Project Manager (Data Projects)
About The Position
Everforth ECS is seeking an experienced Project Manager to work remotely and support a rapidly growing data analytics and business intelligence program delivering data-driven solutions for federal customers. The role leads multiple concurrent workstreams and combines project management with business analysis, guiding initiatives from kickoff through delivery and closeout. The Project Manager initiates projects, clarifies business needs, translates requirements into actionable plans, manages risks and dependencies, and coordinates technical and business stakeholders. Working closely with product owners and technical teams, this person keeps projects aligned with mission needs, scope, schedule, and delivery priorities. The role supports projects involving data pipelines, analytics, reporting, visualizations, and modern application or cloud-based solutions. This is a hands-on delivery role requiring the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment, manage several high-priority efforts at once, and establish credibility across technical and business areas.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- At least 5 years of experience managing IT, software development, data analytics, or business-transformation projects.
- Demonstrated experience simultaneously managing multiple workstreams or projects from initiation through implementation.
- Demonstrated experience performing business-analysis activities, including requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, process analysis, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Applied experience using Agile delivery practices.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence in a project-delivery environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting federal agencies; experience with DHS is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent data analytics and business intelligence workstreams.
- Lead project kickoff activities and establish objectives, scope, stakeholders, requirements, delivery approach, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned workstreams and build relationships with federal stakeholders and delivery teams.
- Perform business-analysis activities, including stakeholder interviews, requirements elicitation, process analysis, user-story development, acceptance-criteria definition, and documentation of business needs.
- Translate stakeholder needs into actionable project plans, backlogs, and roadmaps.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, meeting minutes, risk and issue registers, and other project artifacts.
- Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, and resourcing constraints.
- Lead and support Agile delivery ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release-planning activities.
- Partner with stakeholders and technical teams to maintain and prioritize backlogs in Jira.
- Use Confluence and other collaboration tools to create and maintain project documentation, requirements, decisions, process flows, and stakeholder-ready materials.
- Support change-control activities, including creating and submitting CRs.
- Support project governance activities, including preparing and coordinating Privacy Threshold Agreements.
- Prepare clear, concise, and audience-appropriate project communications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
