Technical Project Lead

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Technical Project Lead

Priority:
High – Immediate Hire

Hybrid Opportunity - Must live in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area to be considered.

Clearance Requirement:
Public Trust Clearance - Due to federal clearance requirements for this position, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible. Candidates with visa sponsorship —now or in the future—are not eligible for this clearance.

iCatalyst, Inc. is a next-generation technology company specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

Since 2007, we have partnered with federal and commercial clients to deliver innovative, mission-driven solutions that enhance operational efficiency, digital transformation, and business outcomes.

Our solutions are built on a foundation of agility, security, and scalability, guided by our CMMI ML 3 Services and Software Development framework and backed by globally recognized certifications in ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management) and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Information Security).

We specialize in AI-Driven Digital Transformation, Cloud and Infrastructure Modernization, Data Engineering and Advanced Analytics, Enterprise IT Modernization and Mission-Focused Program and Change Management.

• At iCatalyst, our people are at the center of everything we do.
• Award-winning culture of innovation and a friendly workplace
• Work on cutting-edge AI and digital transformation projects
• Be part of a mission-driven team
• Grow your career in a stable, certified, high-performing organization
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay

We are seeking a Technical Project Lead to join our growing team in support of our federal program.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to impactful, mission-critical initiatives.

• Lead stakeholder engagement activities, including workshops, interviews, and working sessions with program offices, to define business problems, elicit needs, and establish clear success criteria.
• Develop strategic roadmaps to guide the adoption of AI-driven capabilities, ensuring measurable outcomes and business value.
• Conduct working sessions with the program offices to translate complex, ambiguous business needs into clear, actionable, and measurable requirements.
• Ensure requirements traceability to strategic objectives and measurable business outcomes.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize AI use cases based on business impact, feasibility, and data readiness.
• Lead cross-functional workshops to align problem definition, priorities, and success metrics.
• Analyze, refine, and document complex system user requirements including functional objectives of system, data sources and availability, including cross-system integration requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure shared understanding of priorities, solution approaches, dependencies, risks, and implementation objectives.
• Own initiatives from problem definition through delivery and outcomes realization and ensure continuity across requirements, development, and implementation phases.
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Define and track success metrics tied to business outcomes (not just delivery milestones).
• Responsible for project risk management and escalation.
• Ensure adherence to best practices, quality standards and reviews of project deliverables.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance to multiple, simultaneous project teams.
• Recommend and take action to solve problems.
• Provide support and expertise in the assigned domain.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and quality standards.
• Support continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.
• Special projects as needed.

• Experience working in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall project environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
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