Project Manager (Data Projects)

ECS Corporate Services; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Project Manager to support a rapidly growing data analytics and business intelligence program for federal customers. You will lead multiple concurrent workstreams, serve as both PM and BA, and drive projects from initiation through delivery and closeout.

The ideal candidate is a proactive delivery leader with strong communication skills, comfortable with IT concepts, data pipelines, analytics, reporting, and cloud-based solutions.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen.
• 5+ years of experience managing IT, software development, data analytics, or business-transformation projects.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams from initiation through delivery.
• Experience with Agile delivery and Jira/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent data analytics and BI workstreams.
• Lead project kickoff activities; establish objectives, scope, stakeholders, requirements, delivery approach, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Primary point of contact for assigned workstreams with federal stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Perform business-analysis activities including stakeholder interviews, requirements elicitation, and documentation of business needs.
• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable project plans, backlogs, and roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, meeting minutes, risk and issue registers, and other artifacts.
• Identify, manage, and elevate project risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Manage backlogs in Jira with stakeholders and teams.
• Create and maintain project documentation in Confluence and other tools.
• Support change control activities (CRs) and governance (Privacy Threshold Agreements).
• Prepare clear, audience-appropriate project communications.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Agile delivery practices

Verbal and written communication

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

PMP certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Project Manager to work remotely . Everforth ECS is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a rapidly growing data analytics and business intelligence program that delivers data-driven solutions for federal customers. The Project Manager will lead multiple concurrent workstreams and serve as both a project manager and business analyst-rapidly gaining command of new initiatives, leading stakeholder engagement, and driving projects from initiation through delivery and closeout. This role requires a proactive, hands-on delivery leader who is comfortable initiating projects, clarifying business needs, translating requirements into actionable plans, managing risks and dependencies, and coordinating technical and business stakeholders. The Project Manager will work closely with product owners and technical team s to ensure projects remain aligned to mission needs, scope, schedule, and delivery priorities. The ideal candidate is a critical thinker and strong communicator who can operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment; manage several high-priority efforts at once; and quickly establish credibility across varied technical and business areas. T he candidate should have a foundational understanding of IT concepts and be comfortable supporting projects involving data pipelines, analytics, reporting, visualizations, and modern application or cloud-based solutions.

Job Responsibilities :

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent data analytics and BI workstreams.
• Le ad project kickoff activities; establish objectives , scope, stakeholders, requirements, delivery approach, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned workstreams, building strong relationships with federal stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Perform business-analysis activities, including stakeholder interviews, requirements elicitation, process analysis, user-story development, acceptance-criteria definition, and documentation of business needs.
• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable project plans, backlogs , and roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, meeting minutes , risk and issue registers, and other project artifacts.
• Identify , manage, and elevate project risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, and resourcing constraints.
• Lead and support Agile delivery ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release-planning activities.
• Partner with stakeholders and technical teams to maintain and prioritize backlogs in Jira.
• Use Confluence and other collaboration tools to create and maintain project documentation, requirements, decisions, process flows, and stakeholder-ready materials.
• Support change control activities (creating and submitting CRs).
• Support project governance activities (preparing and coordinating Privacy Threshold Agreements).
• Prepare clear, concise, and audience-appropriate project communications.

Salary: $120,000 - $125,000

General Description of Benefits

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
• A Bachelors degree in a relevant field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• 5+ years of experience managing IT, software development, data analytics, or business-transformation projects.
• Demonstrated experience simultaneously managing multiple workstreams or projects from initiation through implementation.
• Demonstrated experience performing business-analysis activities including requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, process analysis, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of the SDLC.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Applied experience using Agile delivery practices.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence in a project-delivery environment.
• Experience supporting federal agencies (DHS preferred).