Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager at SS8 Networks (lawful and location intelligence for government and law enforcement) will drive U.S. Government programs end-to-end: supporting proposals and contracting, then leading project execution, deployments, and customer success. Requires 5+ years managing large projects, strong technical aptitude (cloud, APIs, networking), and ability to obtain a U.S. security clea
- Compensation
- $115K–$150K / yr
- Location
- United States - Washington D.C. (Hybrid)
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong project or program management experience supporting complex technology, software, government, defense, intelligence, law enforcement, or public-sector programs
- Demonstrated ability to manage initiatives across the entire lifecycle — requirements, proposals, contracting, execution, customer acceptance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including with government executives, contracting personnel, technical teams, and operational users
- Ability to organize and coordinate complex efforts involving multiple internal teams, external partners, and customer stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail with ability to manage deadlines, deliverables, dependencies, and competing priorities
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset; ability to operate in a growing and evolving government business
- Strong technical aptitude; ability to quickly understand complex software platforms, architectures, integrations, cloud environments, APIs, networking concepts, and technical dependencies
- Ability to translate technical information into clear business, operational, and customer-focused communications
- BA/BS degree; technology-related field preferred
- 5+ years managing large-scale projects
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as program and customer requirements dictate (up to 25-50%)
Nice to have
- Experience supporting government proposals, Statements of Work, technical responses, or acquisition processes
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and general networking or enterprise software concepts
- Experience with telecommunications, lawful intelligence, investigative technologies, or data analytics environments
- Familiarity with U.S. Government procurement, contracting processes, contract vehicles, FAR/DFARS environments, or federal program execution
- Experience working with law enforcement, defense, intelligence, or national security customers
- Experience with telco network interception and mediation technologies
- Experience with network-based Location Based Services
- Experience with data fusion and cloud platforms
- Experience working with telecom carriers and/or law enforcement agencies in project management or technical roles
- Proficiency in additional languages (e.g., Spanish or Arabic)
- Formal training in Project Management and/or PMP certification
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, and Salesforce
- Existing U.S. Government security clearance
Full description
As a leader in Lawful and Location Intelligence, SS8 helps make societies safer. Our commitment is to extract, analyze, and visualize the critical intelligence that gives law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and emergency services the real-time insights that help save lives. Our high performance, flexible, and future-proof solutions also enable mobile network operators to achieve regulatory compliance with minimum disruption, time, and cost. SS8 is trusted by the largest government agencies, communications providers, and systems integrators globally.
Overview
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our team and to support the full lifecycle of U.S. Government opportunities and programs—from early customer engagement and proposal development through contracting, project execution, customer adoption, and long-term relationship management.
This role will serve as a critical bridge between SS8's Government Sales organization, customers, partners, Engineering, Product Management, Contracts, and other internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate combines strong program management and communication skills with experience supporting government customers, bids and proposals, contracts, and technology-driven programs.
Depending on project demands, the role may spend significant periods supporting the sales process but will transition to project / program delivery as their core function and priority when required.
This individual does not need to be a telecommunications engineer but must be technically savvy, comfortable learning complex software and technology environments, and capable of translating between technical teams, business stakeholders, and government customers.
Key ResponsibilitiesProject & Program Execution
- Lead cross-functional teams responsible for the successful deployment, integration, testing, acceptance, and operationalization of SS8 software and services.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans with clearly defined milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Manage project risks, issues, schedules, resources, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
- Manage the requirements lifecycle and ensure alignment between customer expectations, contractual commitments, and technical implementation.
- Coordinate acceptance testing and ensure completion of contractual deliverables and customer acceptance criteria.
- Manage project scope and support the development and execution of change requests when requirements evolve.
- Provide regular program status updates to customers and SS8 leadership.
- Follow established program governance, schedules, responsibilities, communication plans, and internal/customer reporting processes.