Technical Project Manager
$125k - $165k/yr+ 401(k) match
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Herndon, VA, USA
HybridHybrid schedule in Herndon, Virginia.
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in business, information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field is required.
- Four to seven years of experience in technical project management, technology delivery, implementation, or a closely related role is required.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects, workstreams, priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders is required.
- Demonstrated ability to use modern artificial intelligence tools as a practical working capability across project and software-delivery activities, beyond general-purpose writing or research, is required.
- Ability to incorporate artificial intelligence into requirements analysis, planning, documentation, risk identification, communication, problem-solving, and project execution without foundational artificial intelligence training is required.
- Sufficient technical understanding of modern software development, application programming interfaces, databases, cloud environments, DevOps, testing, and deployment concepts to engage effectively with engineering teams and understand technical risks and tradeoffs is required.
- Working knowledge of enterprise technology environments, including Microsoft applications, Azure/DevOps, cloud-based solutions, and software-, platform-, and infrastructure-as-a-service concepts is required.
- An active Project Management Professional certification is required.
- An active CompTIA Security+ certification, or the ability to obtain it within six months of hire, is required.
- Prior experience supporting Department of War or government customers is required.
- Strong customer-facing, facilitation, written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to build consensus among technical and nontechnical stakeholders, are required.
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, including the ability to forge consensus among competing constituents on critical and time-sensitive issues, are required.
- Ability to organize and lead teams, work effectively within a small multidisciplinary pod, and work independently or as a team member is required.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent technical projects and workstreams from requirements through implementation, deployment, and customer acceptance.
- Serve as a primary customer-facing point of contact, maintain strong relationships, and ensure project execution remains aligned with customer expectations and business outcomes.
- Review and analyze business processes, document requirements, define scope and objectives, and translate customer needs into actionable work for technical teams.
- Use artificial-intelligence-enabled tools throughout the delivery lifecycle to support requirements analysis, planning, documentation, risk identification, communication, problem-solving, and project execution.
- Continuously identify opportunities to use artificial intelligence and automation to improve delivery speed, quality, analysis, and decision-making.
- Coordinate closely with software developers, technical leads, quality assurance, architects, business stakeholders, and customers as part of a small integrated delivery pod with shared accountability for delivery.
- Participate in technical discussions to understand architecture, dependencies, constraints, risks, tradeoffs, and implementation impacts, and help ensure decisions align with project and customer objectives.
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, budgets, schedules, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and completion criteria.
- Monitor project health and performance, resolve issues, manage risks, and provide clear, actionable status reports to leadership and customer stakeholders.
- Facilitate requirements discussions, solution reviews, demonstrations, and other customer sessions needed to move projects from concept through deployment.
- Apply quality-control practices throughout project delivery to ensure solutions meet agreed requirements, standards, and customer expectations.
- Identify opportunities to improve project processes, delivery speed, quality, and customer outcomes through automation and artificial-intelligence-enabled approaches.
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reviews and analysis of current processes using operational metrics and reports.
- Manage competing priorities and multiple projects while maintaining accountability for commitments, deadlines, and follow-through.
- Work across role boundaries to help the delivery pod remove blockers, clarify requirements, assess impacts, coordinate validation, and drive issues to resolution rather than limiting ownership to project administration.
- Support customer deployment, adoption, transition, and related implementation activities as required.
- Perform other ad hoc tasks based on business needs.
Desired Qualifications
- Air Force, Air Combat Command, aircraft maintenance, maintenance operations, or related mission-domain experience is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of iterative software development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or comparable iterative delivery approaches is preferred.
- Prior work experience or knowledge in software-, platform-, or infrastructure-as-a-service projects is preferred.
- Experience working closely with software development and quality assurance teams through requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support is preferred.
About the company
Idea Entity helps clients turn ideas into real, value-generating processes by analyzing business needs, re-engineering workflows, and deploying technology solutions across private and public sectors. It begins by studying business scenarios, redesigning the related processes to fit those scenarios, and enabling the new workflows with technology tools and systems. The company emphasizes close collaboration with clients, links process changes directly to technology, and serves a wide range of industries while highlighting a strong people culture and recognized workplace excellence. Its goal is to deliver practical, measurable improvements by turning ideas into technology-enabled processes that create value for both the client and its staff.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington
Founded
2006
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Idea Entity updated contract-vehicle pages on September 3, 2026, showing active pursuit.
- The company's press page still highlights a Comptroller contract and support services.
- CMMI-DEV Level 3 strengthens credibility for 2026 federal delivery and recompete wins.
What critics are saying
- Idea Entity's 2026 visibility is thin, suggesting weak public momentum beyond existing contracts.
- Federal procurement concentration exposes revenue to award delays and recompete losses in FY2026.
- A lost GSA or DoD relationship would cripple backlog and threaten the company's survival.
What makes Idea Entity unique
- Idea Entity holds GSA MAS IT 70 and DoD-friendly contract vehicles in 2026.
- Idea Entity won CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 in 2025, signaling disciplined delivery.
- Idea Entity markets federal, state, and local implementation support, not generic staffing.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Hybrid Work Options
- Professional Development Budget
- Training Programs