Senior Project Manager - US Federal

Workday•Reston, VA

6d•$142,500 - $253,100•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native). Workday Government LLC seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive large-scale, complex, cross-functional technical initiatives for our growing Federal business, collaborating with executive leadership and technology teams on engineering, security, and operations for enterprise growth. The TPM will coordinate critical initiatives, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and combine strong program management with technical fluency to engage engineering and provide clear executive insights.

Requirements

Must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native) due to federal government security requirements for contracts.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years in technical project management (engineering or TPM) on visible, large-scale, cross-functional federal/public sector initiatives.
4+ years experience leading SaaS development, migrations, and business/compliance/process improvement initiatives.
Strong understanding of SDLC, cloud environments, system architecture, and security.
Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and timelines across multiple teams.
Excellent verbal and written communication with technical, non-technical, executive teams, partners, and customers.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.

Nice To Haves

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.
Experience working independently to design, plan, and execute technical projects; able to distill data and articulate rationale for making difficult trade-offs.
Experience managing the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional program with considerable impact.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Experience in SaaS or platform engineering environments.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
Experience in regulated/compliance-driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC, SOC 2).
PMP, PgMP, or Agile certifications.
Experience with Jira/Confluence a plus
Experience with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira/Confluence a plus

Responsibilities

Coordinate critical initiatives, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and combine strong program management with technical fluency to engage engineering and provide clear executive insights.
Creating and maintaining the integrating master schedule.
Monitoring and mitigating project risks and dependencies.