Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gokool Digital is seeking a Project Manager to lead delivery of complex government, data, technology, and AI initiatives. The role coordinates stakeholders and technical teams, manages project plans and reporting, and oversees schedules, risks, deliverables, and subcontractor activities.
Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Interface : Serve as the primary PM interface among government clients, external partners, subcontractors, company leadership, and technical teams
- Delivery & Tracking: Plan, coordinate, and track multiple concurrent projects, workstreams, milestones, dependencies, and priorities
- Meeting Facilitation: Lead bi-weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc stakeholder meetings—owning agendas, presentation decks, meeting notes, decisions, and action item follow-ups
- Governance Reporting : Prepare recurring project status and executive management packages summarizing accomplishments, milestones, risks, issues, and upcoming decisions
- Project Artifacts: Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, milestone schedules, dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, and PM metrics
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal engineering, AI, data, product, DevOps, security, and support teams to translate business priorities into actionable sprints
- Subcontractor Management: Coordinate subcontractor and partner activities, managing their schedules, deliverables, testing, and issue resolution
- Scope & Risk Guardrails: Continually monitor project scope, schedules, and resources; proactively identify bottlenecks and escalate risks before they impact delivery
- Documentation & Structure: Maintain meticulously organized project documentation ensuring all commitments, deadlines, and responsibilities are tracked and fulfilled
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 5–8+ years of project or program management experience, ideally within technology, software, data, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives
- PMP certification is required
- Candidates who are not currently PMP-certified must be willing and eligible to obtain the certification promptly upon joining
- Ability to understand, interpret, and communicate technical concepts when working alongside software engineers, data scientists, and cloud architects
- Proven track record managing multiple concurrent priorities, technical teams, and diverse external partners
- Proficiency with modern project-management and collaboration platforms such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and AI chatbots
- Direct experience supporting U.S. federal, state, or local government projects
- Experience managing AI, Generative AI, data platforms, cloud migrations, or software-development lifecycles
- Background working within government contracting (GovCon), management consulting, or multi-vendor environments
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Additional credentials like CSM, SAFe, or PMI-ACP are a big plus
Benefits
- Remote work in the United States
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