Senior Project Manager, Public Sector
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JobgetherPublic sector training
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary75,000 - 85,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 5 years of end-to-end project management experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a federal, Department of Defense (DoD), or public sector environment.
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementResource PlanningRisk Management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in project management, business, education, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 5 years of end-to-end project management experience.
- At least 2 years of experience in a federal, Department of Defense (DoD), or public sector environment.
- Experience delivering training programs, learning technology, or professional services to government customers.
- Practical understanding of government contracting processes, including task orders, periods of performance, deliverable schedules, and scope management.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects across customers, teams, or product lines.
- Experience managing projects with defined deliverables, contractual obligations, and compliance requirements.
- Ability to produce clear, accurate status reports for government stakeholders.
- Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, and resolve delivery challenges proactively.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
- Preferred: Active Secret security clearance or higher.
- Preferred: PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management certification.
- Preferred: Experience with learning management systems, authoring tools, simulation platforms, immersive training, eLearning, or instructional design projects.
- Preferred: Familiarity with Section 508 and WCAG accessibility requirements; knowledge of Agile, Scrum, or other structured project delivery methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the master schedule for active Public Sector projects across learning platforms, authoring tools, simulation, training, custom content, and professional services.
- Define project scope, milestones, schedules, and resource plans with customers and internal teams, and manage project intake, ownership, timelines, and priorities.
- Monitor delivery progress and escalate risks involving schedules, budgets, staffing, and resources; develop repeatable processes, playbooks, and delivery standards.
- Serve as the operational point of contact for assigned Public Sector accounts, lead customer status meetings and reviews, and coordinate resolution of open issues.
- Manage delivery under government contract vehicles, task orders, and purchase orders, tracking performance periods, deliverables, and applicable CLIN or CDRL requirements.
- Coordinate with contracts, legal, and finance on contract modifications, option-year exercises, invoicing milestones, and closeout activities.
- Plan and coordinate virtual and in-person training, including facilitator scheduling, registration, logistics, participant rosters, and materials distribution.
- Coordinate with product, engineering, support, professional services, finance, and instructional designers to remove delivery obstacles and keep training materials aligned with system changes.
- Prepare internal and customer-facing status reports, maintain project documentation and lessons learned, and establish the Public Sector operating cadence.
- Advise on execution priorities, escalate strategic and resourcing matters, and mentor project coordinators and delivery professionals.
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