This is a 6-month contract position for a Program Manager based in Washington, DC. You will oversee a portfolio of web projects for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), with primary focus on the dc.gov redesign and its multiple sub-initiatives including design implementation, content migration, agency-wide launch, and AI-powered search integration. You will bring structure, visibility, and accountability across the full portfolio, ensuring each sub-project has defined scope and milestones while providing OCTO leadership with clear, current status reporting.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a portfolio-wide tracking system (RAID log, milestone schedules, dashboard) covering all active web team projects.
- Run a recurring status reporting cadence to OCTO leadership across the full portfolio.
- Partner with OCTO subject matter experts to define project requirements and scope, including for initiatives that may require external vendor support.
- Advise on vendor and contractor scoping and deliverables, drawing on familiarity with Statement of Work (SOW) structure and government IT procurement norms.
- Track risks, issues, dependencies, and action items across projects, escalating to OCTO leadership as needed.
- Report on project status, milestones, and delivery readiness across the portfolio, with the dc.gov relaunch as the flagship initiative.
Qualifications
- Required
- 11 years of program and project management experience, including large-scale website or CMS transition and migration projects.
- 8 years of demonstrated ability to translate technical and business requirements into actionable project scope, working directly with subject matter experts.
- 6 years of working knowledge of Drupal CMS and website content migration practices.
- 10 years of stakeholder management experience in a multi-agency government environment.
- Bachelor's degree in IT or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred
- 8 years of website launch planning and change management experience.
- 11 years of quality assurance and content auditing experience.
- 5 years of government contract and vendor scoping support (SOWs, deliverables).
- 3 years of AI and ML project delivery experience.
- PMP certification.
- Familiarity with AI and ML project delivery timelines and dependencies.