Project Management Journeyman in United States Embassy at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Project Management Journeyman based in the United States.

The Project Management Journeyman supports complex federal initiatives by coordinating projects, improving operational processes, and ensuring successful delivery of business and technology solutions.
This role works across multidisciplinary teams to drive execution, maintain visibility, and support transformation efforts in a highly regulated environment.
The position combines project coordination, Agile delivery practices, operational readiness, and stakeholder management expertise.
You will help establish structure around project planning, governance, reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
Working closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and government partners, you will help remove obstacles and keep critical initiatives moving forward.
This is an opportunity for a proactive project professional to contribute to impactful programs that improve public-sector operations and service delivery.

The Project Management Journeyman is responsible for supporting end-to-end project execution, coordinating stakeholders, maintaining project visibility, and ensuring initiatives are delivered on schedule and aligned with business objectives. The role requires strong organization, communication, and problem-solving skills to support complex federal projects.

• Develop, maintain, and monitor project plans, schedules, roadmaps, implementation plans, action logs, risk registers, dependency trackers, and status reports.
• Coordinate project activities across product owners, project managers, business analysts, technical teams, data teams, communications teams, and government stakeholders.
• Support project governance activities, including project health assessments, charters, RACI documentation, gate reviews, leadership reporting, and performance tracking.
• Monitor project progress against timelines, milestones, and performance objectives while identifying risks, blockers, resource constraints, and dependencies.
• Recommend mitigation strategies and escalate issues when necessary to maintain project momentum.
• Apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and PMBOK-aligned practices to support predictable project execution and continuous improvement.
• Support sprint planning, backlog management, retrospectives, project documentation, and version-controlled project artifacts.
• Coordinate technology implementation activities, including testing, integration, deployment readiness, user acceptance testing, and post-deployment reviews.
• Develop and maintain operational readiness materials, including timelines, success metrics, stakeholder plans, training coordination, and deployment documentation.
• Facilitate meetings, prepare agendas, document decisions, track action items, and ensure follow-up through completion.
• Support performance reporting by collecting project metrics, KPIs, milestones, and updates for dashboards and leadership briefings.
• Ensure project activities align with applicable federal policies, security requirements, privacy expectations, accessibility standards, and data-handling procedures.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process enhancements and opportunities to increase operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate brings project management experience in complex environments, strong organizational abilities, and the capability to coordinate multiple workstreams while collaborating with diverse stakeholders. Experience supporting federal programs, Agile delivery, or technology implementation initiatives is highly valuable.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, project coordination, business transformation, IT implementation, operations support, or a related discipline.
• Experience creating and maintaining project documentation, including schedules, roadmaps, risk logs, status reports, implementation plans, and action trackers.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders, managing dependencies, and supporting delivery against project goals.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and/or PMBOK project management methodologies.
• Experience supporting testing, integration, deployment, operational readiness, change management, or continuous improvement activities.
• Experience working in federal, government, or regulated environments is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and adapt quickly in a changing environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required government suitability and public trust clearances.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience supporting government programs, immigration-related services, or other civilian agency initiatives.
• Experience with project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Planner, SharePoint, Teams, Mural, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Experience supporting executive briefings, governance forums, cross-functional roadmaps, and implementation planning.
• Experience with process mapping, operational metrics, readiness planning, and deployment coordination.
• Ability to quickly understand complex topics and communicate practical solutions.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to remain effective under pressure.

• Remote work flexibility within the United States, with occasional travel for client meetings as required.
• Opportunity to support impactful federal programs and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to cross-functional teams spanning technology, operations, analytics, and government stakeholders.
• Professional growth opportunities through experience with Agile delivery, project governance, and business improvement initiatives.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to contribute to projects with meaningful public-sector impact.