Project Manager

Gokool Digital; United States; Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Gokool Digital is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive complex government, data, technology, and AI initiatives. You will coordinate government stakeholders, external partners, subcontractors, leadership, and engineering teams from planning through delivery.

The role demands strong stakeholder communication, governance reporting, and the ability to translate business priorities into actionable sprints with cross-functional teams.

Qualifikationen

• 5-8+ years of project or program management experience in technology, data, or digital transformation.
• PMP certification is required or willingness to obtain immediately upon hire.
• Technical fluency to understand and communicate complex technical concepts with engineers and data teams.
• Proven track record managing multiple concurrent priorities and diverse external partners.
• Proficient with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, and AI chatbot tools.

Aufgaben

• Stakeholder interface among government clients, partners, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Plan, coordinate, and track multiple projects, milestones, dependencies, and priorities.
• Lead bi-weekly, monthly, and adhoc meetings; own agendas, notes, decisions, and follow-ups.
• Prepare project status and executive reports covering milestones, risks, and decisions.
• Develop and maintain project plans, dashboards, risk registers, and PM metrics.
• Collaborate with engineering, AI, data, product, DevOps, security, and support teams.
• Coordinate subcontractor activities, schedules, deliverables, testing, and issue resolution.
• Monitor scope, schedules, resources; escalate risks before delivery impact.
• Maintain organized project documentation with clear commitments and deadlines.

Kenntnisse

PMP Certification

Technical Fluency

Stakeholder Management

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

AI Chatbots

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, CS, Engineering or PM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

AI chatbots

Jobbeschreibung

Experience: 5-8+ years of project/program management experience

Certification Requirement: PMP required (or willing to obtain immediately upon hire)

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to spearhead the delivery of complex government, data, technology, and AI initiatives. In this role, you will serve as the central coordination anchor connecting government stakeholders, external partners, subcontractors, company leadership, and our internal technical engineering teams. The ideal candidate blends rigorous project-management discipline with exceptional stakeholder communication skills and enough technical fluency to confidently steer AI, data, and software projects from initial planning through successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Interface: Serve as the primary PM interface among government clients, external partners, subcontractors, company leadership, and technical teams.
• Delivery & Tracking: Plan, coordinate, and track multiple concurrent projects, workstreams, milestones, dependencies, and priorities.
• Meeting Facilitation: Lead bi-weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc stakeholder meetings- owning agendas, presentation decks, meeting notes, decisions, and action item follow-ups.
• Governance Reporting: Prepare recurring project status and executive management packages summarizing accomplishments, milestones, risks, issues, and upcoming decisions.
• Project Artifacts: Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, milestone schedules, dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, and PM metrics.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal engineering, AI, data, product, DevOps, security, and support teams to translate business priorities into actionable sprints.
• Subcontractor Management: Coordinate subcontractor and partner activities, managing their schedules, deliverables, testing, and issue resolution.
• Scope & Risk Guardrails: Continually monitor project scope, schedules, and resources; proactively identify bottlenecks and escalates risks before they impact delivery.
• Documentation & Structure: Maintain meticulously organized project documentation ensuring all commitments, deadlines, and responsibilities are tracked and fulfilled.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Required Skills

• Experience: 5-8+ years of project or program management experience, ideally within technology, software, data, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Certification: PMP certification is required. (Candidates who are not currently PMP-certified must be willing and eligible to obtain the certification promptly upon joining).
• Technical Fluency: Ability to understand, interpret, and communicate technical concepts when working alongside software engineers, data scientists, and cloud architects.
• Stakeholder Mastery: Proven track record managing multiple concurrent priorities, technical teams, and diverse external partners.
• Tools: Proficiency with modern project-management and collaboration platforms such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and AI chatbots.

Nice-to-Have (Preferred):

• Direct experience supporting U.S. federal, state, or local government projects.
• Experience managing AI, Generative AI, data platforms, cloud migrations, or software-development lifecycles.
• Background working within government contracting (GovCon), management consulting, or multi-vendor environments.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies; additional credentials like CSM, SAFe, or PMI-ACP are a big plus.