Technical Project Manager (TPM)

Peraton•Herndon, VA

70d•$80,000 - $128,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Technical Project Manager (TPM) to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard. This role involves coordinating day-to-day delivery activities for technical projects spanning infrastructure, cloud, network, and modernization efforts. The TPM will be responsible for updating project scope documents, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers, as well as tracking work-package progress, monitoring task completion, and escalating issues to senior leadership. The position requires preparing draft project plans, schedule updates, execution artifacts, and status summaries to support tactical delivery and leadership visibility. Additionally, the TPM will assist change management by documenting impacts and routing updates, organize cross-functional meetings, capture action items, maintain communications, and coordinate testing/event scheduling. Maintaining project repositories and reporting inputs within Government-approved systems is crucial for governance and auditability. The role also involves contributing to risk updates, mitigation notes, and monthly report content for program reviews and leadership briefings. The TPM will apply standard project management practices to support multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Requirements

2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field; OR Relevant DoD/military training (examples: DAU ACQ 101; 4‑11‑C22 (CP); 4‑11‑C23; IT Project Manager (Intermediate) Playlist; ITIL® 4 Foundation); OR Relevant professional certification or equivalent experience (examples: PMP, CAPM, CompTIA Project+; SecurityX/CASP+; DAWIA PM Practitioner; GSEC; Security+).
Project coordination or project management support experience, preferably supporting technical or DoD programs.
Proficiency drafting project plans, maintaining IMS/schedules, tracking risks/issues, and preparing status reports.
Familiarity with project tools (MS Project/Primavera, Jira/Azure DevOps), reporting dashboards, and configuration/versioned repositories.
Strong communication, stakeholder coordination, meeting facilitation, and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Prior DoD/ARNG technical project support experience and familiarity with RMF/ATO schedule impacts.
Experience supporting testing events, deployments, logistics planning, or vendor coordination.
Formal project certification (PMP/CAPM/Project+) and comfort with Agile/DevSecOps delivery environments.

Responsibilities

Coordinate day‑to‑day delivery activities for technical projects spanning infrastructure, cloud, network, and modernization efforts.
Update project scope documents, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers per project guidance.
Track work‑package progress, monitor task completion, identify issues, and escalate to senior leadership as required.
Prepare draft project plans, schedule updates, execution artifacts, and status summaries to support tactical delivery and leadership visibility.
Assist change management by documenting impacts to scope/schedule/technical outcomes and routing updates through approved channels.
Organize cross‑functional meetings, capture action items, maintain communications, and coordinate testing/event scheduling and transition artifacts.
Maintain project repositories and reporting inputs within Government‑approved systems to support governance and auditability.
Contribute to risk updates, mitigation notes, and monthly report content for program reviews and leadership briefings.
Apply standard project management practices to support multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment.