Senior Technical PM: AWS/Java & Federal Programs

Guidehouse; North Dakota; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex technical initiatives for the GrantSolutions contract in the United States. You will oversee modernization, integrations, cloud adoption, and cybersecurity efforts, coordinating cross‑functional teams, vendors, and Federal stakeholders to achieve measurable outcomes.

You will manage scope, schedule, and budgets, drive governance, and ensure successful deployment from initiation through

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; adjudication required before onboarding.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, project management, or related field.
• Ten years of relevant experience; eight+ years in complex software, cloud, or enterprise initiatives.
• Proven end‑to‑end delivery across multiple teams and vendors.
• Strong project management discipline: scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and change.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid, and predictive delivery approaches.
• Knowledge of SDLC and modern delivery practices including cloud, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps.
• Experience with AWS and Java-based applications; ability to read architecture and translate to plans.
• Ability to establish governance, milestones, metrics, and audit-ready documentation.
• Finance management: budgeting, forecasting, EAC/ETC, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through initiation to closeout with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes.
• Define and maintain charters, scope, WBS, schedules, resources, budgets, and governance cadence.
• Direct day-to-day execution across agile teams, vendors, and shared services.
• Translate business and technical requirements into prioritized release plans with traceability.
• Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, procurement, risks, and issues.
• Own project financials: budgets, forecasts, burn rates, and escalations.
• Establish change control and assess value and impacts of changes.
• Coordinate architecture, development, cloud, cybersecurity, privacy, data, testing, and operations.
• Drive release readiness, deployment planning, training, and production handoff.
• Track dependencies across apps, cloud services, APIs, and data exchanges.
• AWS-hosted environments and Java applications delivery coordination.
• Identify risks, tech debt, sequencing, and operational impacts; implement mitigations.
• Define and monitor KPIs; produce dashboards and executive status reports.
• Facilitate planning sessions, reviews, and decision meetings; document actions.
• Manage vendor performance and remediation; maintain audit-friendly records.
• Build strong relationships with Federal stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Scrum

Kanban

AWS cloud

Java

Stakeholder comms

Budget management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex technical initiatives for the GrantSolutions contract in the United States. You will oversee modernization, integrations, cloud adoption, and cybersecurity efforts, coordinating cross‑functional teams, vendors, and Federal stakeholders to achieve measurable outcomes.

You will manage scope, schedule, and budgets, drive governance, and ensure successful deployment from initiation through