Program and Project Manager Roles

Accountabilities

- Lead project and program delivery: Manage initiatives from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and completion while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and stakeholder expectations.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams: Guide teams across multiple functions, establish clear responsibilities, remove obstacles, and maintain momentum toward delivery goals.

- Manage schedules and priorities: Develop project plans, track milestones and dependencies, balance competing priorities, and ensure deliverables remain on schedule.

- Manage budgets and resources: Oversee project budgets, resource allocation, and financial considerations to support efficient and responsible delivery.

- Engage stakeholders: Build strong relationships with business leaders, project sponsors, technical teams, vendors, and other stakeholders while maintaining clear and consistent communication.

- Manage risks and issues: Identify potential risks and dependencies early, develop mitigation strategies, resolve issues, and escalate concerns appropriately.

- Apply Agile practices: Facilitate Agile and Scrum practices such as planning, prioritization, progress tracking, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.

- Maintain project visibility: Provide accurate status reporting, communicate progress against objectives, and ensure stakeholders have timely insight into risks, decisions, and outcomes.

- Use project management tools: Leverage platforms such as Jira, Trello, or comparable tools to organize work, track delivery, and maintain project transparency.

- Drive continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve project processes, team collaboration, delivery efficiency, and overall program performance.

- Support complex initiatives: Depending on the engagement, contribute to technology projects, data management initiatives, system migrations, or other enterprise transformation programs.

Requirements

- Professional experience: 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, or a closely related discipline.

- Team leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams toward shared objectives and successful delivery.

- Agile expertise: Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Scrum practices, with practical experience applying them in project environments.

- Stakeholder management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders at different organizational levels.

- Project organization: Strong ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables simultaneously.

- Risk management: Proven ability to identify, assess, mitigate, and communicate project risks and issues.

- Budget management: Experience overseeing project budgets, resources, and delivery constraints.

- Technology proficiency: Familiarity with project management platforms such as Jira, Trello, or comparable tools.

- Problem-solving: Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and develop practical solutions.

- Preferred certification: PMP or an equivalent project management certification is an advantage.

- Technical project experience: Experience managing IT or other technology-focused projects is preferred.

- Data and migration experience: Familiarity with data management initiatives and system migration projects is a plus.

- Industry experience: Background in financial services, healthcare, or other complex and regulated industries is advantageous.

- Security eligibility: U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Department of Defense security clearance may be required for certain assignments.

Benefits

- Indicative contract rate: $86–$96 per hour, depending on the assignment and qualifications.

- Remote work: Fully remote opportunities available across the United States.

- Flexible project environments: Opportunities to contribute to a variety of complex initiatives across different sectors.

- Professional growth: Exposure to diverse programs, stakeholders, technologies, and organizational challenges.

- Leadership opportunities: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence project and program outcomes.

- Agile environment: Opportunities to apply and strengthen Agile and Scrum delivery practices.

- Technical exposure: Potential involvement in IT projects, data initiatives, system migrations, and enterprise transformation programs.

- Contract flexibility: Contract-based opportunities with assignments that may vary in scope, industry, and duration.

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