Technical IT Project Manager

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company | Contract

Washington, United States | Posted on 06/25/2026

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (4days onsite and 1 remote day)

Location: Washington, DC20001

Employment Type: Contract

Engagement Type: W2 or1099 only; no C2C

Dhaka Technologies Limited is seeking a highly experienced Technical IT Project Manager to support a large-scale procurement system modernization initiative for one of its clients.

The selected candidate will provide technical project management leadership across system architecture updates, data warehousing, cloud solution implementation, system integrations, reporting platforms, security requirements, testing coordination, and partner agency alignment. This role requires strong experience managing complex IT modernization efforts, coordinating technical work streams, supporting PMO governance, and communicating effectively with executive leadership, technical teams, vendors, and non-technical stakeholders.

The Technical IT Project Manager will be responsible for translating technical strategy into actionable project plans, maintaining integrated schedules, tracking risks and dependencies, coordinating cross-team execution, and ensuring all technology components are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with the overall modernization roadmap.

• Lead technical project planning and execution activities for a large IT modernization program.
• Build, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules using Microsoft Project, Agile timeboxes, or similar planning methods.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, status reports, executive-ready presentations, project artifacts, RAID logs, decision logs, and meeting materials.
• Coordinate weekly status reporting, PMO updates, steering committee materials, and technical workstream reporting.
• Organize and maintain project documentation using Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and other collaboration tools.
• Oversee technical and functional activities related to data warehouse migration, system upgrades, legacy platform retirement, and architecture modernization.
• Translate technical strategy into actionable plans covering resources, timelines, communications, change management, system integration, go-live preparation, and post-go-live support.
• Serve as a liaison across PMO leadership, technical teams, partner agencies, vendors, and stakeholder groups.
• Coordinate and align technical work streams involving data integration, system interfaces, cloud architecture, reporting platforms, and security requirements.
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration to resolve dependencies, risks, technical blockers, and implementation challenges.
• Ensure technology deliverables and artifacts comply with applicable quality standards, security expectations, data governance requirements, testing processes, and architecture review procedures.
• Track milestones, deliverables, risks, actions, issues, decisions, dependencies, and change requests for the technical workstream.
• Coordinate resources and balance competing priorities across onsite and virtual teams.
• Monitor technical progress against PMO schedules, milestones, and modernization objectives.
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, issue triage, and cross-team defect resolution.
• Participate in PMO meetings, steering committee sessions, technical architecture discussions, and implementation planning meetings.
• Document meeting outcomes, decisions, action items, and follow-up responsibilities.
• Support change management, stakeholder communications, and readiness activities as part of the larger modernization program.
• Provide comprehensive PMO support throughout the full lifecycle of the modernization initiative.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 20+ years of professional experience in IT, project management, technical delivery, systems implementation, or related technology leadership roles.
• PMP or other recognized project management certification.
• 16+ years of experience managing IT projects or major technical work streams within large, complex modernization efforts.
• 16+ years of experience coordinating or managing the work of partner agencies, third-party vendors, external technical teams, or cross-functional delivery groups.
• 16+ years of experience providing leadership, facilitation, decision-making, and priority management across diverse onsite and virtual teams.
• 16+ years of experience tracking risks, actions, issues, decisions, dependencies, and maintaining well-organized project documentation.
• 16+ years of written and verbal communication experience, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical information to executives, program leaders, technical teams, and non-technical users.
• 10+ years of experience working within Agile/Scrum project management methodologies, including sprint planning, road mapping, and coordination across multiple…