Technical Project Director

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform project management for the full project lifecycle development and implementation of technical activities that ensure successful project completion.
• Serve as the point of contact and client interface for project technology related issues.
• Manage project expectations, evaluate project needs, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure that program needs are met with respect to urgency and priority.
• Develop trust, credibility, and strong client relationships; seek opportunities to add value to internal and external client initiatives.
• Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards.
• Execute all project management functions including; work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables and budgets, and staff assignment and development.
• Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, infrastructure, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.
• Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise.
• Responsible for developing mid-to-long-term plans on how to optimize the project/program and the talent required to execute strategies for the area of responsibility.
• Define and implement development plans for assigned projects.
• Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow up work.
• Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management.
• Ensure that all appropriate costs are included in quarterly forecasts.
• Coordinate, prepare, and manage technical presentations and functional demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for adhering to established safety standards.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary delivery leader and central point of contact.
• Direct end-to-end execution of complex enterprise technology initiatives.
• Lead integrated planning and execution across engineering, product, operations, security, finance, contracts, and business stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Chief Software Engineer and Product Owner to ensure coordinated delivery, requirements alignment, and timely issue resolution.
• Lead program kickoffs, governance forums, and weekly, monthly, and quarterly delivery reviews, ensuring leadership has clear visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, and corrective actions.
• Champion Agile delivery practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools, automation, and data-driven insights to improve delivery planning, reporting, risk identification, decision support, and operational efficiency.
• Manage RAID processes, including identification, analysis, mitigation planning, escalation, and ongoing tracking of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies within the integrated project plan.
• Partner with contracts and program leadership to manage project and contract deliverables, monitor scope alignment, and proactively address schedule or scope variances with internal and client stakeholders.
• Oversee delivery across application development, systems integration, infrastructure implementation, and deployment activities to ensure adherence to lifecycle standards, security requirements, and operational readiness expectations.
• Use standardized delivery and portfolio management tools to provide transparent, accurate, and timely reporting for internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 10+ years of relevant professional experience required.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

• Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Per customer requirements, this position requires United States Citizenship.
• 8+ years of experience in project management or program management roles delivering large, cross-functional initiatives in medium to large organizations.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in Agile environments.
• Experience in managing complex stakeholder environments, building strong relationships with executive leadership to drive alignment, mitigate risks, and ensure successful project outcomes.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD-issued security clearance.

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