Remote Public Sector Project Manager

Nava Public Benefit Corp.; El Paso (TX); Remote; USD 114,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) match

Remote-first environment

Annual bonus

Parental leave

Wellness program

Learning opportunities

Referral bonus

Commuter benefits

Time off

Sabbatical leave

Flexible work

Home office setup

Monthly home office stipend

Job summary

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to oversee mid-large scale product support, coordinating with engineers, designers, and government partners to triage issues and craft actionable tickets.

The role emphasizes proactive relationship-building with stakeholders and contractors, plus improving response and support across the system. The ideal candidate has extensive experience leading complex software projects, with a strong emphasis on Agile practices, effective

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Project/Delivery/ Scrum Master or Product Manager in a complex software environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with ticketing systems (Jira/Confluence preferred) and documenting issues clearly.
• Proven track record of leading complex projects with milestones, dependencies, and integrations.
• Experience collaborating with product, design and engineering teams in a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Proficiency with agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe) and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to grow client relationships to drive prioritization across projects.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Clear communication with internal/external stakeholders and conflict resolution.
• Adaptive, proactive, empathetic, tenacious and positive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage sprint processes, estimate efforts, triage incidents, manage expectations, and report progress.
• Proactively build relationships with stakeholders and other contractors.
• Understand team objectives, systems and capabilities to prioritize projects and resolve issues.
• Coordinate multiple contractor teams to align large ecosystems and ensure holistic success.
• Accurately report risks, successes, progress and failures.
• Manage team velocity and improve processes for organizing work.
• Demonstrate a learning mindset and communicate transparently to stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Jira

Confluence

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Client relationship management

Organizational skills

Clear communication

Adaptability

Government context experience

Prototyping & iterative projects

Agile transformation

Public-facing systems

APIs

Job description

Nava Public Benefit Corp. is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to oversee mid-large scale product support, coordinating with engineers, designers, and government partners to triage issues and craft actionable tickets.

The role emphasizes proactive relationship-building with stakeholders and contractors, plus improving response and support across the system. The ideal candidate has extensive experience leading complex software projects, with a strong emphasis on Agile practices, effective