Technical Project Manager - Cleared

at  Voyager Search

ABOUT US

Voyager Search specializes in connecting and interpreting vast amounts of spatial and non-spatial data across diverse structured/unstructured repositories and catalogs. Our mission is to make data discoverable, interoperable, and actionable, enabling organizations to unlock its full potential.
Our flagship software, Voyager, is built on Apache Solr/Lucene and delivers a robust framework for enterprise data enrichment, conditioning, and management. With deep capabilities for geospatial data integration, Voyager Search enables advanced search, metadata governance, and AI/ML workflows, empowering decision-makers with new insights, decision ready indicators, and ensuring zero-trust security compliance.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join our team to lead the delivery of an agency-wide metadata governance solution with a strong emphasis on geospatial data within national intelligence. This role requires some onsite work in a classified environment, supporting the deployment of Voyager software across C2S networks.
The ideal candidate must have deep enterprise-level project management skills, including strong expertise in understanding and working with a variety of operating styles and team dynamics across multiple cross-functional teams.. You must be able to skillfully recognize and adapt to environmental or cultural nuances and be able to change your behavior, as well as influence other’s behaviors, accordingly.
As Technical Project Manager, you will work closely with Voyager’s internal development team, onsite system integrators, and government stakeholders and will be responsible for ensuring the solution’s successful implementation and delivery. You will need to have a strong understanding of a broad range of technology principles and services, so that you can skillfully represent Voyager within the customer’s environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management, and risk mitigation.
While prior experience with the Voyager software platform is a plus, we will work closely with the selected candidate to rapidly develop proficiency and provide the support needed to excel in this mission-critical deployment.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a strategically important deployment in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, collaborating with analysts, developers, and senior managers to deliver innovative solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EDUCTION

• Current TS/SCI Clearance with CI Poly (or willingness to obtain CI Poly).
• 5+ years of customer-facing, COTS/GOTS implementation consulting experience across multiple cross-functional teams.
• 5+ years of experience managing enterprise-level IT projects.
• Understands contract management and delivery (PWS, SOW, CDRLs, KPIs).
• 2+ years driving Agile/Scrum/Iterative development using a project management tool set (Confluence, Jira, RallyDev, VersionOne, Taiga, etc) and source code management products.
• Possess at least one active project management certification (e.g., APM, CSM, PMI-PMP, PMI-ACP).
• Cloud experience is a must, preferred candidate will have equivalent of Cloud Practitioner level certification.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting solutions and technical concepts to both technical teams and senior leadership in the public sector.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Must be willing to travel to customer sites across the US.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience in the GEOINT domain supporting either DoD/IC or FedCiv agencies (FEMA, DHS, Law Enforcement)
• Shareable experience managing one or more projects with a combination of 5+ resources, 6+ months, or $500K+ in contract value.
• 3+ years of experience with the software development life cycle (SDLC) and experience implementing project management best practices in an effective yet pragmatic way across large, complex projects following documented methodologies such as Agile or Iterative development.
• Experience with search engine technologies and strong understanding of geospatial data workflows, GIS technologies, and tools (e.g., Esri ArcGIS).

• Work onsite at NGA’s Springfield, VA facility, supporting classified
• Ensure goal alignment and execution across stakeholder groups which may include customers, internal teams, and partners.
• Create and deliver communication tailored to the audience, ranging from executive level project updates to detailed sprint plans and financial reports.
• Apply judgement and tact to challenge, recommend, and redirect teams as well as manage client expectations during the engagement.
• Strategically think who can demonstrate understanding of requirements, foresee risks, make decisions guided by policies, procedures and a business plan with limited guidance.
• Utilize business and financial acumen to manage the scope, timeline, and budget of each individual project.
• Deliver successful implementation and delivery of identified solutions and project plans as agreed upon with customers.
• Assist customers to achieve their mission outcomes and help to drive innovation throughout the engagement life cycle through iterative feedback mechanisms as a strategic business partner.