Project Manager Lead

Socket.dev; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 86,800 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Project Manager Lead to combine technical skills with big-picture thinking for national defense initiatives in McLean, Virginia. You will guide multi-domain systems through design, test, and evaluation, translating real-world needs into capable technical solutions and enabling customer-focused outcomes.

Join a team that values cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and disruptive thinking while supporting advanced system development and integration

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing hardware or software development projects in an Agile or SAFe environment.

Responsibilities

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Leadership

Innovative thinking

Top Secret clearance

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PMP certification

OCSMP/OCSMP

CSEP/ASEP

INCOSE certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Cameo Systems Modeler

MS Project

Planner

IBM DOORS

Jama Connect

Job description

Project Manager Lead

Job Number: R0239296

The Opportunity

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national defense? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right systems for the mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical solutions makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. As a project manager on our team, you have the chance to shape the development of systems across multiple defense, civilian, and space domains by supporting advanced system design, test, and evaluation.

Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these solutions, but also evolve them with advanced technology. On our team, you'll be able to grow your skills by merging multiple technical disciplines to create solutions that drive missions.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have

• 5+ years of experience managing hardware or software development projects in an Agile or SAFe environment
• 3+ years of experience using digital engineering tools, including Jira, Confluence, Cameo Systems Modeler, MS Project or Planner, IBM DOORS, or Jama Connect
• Experience operating as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Release Train Engineer
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering teams
• Experience in risk management, managing stakeholder needs, or contract or client management
• Experience with innovation and disruptive thinking
• Knowledge of digital engineering or hardware integration or systems engineering
• Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience with requirements and architecture development across the systems development lifecycle
• Experience performing analysis studies in a modeling and simulation environment and supporting systems engineering activities
• Experience with AI, cyber, or autonomy systems
• Experience with programming
• Experience in modeling languages such as UML
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Master's degree
• PMP certification
• SysML OMG Certified Systems Modelling Professional (OCSMP) certification
• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification, including CSEP or ASEP Certification

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model

Our people‑first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.