Program Manager (Remote Opportunity)
Oversee a federal healthcare modernization program for the U.S. Census Bureau, leading a remote team to manage cost, schedule, performance, and compliance across multi-vendor IT projects.
- Compensation
- $165K
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 15+ years of program/project management experience supporting large contracts
- 10+ years scoping, designing, and executing enterprise IT development programs
- PMP certification with expertise in requirements analysis, resource allocation, costing, tracking, risk, schedule, and financial reporting
- Experience managing multi-task contracts, subcontracts, diverse contract types, and multi-vendor federal environments
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent written/verbal communication, customer engagement, team leadership, and collaboration skills
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain Government/Public Trust clearance
Nice to have
- Experience supporting U.S. Census Bureau IT systems or census data modernization
- Experience leading programs in Agile, DevSecOps, and cloud-native environments
- Experience managing large federal IT programs with enterprise data platforms, analytics, cybersecurity
Full description
We are currently looking for a Program Manager for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government healthcare modernization project. This position will lead the Program Management Office supporting the Census Transformation & Application Modernization (CenTAM), overseeing cost, schedule, performance, staffing, risk, quality, and contractual compliance. This position is contingent upon contract award.
The Program Manager will lead a geographically dispersed, cross-functional team operating within a multi-project, multi-vendor federal environment. The selected candidate must be available to travel to the Washington, DC metropolitan area as needed to support onsite meetings, program activities, and customer requirements.
The candidate must reside within the continental US.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Program Management Office and oversee the cost, schedule, technical performance, staffing, quality, and contractual performance of multiple projects and programs.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative, Government Program Manager, Government personnel, subcontractors, and teaming partners.
- Manage the Integrated Program Schedule, program milestones, resource allocations, staffing plans, budgets, forecasts, risks, deliverables, and performance metrics.
- Lead program reviews and provide timely, transparent reporting on financial performance, technical progress, risks, issues, corrective actions, and contract status.
- Ensure cross-functional integration among technical, operational, administrative, Government, subcontractor, and contractor teams while rapidly coordinating responses to urgent program issues.
- Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, administrative, quality, onboarding, training, and reporting requirements across the program.
- Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and ensure the success of the project.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience, with at least 15 years of program or project management experience supporting contracts of comparable size and complexity.
- At least 10 years of experience scoping, designing, executing, monitoring, and evaluating enterprise IT development programs or comparable PMO initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-task contracts, subcontracts, diverse contract types, and multi-vendor federal delivery environments.
- Project Management Professional certification with expertise in requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, risk management, schedule management, and financial reporting.