Senior Project Manager - Federal Data & AI Modernization

Analytica; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employer-paid health care

Training and development funds

401k match

Job summary

Analytica, headquartered in Bethesda, MD, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead a federal data analytics and AI modernization initiative. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of products integrating federal data, enabling AI-assisted analytics, and executive dashboards.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across data engineers, AI/ML engineers, software developers, architects, security, and stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery within seven months.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, MIS, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience managing complex technology implementation projects.
• 5+ years of experience supporting Federal Government programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing full software development lifecycle (SDLC) projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams in Agile environments.
• Experience managing data integration, analytics, business intelligence, or enterprise platform implementations.
• Strong risk management, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated master schedules and project plans.
• Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, vendors, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret eligibility.
• Active TS clearance strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall program planning, execution, and delivery of the MVP platform.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and resource plans.
• Manage Agile development activities and iterative delivery cycles.
• Coordinate implementation activities across data integration, AI/ML, analytics, cybersecurity, and UI workstreams.
• Facilitate collaboration between OMB, pilot agencies, and technical teams.
• Lead project governance activities, status reviews, sprint demonstrations, working sessions, and executive briefings.
• Track performance against project objectives, deliverables, and quality standards.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and mitigation plans.
• Ensure delivery of all required documentation, including plans, architecture docs, transition plans, and status reports.
• Coordinate user feedback sessions and oversee incorporation of stakeholder feedback into releases.
• Monitor contractor performance and ensure compliance with security, privacy, accessibility, and records management requirements.
• Support development and execution of the QA Surveillance Plan (QASP).
• Ensure MVP delivery by Month 6 and contract completion within seven months.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Agile project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Rancher

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

.NET

Java

Job description

Analytica, headquartered in Bethesda, MD, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead a federal data analytics and AI modernization initiative. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of products integrating federal data, enabling AI-assisted analytics, and executive dashboards.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across data engineers, AI/ML engineers, software developers, architects, security, and stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery within seven months.