Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities, domain expertise, data acumen, and technology solutions to agencies that keep the nation healthy and safe. The company is seeking an experienced Project/Product Manager to lead delivery across FEMA's enterprise artificial intelligence portfolio, coordinating stakeholders and cross-functional teams through Agile and systems/software engineering life cycle processes. The role oversees program execution, product backlogs, schedules, risks, deliverables, subcontractors, and executive communications for secure, production-ready AI capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Direct day-to-day program execution, including staffing, schedule, quality, risk, dependencies, and stakeholder coordination for complex AI initiatives
- Lead Agile ceremonies; manage sprint backlogs and the integrated master schedule using JIRA and FEMA-provided management tools
- Establish and operate a Joint Development Team model that enables continuous product-owner engagement, work-in-progress demonstrations, and documented Government feedback
- Produce and maintain required program artifacts, including weekly work reports, sprint planning, performance and retrospective reports, monthly status reports, communications plans, risk and issue registers, and executive-level reporting
- Coordinate AI solution architects, engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity personnel, subcontractors, and FEMA program offices to translate mission needs into prioritized releases
- Ensure recommendations and delivery plans align to FEMA's current architecture, operating environment, security requirements, and future enterprise capability goals
- Manage subcontractor performance, staffing continuity, quality assurance, and timely completion of all deliverables
- Communicate program status, decisions, delivery risks, and mitigation strategies to technical and executive stakeholders
Skills
- Five (5) to ten (10) years of experience managing complex IT, software-development, AI/ML, or cloud-modernization programs
- Experience managing Agile delivery, product backlogs, sprint cycles, integrated schedules, risk management, and executive reporting
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams delivering cloud-hosted, data-driven, or AI-enabled applications
- Working knowledge of front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Strong stakeholder-management, facilitation, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies and present program performance, risks, and recommendations to technical and executive audiences
- Ability to write clear, concise content and manage sensitive information in a highly confidential manner
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Favorably adjudicated FEMA Public Trust suitability is required before the employee's start date
- Must complete applicable DHS/FEMA security awareness, privacy, OPSEC, insider-threat, unauthorized-disclosure, and FOUO/CUI safeguarding training
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, Product Owner, or comparable Agile/project-management certification
Benefits
- This is a remote position.
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