Senior IT Project Management Specialist

Association of American Medical Colleges • Washington DC, DC

8d • Remote

About The Position

Who We Are: The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health care by supporting the entire spectrum of medical education, medical research, and patient care conducted by our member institutions. We are dedicated to the communities we serve and steadfast in our goal to improve the health of all. At the AAMC, we are committed to supporting our employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Highlights include: Remote Work – Fully remote work available for most positions Retirement Savings – Generous 403(b) employer contributions and financial wellness resources, including professional financial advising. Health & Wellness Perks – Fitness and bicycle subsidies, on-site and virtual wellness programs (live yoga, meditation, mental health webinars, flu shot clinics, and more) Support & Family Care – Employer paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and back-up care options for children, adults, elders, and even pets Additional information can be found on our website . Why us, why now? Manages projects within the team’s portfolio , mainly operational in nature . Leads a scrum team including all core Agile activities and engagement with product owners and colleagues from other teams. Manages requests from other teams or customers, including support for broader IT initiatives impacting the team. Coordinates business event support and preparation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, or related field
• 5-7 years of related work experience
• Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum, DevSecOps , and SDLC in cloud environments.
• Experience with performance/load testing, production support, and enterprise-scale operations.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with relational databases.
• Hands-on experience coordinating testing (QA, UAT, performance) and deployment readiness .

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading complex, cross-functional software delivery projects in an Agile environment.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale, mission-critical events with high operational risk.
• Knowledge of performance/load testing process and proactive monitoring practices.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Strong collaboration history with security, infrastructure, and data teams to deliver aligned solutions.
• Experience managing strategic partners/vendors or onsite/offshore delivery teams
• Certifications : Project Management Professional - PMP or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

Responsibilities

• Technical Delivery Management : Create a cadence for completing operational releases following Agile practices.  Develop a backlog in collaboration with customers and IT to maintain software releases in production.  Set the cadence for all related Scrum ceremonies using approved software. Coordinate all related meetings including daily scrum meetings , backlog refinement , and all kickoffs, planning, and closing of sprints. All staff, onshore or offshore, should understand their responsibilities and assignments at the start of each sprint. Coordinate and ensure that all software built is properly tested through each environment. Collaborate with QA, Performance Test, and Security to help facilitate all work in this area.  Work with our CAB and customers to coordinate the release dates of our software. Coordinate with other teams to manage integrations with our service catalog to help support their goals. Maintain contract management with external partners/ v endors.  Escalate issues as needed to ensure issues are resolved based on SLAs.
• Project Management : Create project requests following the policies and procedures governing the process.  As part of the project request, include all necessary resourcing and budget estimates.  Ensure all interested parties are kept updated on the progress throughout the life of the project. Serve as an escalation point for leadership and when collaborating with other units. Develop and maintain project documentation (e.g., project management plans, meeting agendas, action items, issue logs, risk mitigation plans, financial reports), ensuring adherence to project management standards. Manage risk proactively, maintain runbooks, and ensure operational readiness for smooth releases. Triage, track, and resolve project and production issues, enabling quick response and resolution for customers. Support migrations, infrastructure change s , and testing runs in coordination with internal and third-party partners. Provide sign-off for critical testing and ensures readiness for deployment.
• Collaboration : Establish a collaborative working environment among Business Partners, IT Teams, and Strategic Implementation Partners by working on planning, design, and technology initiatives together. Manage project implementation team; create an internal environment of teamwork, sharing, enthusiasm and mutual respect.  Nurture and support a strong engineering culture. Provide support to the development team by facilitating and encouraging teamwork amongst dependent IT teams .
• Planning : Collaborate with Business partners, Security, and vendors (as necessary) to plan and implement shared capabilities that support strategic enterprise initiatives. Develop a practical roadmap to implement support of enterprise initiatives. Work with Enterprise Architecture and other groups as necessary to ensure that application architectures are implemented as intended. Informs annual budget requests and tracking to ensure the team has resources necessary to achieve our goals.

Benefits

• Remote Work – Fully remote work available for most positions
• Retirement Savings – Generous 403(b) employer contributions and financial wellness resources, including professional financial advising.
• Health & Wellness Perks – Fitness and bicycle subsidies, on-site and virtual wellness programs (live yoga, meditation, mental health webinars, flu shot clinics, and more)
• Support & Family Care – Employer paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and back-up care options for children, adults, elders, and even pets

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees