[Remote] Project Manager (Gov't Tech)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sikich is a professional services company providing consulting, technology, and compliance solutions to public and private sector clients. The Project Manager leads planning, execution, and delivery across CMS/CCSQ programs and Lines of Business, managing scope, schedules, deliverables, risks, dependencies, reporting, governance, and stakeholder engagement in a federal health IT environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of larger or more complex projects involving multiple teams, workstreams, or LOBs
• Lead planning and execution of project activities, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and delivery objectives
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and work breakdown structures
• Coordinate across project teams to ensure timely execution of tasks and milestones
• Support planning and execution of key program activities, including PI Planning, governance meetings, and project reviews
• Provide oversight across multiple concurrent projects or workstreams, ensuring alignment and prioritization
• Manage day-to-day coordination across cross-functional teams, including technical, program, and stakeholder groups
• Ensure alignment between project activities, priorities, and dependencies
• Monitor project progress and proactively address execution challenges
• Facilitate resolution of cross-team dependencies and delivery risks
• Lead development and quality review of project reporting artifacts and executive deliverables
• Develop and maintain project-level reporting, including status updates, risks, and performance metrics
• Provide visibility into project performance through dashboards, executive summaries, and status reports
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of data used in reporting and decision-making
• Support tracking of KPIs, OKRs, and other performance indicators
• Identify, track, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across project activities
• Maintain risk and issue logs in CMS-approved tools (e.g., Jira)
• Coordinate with teams to monitor mitigation strategies and escalate issues as needed
• Ensure alignment with CMS risk management processes and frameworks
• Serve as primary point of contact for project delivery, stakeholder coordination, and issue resolution
• Serve as a key point of coordination between project teams, leadership, and stakeholders
• Ensure clear and consistent communication of project priorities, progress, and decisions
• Support preparation and delivery of executive-level materials, briefings, and updates
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment across teams and program areas
• Support refinement of project management processes, governance structures, and delivery practices
• Ensure adherence to established governance structures, processes, and standards
• Support implementation of project management practices aligned to CMS and CCSQ expectations
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes, tools, and templates
• Promote transparency, accountability, and consistency across project activities
• Mentor and guide junior project management staff, supporting onboarding and development
• Coordinate closely with the Portfolio Manager and LOB Leads on high-visibility initiatives and cross-program efforts
• Provide support for emerging, time-sensitive, or high-visibility project needs
• Support special initiatives, leadership requests, and cross-program coordination efforts
• Ensure responsiveness to evolving CCSQ priorities while maintaining alignment with project objectives

Skills

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability for government client
• 8+ years of experience managing projects within federal IT or health IT environments
• Demonstrated experience leading complex or multi-workstream projects
• Experience managing stakeholder engagement across multiple teams or organizations
• Experience overseeing project performance, reporting, and delivery outcomes
• Strong leadership, coordination, and decision-making skills
• Servant Leader – You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture
• Solutions Focused – You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions
• Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units
• Instills Trust - You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible
• Impact & Influence Thinking – You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives
• Prior CMS, HHS, or CCSQ/ISG experience strongly preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• SAFe certification or Agile certification
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects or workstreams within a portfolio environment
• Familiarity with CCSQ Lines of Business (HQR, QPP, CQP/QIO, iQIES, EQRS) or similar programs
• Experience supporting risk management processes (e.g., RIMP, ROAM)
• Experience developing dashboards, reporting tools, or executive-level briefings
• Experience supporting governance processes and stakeholder engagement across programs

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy, including paid time off for personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, and sick leave; FTO is activated on the first day with the organization for full-time employees, as the role permits.
• Paid holidays during the year and time off during the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• A comprehensive wellness program with activities that can be tracked through the wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Eleven (11) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.

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