Project Manager – Senior

North Point Technology•Alexandria, VA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leads end-to-end delivery of a federal public-facing website modernization and sustainment program, owning schedule, scope, risk, and quality from discovery and design through build, migration, testing, and controlled go-live, and into multi-year operations and sustainment. Serves as the primary client interface, drives delivery against fixed go-live dates, provides regular status reporting, and directs the technical staff and subcontractors required to deliver a secure, accessible, compliant, cloud-hosted enterprise web platform.

Requirements

Minimum 6 years of hands-on IT project management experience specifically overseeing website development projects. Hard requirement; general IT or PMO experience without direct website-development project leadership does not qualify
Demonstrated ability to plan and execute to a defined plan, managing schedule, scope, and risk on technically complex, deadline-driven efforts
Demonstrated strengths in strategic thinking, multitasking, conflict management, and time management
Strong oral and written communication skills, fluent in English (speak, read, write), with experience interacting with and briefing senior leaders
Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery teams and subcontractors to defined milestones and quality standards
U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a federal background investigation (Public Trust / suitability)

Nice To Haves

Prior federal government project experience
Delivery experience in Microsoft Azure Government or another FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment
WordPress or comparable enterprise CMS delivery; Section 508 / WCAG / 21st Century IDEA accessibility compliance
RMF/ATO coordination (SSP, POA&M, working with an ISSO and Authorizing Official) and FIPS-199 Moderate systems
Delivering firm-fixed-price, fixed-deadline web builds on schedule; managing subcontractors, vendors, and independent test providers
AI/chatbot integration, legacy content migration, and enterprise identity integration (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID)
PMP or equivalent project management certification
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, IT management, or a related field from an accredited institution

Responsibilities

Own the master schedule, critical path, staffing assumptions, and dependencies, and drive on-time delivery against fixed go-live dates
Serve as primary client and stakeholder interface and maintain a collaborative working relationship throughout the engagement
Deliver and maintain the project plan and a comprehensive project timeline
Produce weekly status reports covering accomplishments, upcoming work, risks and issues, and items requiring client decision
Lead the lifecycle: discovery, design and mockup approval, build, legacy content migration, user acceptance testing, and controlled production cutover with minimal downtime
Coordinate security accreditation activities (RMF/ATO) with client security personnel
Oversee Section 508, 21st Century IDEA, and WCAG accessibility compliance verification and remediation prior to go-live
Manage subcontractor and vendor performance, including cloud and web delivery partners and independent third-party test providers
Manage operations and sustainment, including defined operational service levels, high-availability uptime, security monitoring, administrator training, and documentation
Manage scope, risk, quality, and staffing and retention across the period of performance