Task Manager

NuAxis Innovations; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations in Washington, DC seeks a Task Manager to lead a public-facing portal development task. You will own scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk, run the Agile delivery cadence, and act as the primary liaison with government stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant results.

Candidates should have 8+ years managing IT projects, 4+ years in Agile teams, experience with government tasks, and strong Jira/Confluence skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing IT development projects, including 4+ years running Agile delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing government or enterprise task orders with formal deliverables, CDRLs, and reporting requirements.
• Working command of Agile, Lean, and SAFe principles; able to lead ceremonies and coach the team.
• Strong risk, schedule, and financial management on labor-hour or T&M engagements.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence and Agile reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Technical fluency sufficient to challenge estimates and understand architectural trade-offs in web/cloud delivery.
• Experience managing federal deliverables, labor-hour/FFP performance, cost/schedule reporting, staffing, transition, risk, and subcontractor/multi-contractor coordination.
• Working knowledge of DOL-style Agile, release, change, configuration, security/ATO, and accessibility governance.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage task execution: work breakdown, staffing plan, schedule, dependencies, and burn against the labor-hour ceiling.
• Run Agile/SAFe ceremonies — backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and PI planning where applicable.
• Serve as primary delivery point of contact to the government project manager and product owner; manage expectations and escalations.
• Own risk and issue management: identification, mitigation planning, tracking, and transparent reporting.
• Ensure contract deliverables (project management plans, design documents, sprint reports, status reports) are produced on schedule and to quality standards.
• Manage quality control activities and enforce the quality control plan across the team.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies with platform, security, and enterprise architecture organizations.
• Track and report performance metrics, velocity, defect trends, and financial status to leadership.
• Maintain the Task Order Management Plan, resource/cost-loaded schedule, staffing plan, risk register, PM workbook, GFE/access tracking, financial burn projections, and recurring Government status/reporting obligations.
• Manage transition-in/out, staffing continuity, onboarding dependencies, Government approvals, deliverable due dates, and coordination across DOL and other contractor teams.
• Ensure all project artifacts, Jira/Confluence records, release documentation, and ICT deliverables are complete, traceable, and Section 508 compliant.

Skills

IT project management

Agile delivery

SAFe framework

Government project experience

Risk and financial management

Jira/Confluence

Stakeholder communication

Web/cloud delivery familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Engineering

Master's degree or PMP preferred

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution. Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Task Manager for a Full-Time position

Role Summary

Delivery manager accountable for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk on a public-facing portal development task. Runs the Agile delivery cadence, manages the interface between the technical team and government stakeholders, and owns the deliverable and reporting obligations of the task order.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and manage task execution: work breakdown, staffing plan, schedule, dependencies, and burn against the labor-hour ceiling.
• Run Agile/SAFe ceremonies — backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and PI planning where applicable.
• Serve as primary delivery point of contact to the government project manager and product owner; manage expectations and escalations.
• Own risk and issue management: identification, mitigation planning, tracking, and transparent reporting.
• Ensure contract deliverables (project management plans, design documents, sprint reports, status reports) are produced on schedule and to quality standards.
• Manage quality control activities and enforce the quality control plan across the team.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies with platform, security, and enterprise architecture organizations.
• Track and report performance metrics, velocity, defect trends, and financial status to leadership.
• Maintain the Task Order Management Plan, resource/cost-loaded schedule, staffing plan, risk register, PM workbook, GFE/access tracking, financial burn projections, and recurring Government status/reporting obligations.
• Manage transition-in/out, staffing continuity, onboarding dependencies, Government approvals, deliverable due dates, and coordination across DOL and other contractor teams.
• Ensure all project artifacts, Jira/Confluence records, release documentation, and ICT deliverables are complete, traceable, and Section 508 compliant.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years managing IT development projects, including 4+ years running Agile delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing government or enterprise task orders with formal deliverables, CDRLs, and reporting requirements.
• Working command of Agile, Lean, and SAFe principles; able to lead ceremonies and coach the team.
• Strong risk, schedule, and financial management on labor-hour or T&M engagements.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence and Agile reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Technical fluency sufficient to challenge estimates and understand architectural trade-offs in web/cloud delivery.
• Experience managing federal deliverables, labor-hour/FFP performance, cost/schedule reporting, staffing, transition, risk, and subcontractor/multi-contractor coordination.
• Working knowledge of DOL-style Agile, release, change, configuration, security/ATO, and accessibility governance.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe certification.
• Prior federal program management experience.
• Background in web modernization, CMS, or cloud migration programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's or PMP preferred.

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation.

Our Profile: We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them . Learn More .

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