Strategic Project Manager – Digital Transit Initiatives

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) seeks a Project Manager (Non-Technical) to drive strategic projects across digital modernization, fare solutions, and customer experiences. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage scope, timelines, and budgets, and liaise with executives to ensure timely delivery of mission-critical initiatives.

Responsibilities include planning and executing complex projects, deploying program governance, and ensuring effective communication with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Business Management or related field.
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience analyzing business problems and coordinating business improvement projects in a large-scale organization.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, managing, and implementing complex, high- profile projects and programs.

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of project, programs and policy development duties, including conducting detailed issue and data analyses, framing recommendations and options for executive consideration, developing detailed project and program plans, leading project and program implementation efforts and assessing impacts and results.
• Oversees all aspects of a project over the entire project life-cycle. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors and summarizes progress of project in order to affirm a precise delivery timeframe.
• Develops in-depth familiarity with functional/business scope and project objectives.
• Develops, coordinates and monitors the implementation and effectiveness of viable strategic plans pertaining to assigned projects or programs.
• Reviews and responds or coordinates responses to high-profile, complex, and politically sensitive executive correspondence, including inquiries from federal, state, regional, and local government officials, Board of Directors, and the general public.

Skills

Communication

Team building

Problem solving

Budgeting

Reporting

MS Office

MS Project

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Management

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

PeopleSoft

SAP

Maximo

Trapeze

Job description

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) seeks a Project Manager (Non-Technical) to drive strategic projects across digital modernization, fare solutions, and customer experiences. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage scope, timelines, and budgets, and liaise with executives to ensure timely delivery of mission-critical initiatives.

Responsibilities include planning and executing complex projects, deploying program governance, and ensuring effective communication with