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Senior Project Manager, Public Sector
Location
United States
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$84K - $126K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Project Manager, Public Sector
Forum One
• Lead complex federal technology and digital services projects from discovery through deployment. • Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and resources to ensure successful project outcomes. • Facilitate Agile delivery processes, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives. • Partner with technical leads to translate requirements into actionable project plans and user stories. • Proactively identify risks and develop mitigation strategies. • Manage project budgets, burn rates, forecasts, and resource allocations. • Track scope changes and support change order processes. • Maintain accurate project reporting, revenue forecasting, and invoicing. • Drive project profitability and operational efficiency. • Serve as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact on the project for federal clients. • Facilitate status meetings, project reviews, and stakeholder communications. • Support high client satisfaction and CPARS performance. • Lead cross-functional teams including designers, developers, strategists, and subcontractors. • Conduct project health checks and retrospectives. • Support a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of project management experience (or Master's degree and 7+ years), including leading federal government technology, digital services, web, CMS, cloud, data, or digital transformation projects.
- PMP certification required, with strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Proven experience managing project budgets, forecasts, staffing plans, resource allocation, and overall project financial performance.
- Strong understanding of federal contracting environments, including Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracts, FAR/DFARS requirements, and federal procurement processes.
- Excellent communication, presentation, client relationship, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
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