Project Manager - Top Secret Clearance
About The Position
The Red Hat Public Sector Services team is seeking a Project Manager with an active Top Secret security clearance to lead complex technical implementations and enable customers to adopt Red Hat solutions. The role applies project management expertise, open-source awareness, understanding of business processes, and enterprise-level issue identification and resolution to address client business challenges. Project managers work on-site with clients and regularly travel to customer locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area, with occasional travel elsewhere in the United States. Weekly travel is expected, typically Monday through Thursday. The position guides software services engagements from initiation through delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet timelines, budgets, and customer satisfaction goals. It includes risk and issue management, developing and presenting project materials, supporting financial reporting and invoicing, and working with project resources, senior Red Hat and customer management, and Red Hat support teams. The Project Manager also develops customer solutions using Red Hat methodologies, industry-standard project management practices, and company policies. After joining Red Hat, the employee completes an intensive customized training program on Red Hat technologies and services. The first-year development plan includes learning to build production-ready solutions integrated with enterprise systems, gaining Red Hat technology and consulting skills, and collaborating across Red Hat Services and the wider organization. Within six months, the employee is expected to support customer project delivery, translate customer use cases into project plans aligned with Red Hat technologies, and continue expanding their knowledge and network. Within 12 months, the employee is expected to demonstrate technical leadership by implementing complex solutions and sharing lessons and practices with internal and external communities.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret security clearance.
- Experience delivering technical consulting engagements to the U.S. Government using industry-specific methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a project delivery team.
- Demonstrated ability to meet client needs and interface with executive leadership.
- Ability to identify stakeholder needs and set expectations for project timelines and scope of work.
- Experience collaborating across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Knowledge of and desire to mentor.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading modern cloud platform consulting engagements and implementing and integrating Red Hat open hybrid cloud technologies, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift.
- Broad and deep experience with project management standards such as PMP, CMS, SAFe, or equivalent.
- Practical experience with the software development lifecycle and DevSecOps approaches.
- Experience with financial tools such as Salesforce and professional services automation platforms.
- Ability to manage project budgets, including P&L oversight, financial forecasting, and resource allocation.
- Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets for data analysis, project tracking, and executive-level reporting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Willingness to regularly travel to customer locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area and occasionally elsewhere in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Guide customers from project initiation through successful delivery of software services engagements.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, meetings, and progress measurement to complete projects on time, within budget, and with strong customer satisfaction.
- Identify, communicate, and mitigate project risks and resolve issues.
- Develop and present project collateral.
- Support accounting activities, including burn reporting, revenue reporting, forecasting, and invoicing.
- Continuously learn and adapt to new skills and technologies.
- Travel weekly, typically Monday through Thursday, to customer locations, including locations outside the employee’s local area.
- Develop customer solutions using open practice library methodologies, industry-standard project management practices, and Red Hat policies and procedures.
- Interact with project resources, senior Red Hat and customer management, and Red Hat Support teams, including Resource Management, Operations, and Finance.
- Develop technical and consulting capabilities through Red Hat training and enablement.
- Deliver customer projects collaboratively and develop project plans that align customer use cases and requirements with Red Hat technologies.
- Implement complex, large-scale solutions in customer environments.
- Share lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos with internal and external communities of practice.
- Work with leadership to promote best practices and processes that improve the velocity and success of consulting engagements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible Spending Account for healthcare and dependent care.
- Health Savings Account for a high-deductible medical plan.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Paid parental leave for all new parents.
- Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Family planning reimbursement.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Transportation expense account.
- Employee assistance program.
- Additional benefits may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
