IT Project Manager

Guidehouse•Dc, DC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Project Manager will lead and deliver IT projects in a secure, high-tempo Top Secret technology environment, providing direct support to senior executives. The role coordinates cross-functional teams and drives project execution from planning through operational transition, while producing executive-ready materials for senior decision makers. It emphasizes disciplined delivery, risk management, and stakeholder engagement across a multidisciplinary technical environment. The position requires working onsite in Washington, DC five days per week and supporting occasional travel of approximately 10%.

Requirements

Active and maintained Federal or DoD Top Secret security clearance.
Ability, after joining Guidehouse, to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
Bachelor's degree.
Five years of experience managing IT projects in secure or complex enterprise environments, including delivery across cross-functional technical teams.
Ability to work onsite at the client site in Washington, DC five days per week.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Intelligence Community or national security enterprise IT environments.
Experience with technical teams delivering cloud, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data services, or enterprise platforms.
Project management certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or CAPM.
Agile delivery certifications such as PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe Agilist.
IT service management and governance certifications such as ITIL Foundation (Intermediate is a plus) or COBIT Foundation.
Project-relevant security certification such as CompTIA Security+ or higher, including CASP+ or CISSP.
Change management certification such as Prosci or CCMP.
Process excellence certification such as Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Strong schedule-management, risk and issue control, dependency-management, and stakeholder-communication skills.
Ability to work with technical and non-technical communities and translate complex technical details into understandable, mission-driven insights.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level briefings, status updates, high-visibility narratives, and customer-facing content.
Experience supporting IT, cybersecurity, enterprise services, or technical program environments in the federal government or other large, matrixed organizations.
Experience engaging senior leaders and building trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, classified environments.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain project management artifacts, including project plans, schedules, RAID logs, status reports, and stakeholder communications; manage baselines to support successful delivery.
Coordinate work across engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and business stakeholders; facilitate requirements sessions and track milestones and inter-team dependencies.
Monitor cost, schedule, scope, and quality; raise risks and issues with mitigation paths and decision options for leadership; maintain audit-ready documentation.
Prepare executive-level briefings, talking points, and decision materials that are precise, mission-aligned, and appropriate for secure forums.
Plan and lead release-readiness and operational-transition activities, confirming support models, runbooks, and sustainment checkpoints are in place.
Drive meeting agendas, decisions, actions, owners, and dates to maintain disciplined and transparent delivery governance.
Maintain the onsite posture and coordination rhythms required for Top Secret operations and support occasional travel of approximately 10%.