Technical Project Manager

Location: Rockville MD

Work Type: Hybrid Work (Minimum 3 days onsite may extend based on client meetings delivery needs and proposal support)

Required Clearance: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Job Title: Technical Project Manager (Agile / Federal Programs)

Job Overview

LCG Inc. is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead the planning execution and delivery of complex technical initiatives across federal IT programs. This role is responsible for bringing delivery discipline Agile rigor and execution clarity across a diverse portfolio of projects including custom application development platform implementations operational sustainment (O&M) and modernization efforts in a regulated federal environment.

The Technical Project Manager will serve as the single point of accountability for project delivery partnering with Product Owners Business Analysts Developers QA teams Operations staff and federal stakeholders to ensure initiatives are well-scoped predictable and outcome-driven. This role requires hands-on Agile leadership strong technical fluency and experience working closely with engineering teams. A background in platforms such as ServiceNow is preferred but the role is intentionally broader and not limited to any single technology.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Project Delivery

• Lead end-to-end project management for technical initiatives across multiple platforms and technologies (i.e. ServiceNow Projects custom Java applications COTS platforms workflow systems integrations and O&M efforts).
• Translate business and technical demand into structured governed projects with clearly defined scope milestones dependencies and delivery timelines.
• Ensure work transitions cleanly from intake through execution and release minimizing ambiguity scope creep and priority churn.
• Drive alignment between business requirements technical design and implementation approach.

Agile & Scrum Leadership

• Serve as Scrum Master and/or Agile Delivery Lead for technical teams delivering application development enhancements and sustainment work.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (i.e. sprint planning daily standups backlog refinement sprint reviews retrospectives) while adapting practices to the realities of federal delivery.
• Enforce sprint discipline story readiness and Definition of Done across teams.
• Partner with Product Owners and Business Analysts to ensure user stories are clearly scoped testable implementation-ready and supported by clear acceptance criteria.

Delivery Governance & Risk Management

• Establish and maintain RAIDs (Risks Assumptions Issues Dependencies) for assigned projects.
• Proactively identify and manage delivery risks (i.e. cross-team or customer dependencies technical or platform constraints resource availability stakeholder approval cycles or environmental factors).
• Develop mitigation strategies track action items and escalate risks appropriately to ensure delivery commitments are met.

Stakeholder & Federal Engagement

• Act as a primary delivery interface between federal stakeholders technical delivery teams and supporting groups (i.e. architecture security infrastructure operations).
• Lead structured working sessions project reviews roadmap discussions and release planning meetings.
• Ensure communication is proactive transparent and aligned with federal expectations for oversight and accountability.

Process Improvement & Delivery Maturity

• Drive improvements in Agile maturity delivery predictability and execution consistency across technical teams.
• Standardize project management practices (i.e. intake and kickoff processes sprint and release planning status reporting and executive briefings) while allowing flexibility for different project types.
• Reduce duplicative reporting and improve clarity and consistency across delivery forums.

Capture Proposal and Transition Support

• Support RFI/RFP and proposal efforts involving technical delivery (i.e. project management approaches Agile delivery models staffing strategies and governance structures).
• Participate in client meetings briefings and orals as a delivery and execution subject-matter contributor.
• Support project transitions ensuring continuity of delivery documentation and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

Required

• 5 years of Project Management experience delivering technical projects in a structured environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification REQUIRED.
• Agile delivery experience REQUIRED including hands-on experience running Scrum ceremonies.
• Demonstrated experience working closely with engineering and technical teams (i.e. developers QA DevOps platform teams O&M staff).
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and technical delivery in regulated environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills suitable for federal stakeholders.

Preferred

• Background delivering projects involving enterprise platforms or workflow systems (e.g. ServiceNow COTS platforms or similar).
• Experience supporting federal healthcare or civilian agencies (NIH HHS CMS FDA etc.).
• Experience supporting large multi-year federal programs.
• Familiarity with compliance security accessibility and governance considerations in government systems.

Compensation and Benefits

The projected compensation range for this position is $100000 to $160000 per year benchmarked in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Salary at LCG is determined by various factors including but not limited to role location education/training skills certifications and experience.

LCG offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance life and disability insurance retirement plan contributions paid leave federal holidays professional development opportunities and lifestyle benefits.

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