Senior Technical Project Manager

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We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead software development, modernization, enhancement, and operations projects in a federal health IT environment. This position supports NIH/NIMH application delivery and requires a strong technical background, hands-on project leadership, and the ability to estimate software projects accurately.

The ideal candidate has experience managing Java-based enterprise application projects with Oracle Database, AWS, Service Now, and UI/UX components. The candidate must understand the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, technical design, human-centered design, development, testing, deployment, release management, change management, and production support.

This role requires a delivery-focused leader who can work directly with federal stakeholders, product owners, architects, Java developers, Oracle DBAs, AWS engineers, Service Now teams, UI/UX designers, QA testers, Dev Ops engineers, security teams, and client leadership. The Senior Technical Project Manager will lead project planning, estimation, Agile delivery, schedule tracking, risk management, stakeholder reporting, release coordination, and post-release stabilization.

• Lead end-to-end technical project delivery for software development, modernization, enhancement, integration, and operations projects.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, assumptions, risks, issues, resource plans, and delivery timelines.
• Estimate project scope, level of effort, staffing needs, technical complexity, schedule impacts, and delivery risks for new projects, enhancements, defects, integrations, database work, UI/UX activities, testing, releases, and production support.
• Manage projects involving Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs, Oracle Database, SQL, PL/SQL, AWS cloud environments, Service Now workflows, and UI/UX design activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across developers, DBAs, architects, QA testers, Dev Ops engineers, UI/UX designers, business analysts, product owners, Service Now teams, and federal stakeholders.
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and PI planning when applicable.
• Track sprint progress, team capacity, velocity, burn-down charts, backlog health, delivery commitments, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Support product owners and business analysts in backlog grooming, user story refinement, acceptance criteria definition, prioritization, dependency tracking, and sprint readiness.
• Translate business needs into clear technical delivery plans, sprint goals, milestones, release plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Facilitate technical discussions related to solution architecture, system design, data flows, API integrations, Oracle database impacts, AWS environments, security, accessibility, testing strategy, deployment readiness, and operational support.
• Manage SDLC activities, including requirements gathering, design reviews, development tracking, test planning, defect triage, code promotion, release readiness, production deployment, and stabilization.
• Coordinate Service Now incident, request, problem, and change management activities related to application delivery and production support.
• Lead release planning, deployment coordination, go/no-go discussions, rollback planning, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, change communications, and post-release support.
• Prepare project status reports, sprint metrics, executive briefings, dashboards, RAID logs, release plans, action item trackers, decision logs, and schedule forecasts.
• Identify, track, and resolve project risks, issues, blockers, dependencies, change requests, and resource constraints.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including client leadership, federal users, product owners, architects, developers, testers, and operations teams.
• Support federal governance, compliance, security,…