It Project Manager

Job Description
Igniters operate in the world's most demanding environment. Igniters are self-motivated, mission-driven, and relentless in solving the Warfighters' hardest problems. We move fast, think differently, and execute with precision to tackle high-stakes challenges across AI/ML, space and missile defense intelligence, EMSO, advanced analytics, and programmatic domains. As an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team delivers mission-critical impact for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, MDA, NASA, DIA, and FBI.

Job Description
Igniters operate in the world's most demanding environment. Igniters are self-motivated, mission-driven, and relentless in solving the Warfighters' hardest problems. We move fast, think differently, and execute with precision to tackle high-stakes challenges across AI/ML, space and missile defense intelligence, EMSO, advanced analytics, and programmatic domains. As an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, our team delivers mission-critical impact for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, MDA, NASA, DIA, and FBI.

Ignite exists to outpace the threat and deliver results that matter in the moments that count.

Ignite is currently seeking a driven IT Project Manager to join our team supporting the U.S. Army on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. This position is expected to be onsite. The IT Project Manager will plan, coordinate, and deliver assigned information technology projects from concept through implementation and operational acceptance. The IT Project Manager will provide a single point of accountability for project scope, schedule, resources, risks, quality, stakeholder coordination, technical dependencies, and deliverables.

This role will work across cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, systems, networks, application development, service desk, backup/recovery, and asset management teams to translate approved objectives into executable work plans and successful mission outcomes.

This position is pending contract award.

• Manage assigned IT projects from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, implementation, acceptance, and closeout.
• Serve as the primary project point of contact for Government stakeholders, technical teams, users, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Define and control project scope, objectives, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, status reports, risk registers, and action-item logs.
• Lead project meetings, technical coordination sessions, milestone reviews, and implementation-readiness reviews.
• Track performance, analyze variances, identify emerging risks, and implement timely corrective or recovery actions.
• Coordinate cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, testing, configuration management, documentation, training, and operational-transition activities.
• Ensure project work and deliverables comply with PWS requirements, quality standards, security controls, approved baselines, and Government direction.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor tasks and review their deliverables for timeliness, completeness, and quality.
• Provide clear status, decisions, risks, issues, and recommendations to the Program Manager and Government stakeholders.
• Capture lessons learned and recommend process improvements for future projects.

• Minimum:
  Ten (10) or more years of relevant project-management experience at the Senior/Journeyman level.
• Experience managing IT projects from original concept through final implementation and operational handoff.
• Experience defining scope and objectives and developing detailed work plans, schedules,…