ECS

Technical Project Manager

ECS  •  $180k - $200k/yr  •  Arlington, VA (Hybrid)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Everforth ECS is looking for a Technical Project Manager (TPM) who is passionate about turning strategy into predictable technical delivery, building high-performing teams, and creating trusted customer relationships. Strong candidates combine delivery discipline with the technical depth to lead from the front and balance speed with engineering rigor.

The Technical Project Manager (TPM) will lead cross-functional initiatives spanning application development, data and AI, cloud, cybersecurity, DevOps, and operations. This role owns delivery from discovery through operational transition, translating customer and mission needs into executable plans, creating clarity and accountability, removing blockers, and delivering measurable outcomes.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Lead full-lifecycle technical delivery from discovery and design through build, release, and operational transition
  • Translate business, customer, and mission objectives into roadmaps, integrated plans, prioritized backlogs, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes
  • Partner with technical leaders to understand architecture, dependencies, and tradeoffs; drive decisions that balance speed, quality, security, and reliability
  • Build and redirect cross-functional teams quickly by clarifying roles, priorities, operating cadences, ownership, and accountability
  • Own scope, schedule, resources, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change control; escalate early with data-driven options and recommendations
  • Remove blockers, resolve ambiguity and conflict, and build consensus across customers, users, executives, and delivery teams
  • Maintain delivery visibility through Jira and Confluence, dashboards, KPIs, and forecasts; communicate decisions, status, risks, and outcomes to technical and executive audiences
  • Engage customers and users through discovery, demonstrations, feedback loops, release readiness, adoption, and value realization
  • Raise the delivery bar by coaching teams, developing people, running retrospectives, standardizing reusable practices, and improving predictability, quality, and customer value

Salary: $180,000 - $200,000

General Description of Benefits

Qualifications

  • Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
  • 10+ years of technical project or program management experience delivering complex IT and software initiatives across the full lifecycle
  • Track record leading concurrent workstreams and highly technical teams spanning engineering, architecture, product, security, data, and operations
  • Technical fluency across the software development lifecycle, systems integration and APIs, cloud platforms, data and AI, cybersecurity, DevOps or SRE, and production operations
  • Command of Agile, Lean, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery, including estimation, release planning, change control, and operational readiness
  • Proven consulting success as a trusted advisor to customers, users, and C-level leaders, with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences
  • Advanced risk, dependency, resource, and stakeholder management, including anticipating obstacles and establishing mitigation and contingency plans
  • Excellent communication, executive presence, and judgment, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear decisions and actions
  • Highly organized and data-driven, with practical experience using Jira, Confluence, source control, CI/CD, ticketing, dashboards, and reporting
  • People-centered leadership that develops talent, creates accountability, earns trust, and makes people want to work with you

Desired Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business, or a related field
  • PMP and/or Agile certification, such as CSM, PMI-ACP, or SAFe
  • Cloud or service management certification, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or ITIL, and federal consulting or contract delivery experience

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ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth, a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.

We value:

  • Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
  • Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven


Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!

ECS

About ECS

ECS is a fast-growing 4,000-person, $1.2B provider of advanced technology solutions for federal civilian, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. We tackle complex client challenges with smart, scalable solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. Our collective work empowers customers’ missions, strengthens our partners, inspires our employees, and grows our company.

To achieve our purpose — to tackle the missions that matter most and create a lasting impact on our customers, employees, and community — we are committed to excellence in growth, customer delivery, technology innovation, and employee engagement.  

We believe in:

• Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent

• Building high-performing teams

• Creating an engaging employee environment

• Acting with social responsibility

• Having a positive impact on our community

Our core values: Excellence, Drive, Grit, and Community. We keep these values at the heart of all we do. We’re looking for driven individuals who want to solve meaningful challenges and help shape the future of national security and public service. If you’re ready to make a difference, you’ll find your team here.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Fairfax, VA
Year Founded
1993
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