Senior Information Technology Project Manager

Place of Performance: Remote

Citizenship: US Citizen (MUST)

Security Clearance: Must be eligible to possess MBI (IRS Background Investigation) clearance. Active IRS MBI clearance is preferred.

Role Summary:

The Senior IT Project Manager is the contractor's primary delivery lead and day-to-day point of contact with the IRS Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Technical Point of Contact (TPOC). This person owns end-to-end execution of the task order schedule, scope, risk, resources, and deliverable quality across all subtasks, and leads both the transition-in and transition-out efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the principal point of contact with the COR/TPOC and represent the contractor in all program-level communications.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the Task Order Program Management Plan (PMP), including the project plan, performance dashboards, and a consolidated roll-up of performance data across all active subtasks.
• Plan and lead Transition-In: develop the Knowledge Transfer Plan (KTP), maintain a resource-balanced Microsoft Project (or equivalent) schedule, and drive completion within the 120-day window.
• Develop and annually update the Transition-Out Plan; ensure continuity of operations with no service gaps at end of performance (90-day transition-out).
• Facilitate the Monthly Status Report (MSR) call, the weekly Administrative Touchpoint, and the Annual Planning Meeting; prepare materials for COR/TPOC review and acceptance.
• Manage schedule, scope, risk (risk register, dependency tracking, mitigation), and resource allocation across the review, agency-submission, methodology, and risk-model workstreams.
• Ensure on-time, on-quality delivery of all work products per the deliverable schedule and the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).
• Oversee onboarding, Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE), and personnel security/clearance progress in coordination with the program team.

Core Experience (Required):

• Demonstrated senior-level experience managing IT projects and/or IT-related security assessment programs across multiple technology platforms (operating systems, network, virtualization, cloud).
• Proven track record building and maintaining program/project management plans, integrated master schedules (Microsoft Project or equivalent), risk registers, and performance dashboards.
• Experience leading contract transition-in and/or transition-out and structured knowledge transfer from an incumbent.
• Experience managing deliverable-based (firm-fixed-price) performance in a federal environment, including formal status reporting to government stakeholders.
• Experience leading geographically distributed and/or remote-hybrid delivery teams.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in an Information Technology–related discipline from an accredited college or university. Master's degree preferred.

Certifications / Licenses (minimum of ONE of the following):

• CAP (Certified Authorization Professional) • CND • CompTIA Cloud+ • GSLC • Security+ CE • HCISPP • CASP+ CE • CISM • CISSP (or Associate) • CCISO • PMP

Preferred: PMP paired with a security certification; prior IRS/Treasury or FTI/Publication 1075 program experience; familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP.