Senior Technical Project Manager - Federal Programs (TS/SCI)

Jobtailor; Washington (WA, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in United States seeks an experienced federal program manager to own day-to-day WBS execution and schedule maintenance on a 24-week program. You will draft weekly status reports, coordinate AFS activities, track risks and blockers, and drive phase-gate deliverables with clear acceptance criteria.

The role requires 7+ years of professional experience (4+ in federal projects), strong CVAT experience, and a TS/SCI-eligible security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis.
• 7+ years total professional experience, 4+ years in federal program or technical project management.
• Hands-on experience with annotation platforms — CVAT strongly preferred.
• Comfortable authoring technical documentation: run books, user guides, status reports.
• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling and federal data security awareness.
• Strong working-level stakeholder communication in federal environments.
• Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day WBS execution and schedule maintenance against the 24-week program schedule.
• Draft weekly status reports for Delivery Owner review before AFS submission.
• Manage AFS working-level coordination: technical POCs, dependency tracking, acceptance criteria follow-up.
• Maintain risk and issue log; escalade decisions and blockers to the Delivery Owner.
• Package and submit phase-milestone deliverables with explicit acceptance requests and deadline tracking.
• Administer CVAT + SAM 2 toolchain in coordination with the Data & Annotation Engineer.
• Facilitate standups, working sessions, and phase gate preparation.
• Coordinate Technical Writer onboarding and documentation production in Phase E.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

PMP certification

Security clearance

Annotation platforms

CUI handling

CVAT experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical/business related field

Equivalent experience 2-for-1

Tools

CVAT

SAM 2 toolchain

Job description

Jobtailor in United States seeks an experienced federal program manager to own day-to-day WBS execution and schedule maintenance on a 24-week program. You will draft weekly status reports, coordinate AFS activities, track risks and blockers, and drive phase-gate deliverables with clear acceptance criteria.

The role requires 7+ years of professional experience (4+ in federal projects), strong CVAT experience, and a TS/SCI-eligible security posture.