Project Manager 2 - Federal Financial

The Project Manager II provides operational project management leadership supporting federal customer initiatives under the direction of the Program Manager. This role is responsible for coordinating project execution activities, maintaining schedules and deliverables, supporting governance processes, tracking risks and issues, and ensuring successful delivery of assigned initiatives in alignment with client standards and priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned projects and workstreams supporting PMO and business initiatives across the task order.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, work breakdown structures, milestones, and status reports.
• Coordinate Agile ceremonies, project meetings, stakeholder briefings, and action-item tracking activities.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource objectives.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies while escalating concerns appropriately.
• Support preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc project reporting deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources and facilitate collaboration between business, technical, and contractor teams.
• Assist with backlog management, prioritization, resource planning, and implementation tracking.
• Ensure compliance with project management methodologies, governance standards, and quality assurance processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices across project operations.
• Prepare executive-ready communications, presentations, and status materials for client leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of project management experience supporting technology, modernization, or business transformation efforts.
• Experience managing medium-to-large projects in Agile, hybrid, or SDLC-driven environments.
• Experience with risk management, schedule management, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• Strong proficiency in project management tools and methodologies, including MS Project, Jira, ADO, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification preferred.
• Experience supporting federal government clients or highly regulated organizations.
• Experience supporting PMO governance and portfolio reporting activities.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), Agile reporting metrics, and financial tracking.