Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG) in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Technology Project Manager (PM). The Technology PM will maintain complete oversight and responsibility for the development team, services, performance, quality, resource assignment, and reporting requirements. In this capacity, the PM will manage the requirements of multiple Federal contracts (containing potentially multiple projects and ongoing O&M) and oversee the quality of services and deliverables. The PM will also ensure communication among team members and will serve as a single point of contact for Federal clients related to technology tasks.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Practice servant leadership to effectively guide a self-organizing team.
• Anticipate problems and identify solutions with an enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Work with stakeholders to define clear project objectives and requirements, agree on priorities communicate progress updates and demonstrations, and resolve issues and conflicts.
• Manage Agile ceremonies and ensure all members are on board with their workload and have clear direction on tasks.
• Respond to all client requests in a timely manner.
• Practice effective task management to prioritize work and meet short-turnaround deadlines while ensuring processes are followed.
• Ability to analyze problems with a flexible and creative approach, manage complex tasks and adapt to rapidly changing requirements.
• Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives.
• Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects.
• Assign and oversee the daily tasks of technical personnel while ensuring they are actively working toward established milestones.
• Providing regular and up-to-date status reports to stakeholders.
• Create IT project budgets and reallocate resources where necessary.
• Assist the business development team with proposal support when needed.
• Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating attention to detail, and strong customer-facing skills.
• Self-starter and quick learner with lots of initiative and ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies, and methods
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated hands-on experience with Jira and SmartSheet.
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising team
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• PMP and/or Agile certification preferred.
• Experience working for or with the US Department of Education or Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preferred.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action, employer. Applicants can learn more about the company's status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster athttps://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

Employment will be contingent on the outcome of a background investigation and reference checks. While all applications are appreciated, only those candidates selected foran interview will be contacted.