Technical Project Manager

Technical Project ManagerFalls Church, VA540 is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support a mission-critical federal health data modernization initiative. The team is building and maturing a modern data platform that brings together information from diverse defense and federal systems through scalable data pipelines, APIs, and reusable data products.The environment spans Databricks, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and on-premises infrastructure, giving team members the opportunity to solve complex integration challenges, modernize legacy capabilities, and help shape a growing data platform ecosystem supporting critical health missions.Location: Hybrid — Falls Church, VA Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per client requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an active DoW Secret (or higher) clearance Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree 540 Internal Thrive Level: Senior Project ManagerWHY 540?540 is a forward-thinking company that the government turns to in order to get shit done. We don't just talk about innovation – we deliver it. We break down barriers, build impactful technology, and solve mission-critical problems.HOW YOU'LL DRIVE IMPACTLead day-to-day planning and delivery across data platform, integration, API, and data product workstreams, serving as a key coordination point across the customer, partner organizations, internal stakeholders, and technical teamPartner with customer and technical leaders to translate mission priorities into actionable roadmaps, milestones, backlogs, user stories, and delivery plansFacilitate Agile ceremonies—including planning, refinement, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives—and help teams continuously improve how they workMaintain an integrated view of scope, schedule, capacity, progress, dependencies, risks, issues, actions, and decisionsCoordinate commitments and escalations across organizations while helping teams remove delivery blockersEnsure technical teams understand mission priorities and stakeholders have clear visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs through concise reporting, metrics, and briefingsHelp teams balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform, modernization, and reuse objectivesSupport the management of 540's federal health customer account by maintaining awareness of contract scope, commitments, key contacts, partner relationships, and emerging customer prioritiesRepresent 540 as a trusted delivery partner by building a strong network across federal customers, partner organizations, and internal teamsPartner with 540's Growth team to identify, qualify, and shape new opportunities, bringing customer and delivery insights into capture, solutioning, and proposal effortsREQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE8+ years of experience in project management, technical delivery, Agile leadership, product operations, or a related roleExperience leading software, data, cloud, platform, or other technically complex delivery effortsTechnical fluency sufficient to understand architectures, data flows, system integrations, engineering dependencies, and delivery risksExperience coordinating delivery across government customers, partner organizations, internal leadership, and multidisciplinary technical teamsStrong working knowledge of Agile delivery practices, including Scrum and Kanban, and experience using tools such as Jira and ConfluenceExperience managing roadmaps, delivery plans, backlogs, milestones, multiple workstreams, risks, dependencies, and release objectivesStrong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, including the ability to align priorities, manage expectations, and drive decisionsAbility to build trusted customer and partner relationships while connecting successful technical delivery to broader account objectivesStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical teams and mission, program, and executive stakeholdersAbility to navigate ambiguity, create structure, exercise sound judgment, and drive teams toward measurable outcomesNICE TO HAVE SKILLS & EXPERIENCEPMP, Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or a comparable project management or Agile certificationExperience supporting modern data platforms, analytics products, APIs, or cloud modernization initiatives using technologies such as Databricks, AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Oracle CloudExperience supporting federal account growth, capture, proposals, business development, or customer engagementExperience working within multi-organization delivery models involving government customers and teaming partnersExperience working with DoW or other federal government customersExperience supporting healthcare, military health, or other regulated and sensitive data environmentsBENEFITS & PERKSFlexible PTO + all Federal holidays offHealth, dental and vision insurance plansFlexible Spending Account (FSA)401k with employer matchCompany-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disabilityProfessional development (training, certifications, conferences)Paid cloud developer accountsReferral bonusesHQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches)Annual social events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)Access to 540's Washington Capitals & Nationals ticketsEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)540's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.