Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GovCIO is hiring a fully remote Project Manager/Business Analyst to support project initiation through delivery and align project outcomes with organizational goals. The role manages project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, Agile delivery activities, and business requirements while coordinating stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership.
Responsibilities
- Creates integrated project plans for contract deliverables and new products in development projects. Manages a project team comprised of a multidisciplinary staff. Reviews, manages and controls status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with team members and line managers. entation, and testing in accordance with project objectives
- Support project planning and delivery, ensuring projects remain on schedule, within scope, and budget
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, reports, capacity plans, and Agile documentation
- Track and mitigate risks, issues, and scope changes throughout the project lifecycle
- Facilitate project meetings, Agile ceremonies, status updates, and cross-functional coordination
- Maintain project documentation and communicate status, risks, and key metrics to leadership
- Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process analysis
- Translate business needs into functional/non-functional requirements, user stories, use cases, and process maps
- Assess current-state processes, conduct gap analyses, and recommend future-state improvements and efficiencies
- Develop business cases, facilitate requirements review and approval, and ensure requirements traceability
- Partner with technical teams on solution design and support UAT planning and execution
- Serve as the liaison between business stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership
- Build stakeholder relationships and facilitate alignment across competing priorities
- Support communications, training, and change management during project rollouts
- Mentor junior team members and business analysts as needed
Skills
- * Bachelors and 5–7+ years of experience in project management and/or business analysis roles (or commensurate experience)
- * Demonstrated experience managing full project lifecycles (initiation through closeout)
- * Strong requirements elicitation, process mapping, and documentation skills
- * Proficiency with project management tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, MS Project)
- * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- * Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
- * Experience working in Agile (or hybrid) delivery environments
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance
- * PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
- * Experience with business analysis and diagramming tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart)
- * CBAP or CCBA (Certified Business Analysis Professional / Certification of Competency in Business Analysis)
- * Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
- * Experience with process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
- * Industry-specific experience relevant to the hiring organization (e.g., healthcare, finance, technology)
- * Experience with data analysis and reporting tools (Excel/Power BI/Tableau)
Benefits
- This position will be fully remote within the United States.
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