Technology Project Manager

Guidehouse Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a Technology Project Manager to lead planning, execution, and delivery of complex modernization, interoperability, and data management initiatives for a federal client.

You will manage full lifecycle projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with quality outcomes. A SECRET clearance and strong federal program experience are required.

Qualifications

• ACTIVE and MAINTAINED SECRET clearance.
• US Citizenship is contractually required.
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• FIVE (5)+ years of overall work experience.
• Experience leading full lifecycle technology projects from initiation through operational transition in a federal environment.
• Experience supporting U.S. Department of State or USAID program and budget management across planning, execution, tracking, and reporting cycles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary PoC for clients, building strong client relationships and delivering an amazing client experience.
• Maintain and update project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and tasks using Jira and approved project documentation.
• Facilitate internal and client-facing meetings, prepare agendas, document notes, and track actions.
• Coordinate project documentation including charters, deliverables, and final work products.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Job Family

Technology Consulting

Travel Required

Up to 10%

Clearance Required

Active Secret

What You Will Do

The Technology Project Manager leads the planning, execution, and delivery of complex technology modernization, interoperability, and data management initiatives supporting our federal client. This role is responsible for managing projects across the full technology project lifecycle, including business case development, requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, deployment, sustainability planning, and project closeout. The Project Manager serves as the primary bridge between stakeholders, technical teams, architects, developers, and executive leadership to enable on time delivery of technology solutions, within budget, and aligned with organizational objectives.

The role requires strong experience managing systems integration, cloud-based solutions, data modernization efforts, and technology transformation initiatives while maintaining oversight of scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, dependencies, and client expectations throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary PoC for clients, responsible for building strong client relationships, demonstrating a high degree of responsiveness and accountability for giving our clients an amazing experience.
• Maintain and update project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and tasks using Jira and approved project documentation.
• Facilitate internal and client-facing meetings such as standups, check-ins, integrated product team meetings and retrospectives; prepare agendas, document meeting notes, and track action items.
• Coordinate project documentation, including charters, deliverables, meeting materials, and final work products, following established templates and file conventions.
• Support risk, issue, and dependency tracking; communicate potential blockers and considerations to project leadership in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with technical and business team members to align tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor overall quality and completeness of project outputs prior to submission or handoff.
• Support Agile ways of working by coordinating backlog updates, milestones, and Jira task hygiene.

What You Will Need

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance.
• US Citizenship is contractually required.
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• FIVE (5)+ years of overall work experience.
• Experience leading full lifecycle technology projects from initiation through operational transition in a federal environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a self-starter, anticipate project needs, and take initiative without waiting for concrete next steps or detailed instructions.
• Experience supporting U.S. Department of State or USAID program and budget management across planning, execution, tracking, and reporting cycles.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, SAFe, ITIL, or other relevant project management certifications preferred.
• Experience in foreign assistance programming (e.g., designing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on assistance portfolios in alignment with Department policies and statutory requirements).
• Experience leading full lifecycle technology projects from initiation through operational transition and closeout.
• Demonstrated experience managing all phases of the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience managing technology modernization, software implementation, systems integration, cloud migration, data platform, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing and maintaining project charters, integrated project plans, schedules, roadmaps, status reports, executive briefings, and implementation plans.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent technology projects with competing priorities and stakeholder groups.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, including solution architects, software developers, engineers, data specialists, cybersecurity personnel, business analysts, product owners, and subject matter experts.
• Proven experience managing technology project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change requests.
• Experience coordinating vendor, contractor, and stakeholder activities across complex technology environments.
• Strong
• Experience leading