B

BMC Software

IT management software for mainframes

Senior Project Manager

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USA$111.5k - $185.9k

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience leading enterprise software implementations for U.S. federal agencies, Department of Defense organizations, or defense prime contractors.
  • A strong background navigating federal governance structures, security requirements, and multi-stakeholder environments.
  • The ability to pass federal background investigations and operate in high-security environments while adhering strictly to compliance protocols.
  • An active Project Management Professional certification is preferred; certifications such as ITIL, Agile/Scrum, SAFe, or Security+ are beneficial.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and risk-management skills.
  • The ability to lead diverse technical teams in high-security environments.
  • Proven success managing complex, multi-phase enterprise deployments.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving, and politically sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the strategic interface to executive sponsors, program owners, contracting officers, and technical leads across complex federal and Department of Defense engagements.
  • Establish delivery governance frameworks, structured communication rhythms, and executive-ready reporting.
  • Anticipate stakeholder concerns, manage expectations, and align mission objectives, contractual obligations, and delivery outcomes.
  • Own the full lifecycle delivery of BMC Helix implementations, from initiation through deployment and sustainment.
  • Build and maintain integrated project plans, resource models, RACI matrices, risk registers, dependency maps, and financial forecasts.
  • Ensure disciplined execution across scope, schedule, cost, and quality; lead cross-functional teams through design, configuration, testing, deployment, and operational transition.
  • Maintain project documentation repositories, change logs, and compliance artifacts.
  • Direct engineers, architects, security subject-matter experts, and client technical teams delivering secure, scalable, and compliant enterprise solutions; foster accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement; coach teams, remove blockers, and ensure they have the clarity and resources to execute; and coordinate with product, engineering, and support organizations to resolve issues and accelerate delivery.
  • Lead planning, design, validation, and deployment of secure solution architectures involving CAC/PIV authentication, public key infrastructure, secure API gateways, cross-domain data flows, and zero-trust network boundaries.
  • Coordinate with federal cybersecurity teams to meet Risk Management Framework, NIST 800-53, DISA STIG, and agency-specific compliance requirements.
  • Manage deployments into AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and other restricted cloud environments, ensuring adherence to IL4/IL5/IL6 controls and audit readiness.
  • Prepare clients for operational success by leading cutover planning, knowledge transfer, sustainment readiness, and post-deployment validation; define support models, service-level agreements, and escalation paths; conduct lessons-learned reviews; and contribute to internal delivery playbooks.
  • Manage project budgets, revenue forecasts, burn rates, and contract deliverables.
  • Ensure compliance with federal contracting requirements, including documentation, acceptance criteria, and change control; identify opportunities for expansion, follow-on work, and long-term account growth.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with BMC Helix or similar IT service management or enterprise service management platforms is highly preferred.
  • An active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI security clearance is strongly preferred.

About the Company

BMC Software

IT management software for mainframes

What BMC Software does: It provides software to manage and optimize large enterprise IT environments, from IBM mainframes to modern cloud systems. How its product works: Its tools monitor, manage, and automate IT infrastructure across mainframes, distributed servers, and cloud platforms, helping teams keep systems running, secure, and efficient. How it stands out from competitors: It has a long track record starting with mainframe software and has grown through targeted acquisitions to offer a broad suite for end-to-end IT operations, spanning on‑premises and cloud, with strategic ownership changes that gave it room to adapt. What its goal is: to help enterprises operate complex IT environments more reliably and efficiently by providing integrated software for mainframes, distributed systems, and cloud management.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1980

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at BMC Software

See more jobs