Senior Project Manager
Avanade
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
PMPSDLC
About the role
- Ensure full SDLC compliance for all DCAS projects (JAR, design, QA, UAT, OCM, readiness).
- Establish, maintain, and enforce PMO processes, procedures, templates, and governance structures.
- Oversee the DCAS project portfolio, ensuring timelines, risks, dependencies, and resources are proactively managed.
- Provide direction, coaching, and quality review of project managers’ deliverables and documentation.
- Serve as primary escalation point for project risks, issues, and stakeholder concerns.
- Lead project intake, prioritization, and reporting cadence, including portfolio dashboards and leadership updates.
- Drive consistent communication across vendors, partner agencies, and internal teams.
- Monitor compliance with federal, local, and agency policies.
- Ensure vendors are meeting deliverables, timelines, and quality expectations.
- Support change management and continuous improvement initiatives across the PMO.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive project/program management experience within complex technical environments.
- Deep knowledge of SDLC, system integrations, and public sector or eligibility systems preferred.
- Strong experience with Smartsheet, JIRA, and other project management tools.
- Proven ability to enforce processes and maintain structure across multiple teams.
- PMP Certification required or must complete the PMP certification within 1 year of hire.
- Extremely organized, detail-oriented, and structured.
- Proactive and anticipatory—able to identify needs, risks, or gaps before they become issues.
- 16+ yrs. MS Office/PowerPoint experience--Required
- 16 Years Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience--Required
- Progressive experience in project and program management--Required
- 15 Years Experience managing people, performance, developing processes and change management practices for medium to large teams--Required
- 15 Years Strong experience and verifiable success in delivering high-value client-facing software projects that span multiple teams and customers--Required
- 10 Years Track record of developing and improving consistent and repeatable outcomes across a Project Management Office--Required
- 10 Years Progressive Operational Leadership or Consultative experience in either a hospital or Health System setting--Required
- 7 Years Exp with program dev that relies on thorough synthesis &understanding of clinical evidence/outcomes, process flow analysis, end-user relations etc.--Required
- 10 Years Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving experience--Required
- 15 Years Thorough understanding of core business processes within healthcare organizations required--Required
- 7 Years management experience of individual contributors and/or supervisors preferred--Required
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SDLCsystem integrationsproject managementchange managementprocess flow analysisanalytical skillsquantitative skillsproblem-solving skillsportfolio managementquality review
Soft skills
organizational skillsdetail-orientedproactiveanticipatorycommunication skillscoachingleadershipstakeholder managementrisk managementteam management
Certifications
PMP Certification