Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ECS is seeking a Senior Project Analyst to join their Information Management team in Fairfax, VA, supporting a large-scale federal data services program. The role involves project planning, requirements gathering, and serving as a liaison between technical teams and clients.
Responsibilities
- Direct Client Consultation & Requirements Elicitation: Sit directly with federal clients, program owners, and agency stakeholders to lead discovery sessions, elicit functional/operational requirements, and translate complex mission problems into clear technical requirements. Manage competing priorities across multiple work streams, maintaining clarity and momentum without constant direction
- Agile Project Management & Delivery Execution: Take independent ownership of client workstreams. Track project tasks, milestones, and risks using Jira; actively support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and Program Increment (PI) Planning activities within the SAFe framework
- Cross-Functional Communication Liaison: Serve as the primary communication bridge across engineering, operations, and client teams. Translate complex technical data architectural concepts into accessible, polished language for non-technical executive audiences
- Information Architecture & Knowledge Governance: Apply information architecture principles to structure, organize, and maintain high-fidelity client knowledge repositories across platforms (Confluence, SharePoint, etc.). Establish content taxonomies and metadata standards to ensure discoverability. Collaborate on the development and delivery of end-user training, agency onboarding materials, and guidance documentation for federal agency stakeholders
- Operational Process Optimization: Independently develop, document, and refine client-facing process workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and program governance frameworks aligned to mission objectives. Contribute to knowledge sharing initiatives that support a culture of continuous improvement across the program
- Client Engagement & Strategic Briefings: Prepare and deliver high-level presentations, status communications, and strategic change-management briefings directly to federal executive leadership and agency personnel
- Adoption & Technical Onboarding Support: Collaborate on the development and delivery of end-user training, onboarding materials, and guidance documentation directly for federal agency stakeholders to maximize platform adoption
Skills
- Experience in project management, business analysis, and information management
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and bring structure to complexity
- Experience in engaging confidently with clients and technical teams
- Experience supporting large-scale federal data services programs
- Ability to lead discovery sessions and elicit functional/operational requirements
- Experience managing competing priorities across multiple work streams
- Experience with Agile project management and delivery execution
- Proficiency in using Jira for tracking project tasks, milestones, and risks
- Experience in cross-functional communication and serving as a liaison
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into accessible language
- Knowledge of information architecture principles
- Experience in maintaining client knowledge repositories across platforms like Confluence and SharePoint
- Ability to develop and document client-facing process workflows and standard operating procedures
- Experience in preparing and delivering presentations and strategic briefings
- Ability to collaborate on the development and delivery of end-user training and onboarding materials
Benefits
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