Working Technical Project Manager

ABOUT THIS ROLE

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own day-to-day WBS execution and schedule maintenance against the 24-week program schedule
• Draft weekly status reports for Delivery Owner review before AFS submission
• Manage AFS working-level coordination: technical POCs, dependency tracking, acceptance criteria follow-up
• Maintain risk and issue log; escalate decisions and blockers to the Delivery Owner
• Package and submit phase-milestone deliverables with explicit acceptance requests and deadline tracking
• Administer CVAT + SAM 2 toolchain in coordination with the Data & Annotation Engineer
• Facilitate standups, working sessions, and phase gate preparation
• Coordinate Technical Writer onboarding and documentation production in Phase E

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field required; equivalent experience may substitute for degree on a 2-for-1 basis. PMP certification strongly preferred.
• 7+ years total professional experience, 4+ years in federal program or technical project management
• Hands-on experience with annotation platforms — CVAT strongly preferred
• Comfortable authoring technical documentation: run books, user guides, status reports
• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling and federal data security awareness
• Strong working-level stakeholder communication in federal environments
• Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility

NICE-TO-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior DoD AI/ML data program experience (annotation, dataset engineering, data governance)
• Familiarity with DataCard or data provenance governance concepts
• Prior OTA or FFP subcontract management experience
• Experience with milestone-based invoicing and acceptance management

The expected hourly salary range for this position is $50 to $55 p/hour, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

NOTE TO CANDIDATES

This role operates under direct oversight of the Delivery Owner. Ideal candidates are strong executors who can run a tight program cadence with minimal overhead.