Project Manager

Olgoonik Corporation; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Olgoonik Corporation seeks a Project Manager to assist the government with initiation, planning, execution, and closure of IT capability projects within the SOCOM Information Environment (SIE). The role coordinates with USSOCOM, Component Commands, TSOCs, and deployed forces to deliver IT products and services, ensuring seamless transition to operations.

Candidates must have proven IT project management experience in federal/DoD settings, mastery of PM best practices (PMBOK), and excellent

Qualifications

• PMI PMBOK familiarity and best practices.
• Proven IT project management experience in federal government/DoD environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to brief senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiation, planning, execution, and closure of IT capability projects.
• Oversee IT product/service delivery across USSOCOM components and deployed forces.
• Ensure orderly transition from development to operations with proper documentation.
• Coordinate timelines, requirements, and milestones between forces, technical teams, and government leadership.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, resources, and schedule variances to align with mission priorities.
• Maintain project charters, schedules, and PMO status updates.

Skills

PMBOK

IT project management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Job description

Equal Opportunity Employer

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Overview

The Project Manager will assist the government with the initiation, planning, execution, and closure of projects for new capabilities within the SOCOM Information Environment (SIE). Within this scope, a project is defined as a USSOCOM, Component Command, TSOC, or deployed forces’ designated and approved activity, or group of activities, required to achieve the objective of creating, providing, delivering, or enhancing a specific IT product or service. The candidate will strictly adhere to current industry best practices in project management to successfully drive initiatives to closure and seamlessly transition them to sustainable operations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and assist the government with the initiation, detailed planning, structured execution, monitoring, and formal closure of IT capability projects.
• Oversee activities designed to create, provide, deliver, or enhance IT products and services across USSOCOM, Component Commands, TSOCs, and deployed forces.
• Ensure all completed projects follow current best practices for a seamless, well-documented transition from the development/implementation phase into active operations.
• Act as a central point of contact to coordinate project timelines, requirements, and milestones between deployment forces, technical teams, and government leadership.
• Identify, mitigate, and track project risks, resource constraints, and schedule variances to maintain alignment with SIE mission priorities.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, project charters, schedules, and executive-level status updates for PMO review.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• The Project Manager is responsible for leading, directing, and matrix‑managing cross‑functional project teams to achieve successful mission delivery.

Education and/or Experience

• Proven professional experience in IT project management, preferably within a federal government, Department of Defense (DoD), or military command environment such as USSOCOM or tactical deployment forces.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Mastery of current project management frameworks, best practices (PMBOK), and software development/deployment lifecycles.
• Familiarity with enterprise information environments, IT infrastructure, and the deployment of products/services in a defense network context.
• Strong ability to guide cross‑functional, multi‑organizational teams toward shared project objectives without formal authority.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively brief senior military officers, civilian leaders, and technical teams.
• Resourceful analytical skills to resolve scheduling conflicts, resource constraints, and technical hurdles in high‑pressure environments.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is strictly required.

Security Clearance

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be eligible for and able to obtain and maintain required security clearance/access approvals.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to be able to occasionally stand; walk; sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

General office environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an Alaska Native corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.