Project Manager; Remote

Overview

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Project Manager to support the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology, Health Services Portfolio. The candidate should have experience with a civil agency, preferably the Department of Veterans Affairs. The environment is dynamic, and client needs are often evolving. As such, thought leadership, problem-solving, rapid learning, and carrying the innovative mindset needed to lead our clients through conceptualization, strategic planning, and execution is important.

Additionally, flexibility and forward-thinking views are important for success. This position will be a fully remote US position with core hours Monday to Friday 8am-5pm eastern time.

• Manage one or more projects of varying size and complexity; may supervise professional and technical personnel across disciplines.

• Take ownership of Jira stories, including cloning, updating, and closing tasks to ensure accurate tracking and progress.

• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and implement intervention strategies to resolve issues and maintain productivity, quality, and client satisfaction.

• Schedule tasks and coordinate with team members to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.

• Conduct project meetings and lead efforts in tracking, analysis, and reporting of project status and outcomes.

• Serve as a liaison between the product line and the product line-level security group, providing project management support as needed.

• Engage with the internal teams to understand VHA-owned products.

• Interpret and analyze contracts related to VHA-owned products; develop RACI charts to clarify roles and responsibilities.

• Facilitate discussions between the product line and VHA stakeholders to define support expectations and draft Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) accordingly.

• Stay informed on all major initiatives and provide planned or ad hoc support to ensure seamless continuity during the GovCIO Senior Program Manager’s absence.

• Actively participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions, contributing to roadmap alignment and team coordination.

• Collaborate daily with the GovCIO Senior Program Manager on scheduling, staffing, reporting, and overall project execution.

• Review and analyze the monthly Product Scorecard (PSC); update presentation materials and report key metrics during the Weekly Accomplishments Call.

• Identify performance trends and collaborate with product leads to address non-compliance issues and improve metric outcomes.

• Coordinate with team leads to gather and validate data required for monthly reporting.

• Take ownership of key stakeholder deliverables and ensure timely, high‑quality submissions.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, systems, business or related scientific /technical discipline plus 15 years of commensurate work experience, 10 years of additional relevant work experience may be substituted for educational requirements

• SAFe/Agile software development/project management experience

• Strong understanding of Agile requirements with traceability in epic/feature/story/acceptance criteria definition

• Strong experience with projects which require well organized management, tracking and communications of complex product development dependencies

• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), SharePoint, and Teams

• Experience using Jira in an Agile or SAFe environment

• Strong facilitation and excellent verbal communication, oral presentation, analytical and written communication skills

• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects

• Experience providing cross‑functional program level support

• Experience creating and presenting executive summary presentations

• Experience in risk management and mitigation strategies

• Ability to maintain workload in a fast‑paced environment with rapidly changing priorities

• Ability to identify and engage the appropriate internal and external stakeholders to ensure tasks and activities are completed on schedule

• Ability to drive tasks to completion with…