Senior Government Project Delivery Lead

Nextens; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United States is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex government engagements from initiation through delivery. You will serve as the central delivery leader across technical teams, business stakeholders, and customers to ensure alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and compliance requirements.

This role is highly customer-facing, demanding strong organizational leadership, proactive risk management, and clear communication across multiple priorities and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5+ years of project management, PMO, or equivalent delivery experience.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience leading customer-facing projects within complex, cross-functional environments.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex customer engagements and project initiatives.
• Drive project planning, milestones, dependency tracking, issue resolution, and delivery execution.
• Build and maintain project schedules, action logs, risk registers, governance documentation, and executive-ready status reporting artifacts.
• Drive cross-functional execution and alignment across Engineering, Product Management, Testing, Operations, Legal, Sales, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Lead customer communications, governance discussions, delivery reviews, and project status meetings.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication, issue escalation, and consistent follow-through.
• Identify risks, blockers, and dependencies proactively while driving accountability and resolution across teams.
• Lead scope management and change control efforts while ensuring alignment to contractual obligations and business objectives.
• Communicate project health, delivery status, risks, financial impacts, dependencies, and key decisions to leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, contractual, and regulatory requirements throughout all project phases.
• Drive operational improvements and contribute to PMO delivery best practices and process optimization efforts.
• Operate effectively in fast-moving environments where priorities, timelines, and requirements may evolve.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

PMP certification

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United States is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex government engagements from initiation through delivery. You will serve as the central delivery leader across technical teams, business stakeholders, and customers to ensure alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and compliance requirements.

This role is highly customer-facing, demanding strong organizational leadership, proactive risk management, and clear communication across multiple priorities and