Senior Project Manager

Development InfoStructure • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager leads contractor delivery for the FMCSA Low-Code Application Development effort and serves as the single point of accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and risk across the Proof of Concept and all option periods. The role interfaces directly with the FMCSA Project Manager, the federal Product Owner, the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and the Office of the Chief Digital and Information Officer (OCDIO) stakeholders supporting Registration, Inspections, Compliance Monitoring, and Enforcement (RICE) mission systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Equivalent combinations of professional certifications and demonstrated federal program management experience will be considered in place of a degree.
• Ten or more years of professional IT project management experience, with a minimum of five years leading federal IT modernization or application development efforts.
• Demonstrated experience leading agile software delivery teams using Scrum or SAFe, including managing Product Backlogs and Release Plans in JIRA.
• Demonstrated experience managing low-code or Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) platform implementations (for example, Appian, Pega, ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform, OutSystems, Mendix, or Unqork).
• Experience leading fixed-price task orders with multiple option periods and concurrent task streams.
• Experience interfacing with federal COR, Contracting Officer, and Product Owner stakeholders, and managing fixed-price delivery against published QASP standards.
• Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, and Azure DevOps for backlog, story, and release management.
• Familiarity with AWS-hosted application environments, given FMCSA's AWS VPC footprint.
• Working knowledge of FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, FIPS 140-2, and DOT Order 1351.37 obligations applicable to FMCSA contractors.
• Familiarity with DOT MyAccess and Login.gov authentication patterns.
• Working knowledge of the Security Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process and ATO documentation requirements.
• Must pass and maintain the background investigation required by DOT and FMCSA for contractor personnel with access to Sensitive PII, consistent with DOT Order 1630.2B.
• Completion of annual DOT Security Awareness Training and any FMCSA-mandated specialized training.
• U.S. citizenship may be required, consistent with FMCSA contractor policy and access to Sensitive PII systems.
• Execution of the Non-Disclosure Statement (NDS) before assignment.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).
• ITIL Foundation v3 or v4.
• Platform-specific certification on the proposed BOAT platform (for example, Appian Certified Lead Developer, Pega Certified Lead System Architect, ServiceNow CSA, or Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect).

Responsibilities

• Lead a single integrated software development team operating in an agile manner.
• Establish sprint cadence, release schedule, and ceremonies in coordination with the FMCSA Project Manager and Product Owner during the two-week Discovery task.
• Run sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement against the prioritized Product Backlog.
• Track velocity, burndown, and release health, and surface trade-offs to the COR when scope, schedule, or quality come into tension.
• Lead in-person Discovery sessions with FMCSA stakeholders to capture existing functionality and outcomes.
• Manage and refine epics, features, and user stories in FMCSA's JIRA requirements repository.
• Own delivery of the Story Map, Release Plan, and Data Migration Plan (where applicable) as deliverables.
• Coordinate two-week discovery and backlog grooming sessions for each Application Onboarding and Sustainment option exercise.
• Serve as the contractor's single point of contact to the COR and the Government Project Manager.
• Coordinate with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MC-I) and Enterprise Information Technology Shared Service (EITSS) at DOT on platform infrastructure dependencies.
• Facilitate review of FMCSA-furnished documentation and capture decisions, action items, and risks in writing.
• Be available to report on-site at DOT Headquarters within one business day of Government request.
• Maintain a project risk register and drive mitigation actions before risks affect sprint commitments.
• Lead change management, defect triage, and UAT support across the Application Development task.
• Coordinate performance testing and application optimization activities so end-to-end response times meet industry benchmarks.
• Own the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) commitments and corrective action plans introduced in the Performance Work Statement.
• Deliver the Monthly Progress Report no later than the seventh day of the following month.
• Own delivery acceptance for Sprint Demos, Product Increments, User Guide, and the Detailed Technical Design Document.
• Maintain a current Government-furnished equipment inventory and attach it to each Monthly Progress Report.
• Coordinate Non-Disclosure Statement collection from all contractor and subcontractor staff before assignment.
• Ensure all team members complete annual security awareness training and meet personnel security requirements under DOT Order 1630.2B.
• Coordinate Sensitive PII handling, FIPS 140-2 encryption, and one-hour breach reporting obligations.
• Support the Security Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to obtain ATO.
• Sign Certifications of Data Removal at task termination.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin or disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior