Project Manager II

Job Title: Project Manager II
Location: Remote, Gloucester, MA
Position is contingent upon contract award
Clearance Required: Public Trust Eligible
Salary Range: $90K - $100K
Final date to receive applications: June 30, 2026

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Description
IBSS is seeking a Project Manager to support GARFO's Technology and Data Management (TDM) division. The TDM division is responsible for providing web and mobile based applications, technical services and support for approximately 16,000 internal and external customers (fisheries management councils, state and USCG law enforcement, state fisheries management and other fishery management groups, and commercial fishing industry users).

The Project Manager will serve as the SCRUM-format leader for a dedicated five-person delivery team consisting of a Database Specialist, Software Engineer, Software Developer, and Software Tech Writer, coordinating timely execution of work that directly supports fishery management plans, permit issuance, vessel trip reporting, dealer reporting, and quota management for the Greater Atlantic region.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide agile project management services in a SCRUM format working in meetings with the development team to ensure timely success of assigned projects.
• Lead all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
• Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements from GARFO subject matter experts, fishery managers, permit staff, and external stakeholders across the commercial fishing industry, science centers, and Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils.
• Translate Greater Atlantic fishery business rules and federal regulations into well-formed user stories, acceptance criteria, and epics in JIRA.
• Build and maintain the product backlog, sprint boards, burndown charts, and velocity reports in JIRA, surfacing risks and blockers to the GARFO Project Management Branch and IBSS leadership.
• Author and curate project documentation in Confluence, including project charters, technical decision records, sprint summaries, and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate collaborative design and process-mapping sessions using MIRO, capturing data flows, user journeys, and architecture decisions visible to the team and GARFO product owners.
• Maintain integrated project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource loading in Smartsheet, reporting status to the COR on a cadence agreed upon at kickoff.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with end users, including marine biologists and commercial fishing industry representatives, and triage post-go-live defects with the development team.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact between the IBSS delivery team and GARFO's Technology and Data Management Division (TDM), aligning with the Software and Database Development Branch and the Project Management Branch.
• Execute project front-end and back-end activities outside core technical sprints, including discovery, requirements baselining, project closeout, lessons-learned, and final deliverable handoff.
• Identify and escalate scope, schedule, or budget risks early, and propose mitigation options before they trigger the optional surge support clause.

Required Skills /Education/ Certifications & Qualifications:

• B.S/B.A and 5+ yrs professional experience leading software development projects in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency administering JIRA boards, backlogs, workflows, and reporting dashboards for active development teams.
• Working experience facilitating visual collaboration in MIRO or equivalent whiteboarding tools
• Working experience building and maintaining project schedules and resource plans in Smartsheet or equivalent (MS Project, Service Now PPM)
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detail oriented and organized with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated success working in a…