.
• Serve as the primary point of contact to the Government COR.
• Provide overall leadership and coordination across concurrent information systems, human resources, and communications migration workstreams.
• Oversee the Integrated Master Schedule, cross-domain dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, program governance, quality, and Government coordination.
• Lead program reporting and stage-gate readiness activities.
• Coordinate cutover and stabilization planning.
• Provide evidence-based assessments of progress, readiness, schedule impacts, recovery options, and go-live recommendations.
• Coordinate with functional, data migration, testing, change management, and technical teams to keep the transition aligned and on schedule.

Skills

Program Management

Leadership

Communication

Documentation

Risk Management

Stakeholder Coordination

Tools

Integrated Master Schedule

Stage-Gate Process

Decision Log Management

Job description

• Lead Government-side program management for an Enterprise Platform Transition Program Management and Data Migration Support effort
• Serve as the primary point of contact to the Government COR
• Provide overall leadership and coordination across concurrent Information Systems, human resources, and communications migration workstreams
• Oversee the Integrated Master Schedule, cross-domain dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, program governance, quality, and Government coordination
• Lead program reporting and stage-gate readiness activities
• Coordinate cutover and stabilization planning
• Provide evidence-based assessments of progress, readiness, schedule impacts, recovery options, and go-live recommendations
• Coordinate with functional, data migration, testing, change management, and technical teams to keep the transition aligned and on schedule
• Support a 10-month program transitioning to an integrated education platform and federal Impact Level 4 (IL4) environment, with operational go-live targeted by July 2027

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing a multi-workstream enterprise system implementation or migration of comparable scale in a Federal or DoD environment
• Active Secret clearance
• Experience developing and managing integrated schedules, critical paths, dependencies, risks/issues, decision logs, executive reporting, and recovery planning for complex programs
• Experience coordinating multiple technical and functional workstreams and working directly with Federal Government stakeholders and senior leadership
• Experience supporting stage-gate, cutover, migration-readiness, testing, and go-live decisions for enterprise implementations or migrations
• Strong program governance, leadership, communication, documentation, and quality-management skills
• Ability to support periodic in-person meetings in Alexandria, VA, as directed by the Government, and cutover activities outside core hours when required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex enterprise system implementations and migrations within Federal or DoD environments, with a focus on program governance, risk management, and stakeholder coordination. Proven ability to manage integrated schedules and provide evidence-based assessments for successful program execution.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Program Management
• Data Migration
• Integrated Schedule Development
• Federal Government Coordination
• Active Secret Clearance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Enterprise System Implementation
• Migration Planning
• Risk Management
• Decision Log Management
• Quality Management

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Documentation

Certifications & Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance

Industry Keywords

• Federal Environment
• DoD Environment
• Stage-Gate Process
• Cutover Planning
• Impact Level 4 (IL4)

Tools & Technologies

• Integrated Master Schedule