Sr. Technical Project Manager

Savan•Washington, DC

1d•$160,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Savan Group is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead delivery of a complex federal enterprise application supporting records and information management business processes. The role oversees a mature Agile software development environment and coordinates sprint and release execution, technical and business stakeholders, and disciplined delivery across development, testing, DevOps, deployment, and production support. The position manages day-to-day delivery, including sprint planning, standups, backlog management, release planning, risks and issues, resource coordination, testing readiness, deployment coordination, production issue tracking, and client communications. It requires strong Agile/Scrum experience and enough technical understanding of Java-based applications and AWS environments to oversee developers and coordinate DevOps engineers, user acceptance testing, security, and other technical resources. The application supports federal records and information management. The project manager need not be a records and information management subject matter expert, but must have sufficient experience with RIM, enterprise content management, document management, or information governance to understand the domain and work effectively with SMEs and client stakeholders. The role calls for exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills, disciplined follow-through, and excellent written and verbal communication. The role is hybrid in Washington, DC, and requires a schedule aligned with Eastern Time business hours regardless of U.S. work location. The anticipated salary range is $160,000–$190,000; actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, education, certifications, internal equity, market conditions, geographic location, and applicable federal contract requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from an accredited college or university.
U.S. citizenship and ability to acquire and maintain a Public Trust or other client-required suitability determination.
8+ years of professional experience in information technology, software development delivery, project or program management, management consulting, or a closely related field.
At least 5 years of experience managing software development projects or major technical workstreams, including planning, schedules, deliverables, risks and issues, client communications, resource coordination, and team performance.
At least 3 years of direct experience managing Scrum-based software development delivery, including sprint planning, standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
Demonstrated experience applying Agile and Scrum methodologies in a production software development environment.
Strong experience using Jira or a comparable Agile project management platform to manage backlogs, user stories, sprints, defects, releases, dependencies, and delivery metrics.
Experience managing development and delivery of Java-based enterprise applications, with sufficient technical understanding to coordinate developers, architects, testers, DevOps engineers, and other technical personnel.
Experience supporting or managing enterprise applications hosted in AWS, including familiarity with cloud environments, infrastructure dependencies, deployments, monitoring, and production operations.
Experience managing a mature enterprise application environment involving enhancement development, defect resolution, testing, release management, production support, and ongoing operations and maintenance.
Familiarity with enterprise application architecture, APIs and integrations, relational and NoSQL databases, enterprise search technologies, AWS infrastructure, messaging services, and CI/CD concepts sufficient to understand technical dependencies and delivery risks.
Experience performing data analysis to support project and technical decisions, including analysis of application, testing, defect, operational, performance, or delivery data.
Experience supporting records and information management, enterprise content management, document management, or related information governance systems, with sufficient understanding of records lifecycle concepts to manage technical delivery and work effectively with RIM SMEs.
Exceptional attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and quality control.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate technical and delivery issues clearly with technical teams, business stakeholders, senior leadership, and federal clients.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, including ability to identify dependencies, assess risk, challenge assumptions, and drive issues to resolution.
Ability to work a schedule aligned with Eastern Time business hours, regardless of U.S. work location.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing enterprise content management, electronic records management, document management, or comparable information management applications.
Experience supporting federal records management stakeholders or a federal Records Management Program Office.
Familiarity with federal records management requirements and NARA guidance.
Experience managing Java applications deployed in AWS cloud environments.
Experience supporting federal software development environments with security, Section 508 accessibility, formal testing, and documentation requirements.
Experience managing production support, incident resolution, application monitoring, and operational risk.
PMP, CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP, or comparable project management or Agile certification.
Federal consulting experience.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery of a federal enterprise Java application across requirements, development, testing, UAT, deployment, production support, and ongoing operations and maintenance.
Own Agile/Scrum activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
Manage sprint readiness, commitments, capacity, backlog health, delivery metrics, impediments, dependencies, and completion trends.
Work with product owners, client stakeholders, technical leads, and business analysts to prioritize the backlog and prepare user stories and acceptance criteria for development.
Develop and maintain project plans, sprint and release schedules, resource assignments, risks and issues, decisions, action items, and dependency tracking.
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams, including developers, architects, testers, DevOps engineers, business analysts, RIM specialists, and other technical resources.
Coordinate development, system and regression testing, UAT, defect resolution, deployment, and production-readiness activities.
Coordinate release readiness across development, testing, UAT, security, accessibility, DevOps, and production support, identifying and addressing unresolved dependencies and risks before deployment.
Support coordination of AWS environments, CI/CD activities, deployments, infrastructure dependencies, application monitoring, and production issue resolution.
Track and drive resolution of risks, issues, defects, production incidents, technical dependencies, and cross-team impediments.
Analyze project, application, testing, defect, operational, and delivery data to identify trends, assess risks, investigate issues, and support data-driven recommendations.
Translate business, technical, RIM, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into actionable development work and implementation plans.
Review project, sprint, release, and client-facing documentation for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and quality.
Prepare project status reports, sprint and release reporting, executive briefings, recommendations, meeting materials, and other client communications.