Senior​/Principal Software Project Manager - Custom Enterprise Apps & Services, Remote

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We are seeking a highly motivated Information Systems Engineering Project Manager to join our software engineering team! In this role you will leverage your experience to manage projects through the full system lifecycle and to oversee Operations & Maintenance work across a varied portfolio. You'll serve as the principal project interface with customers, team members, and management to deliver software systems that meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

You will use your Agile knowledge to identify areas for efficiency gains, process improvement, and areas for standardization.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Provide leadership and tactical planning for the execution of projects, applying your technical knowledge to achieve project objectives and deliverables.
• Estimate costs and schedules for software projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget while meeting technical requirements.
• Negotiate and verify deliverables with stakeholders across functional organizations.
• Work with customers and IT team to understand, document, analyze, and communicate requirements.
• Understand the technical domain to identify task dependencies and manage changes in project scope using change management practices.
• Identify potential project risks and develop risk mitigation strategies, corrective actions, and recommendations for risk acceptance or avoidance.
• Develop and deliver status reports, decision documents, and presentations to stakeholders and management.
• Conduct lessons learned sessions to identify efficiencies and drive process improvements
• Candidates must be able to handle a fast‑paced environment while successfully partnering with staff and leadership across multiple departments.

* The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

$102,400 - $199,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Science or other relevant technical field plus five (5) years experience; or higher degree (MS, PhD) in relevant field plus one (1) year experience; or combination of education and experience.
• Technical knowledge of software development processes, methodologies, and best practices for designing, coding, testing, and maintaining software applications.
• Experience documenting, maintaining, and analyzing functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Proficiency in processes, tools, and applications commonly used in information systems development and project management.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q security clearance.

• Project Management Institute (PMI) certifications (PMP, PMI‑ACP, PgMP).
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or other Agile certifications.
• Experience with software…