Technical Project Manager

RIVA Solutions is a mission-driven IT services company and systems integrator supporting digital transformation and modernization for Federal government agencies. The Technical Project Manager will manage day-to-day technical delivery for a Federal web modernization and digital services program, coordinating cross-functional teams, Agile execution, releases, risks, and stakeholder communications.

Responsibilities:

• Manage technical project execution across website maintenance, Drupal/WCMS development, content updates, web operations, testing, data visualization, analytics, and infrastructure coordination
• Lead Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery activities, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and stakeholder demonstrations
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures, roadmaps, risk registers, issue logs, action item trackers, dependency trackers, and status materials
• Coordinate requirements gathering for new websites, web pages, microsites, landing pages, search enhancements, analytics requests, content initiatives, and technical improvements
• Translate business needs into actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, technical tasks, testing needs, and release milestones in collaboration with product owners, technical leads, UX/content staff, and QA resources
• Coordinate technical delivery across developers, cloud/system engineers, web administrators, content analysts, QA testers, accessibility specialists, and information resources staff
• Oversee release readiness activities, including development status, defect resolution, regression testing, accessibility validation, content quality checks, deployment coordination, and post-release support
• Facilitate recurring project meetings, technical working sessions, status reviews, demonstrations, and decision-making discussions with Government stakeholders and partner contractors
• Identify schedule, scope, quality, security, accessibility, infrastructure, and dependency risks; develop mitigation plans and escalate issues with clear recommendations
• Coordinate with Federal client IT, hosting/cloud vendors, operations teams, and other contractors to resolve technical issues related to connectivity, environments, patching, monitoring, backups, CDN, search, and system availability
• Prepare concise status reports covering accomplishments, planned work, risks, issues, deliverables, blockers, release status, and resource needs
• Support quality management and continuous improvement by standardizing workflows, SOPs, templates, metrics, lessons learned, and team operating practices

Requirements:

• • Experience managing technical projects, web/digital services, CMS-based websites, application development, or Federal IT delivery programs
• • Experience managing Agile/Scrum or Kanban teams, including backlog management, sprint execution, release planning, and stakeholder demos
• • Working understanding of Drupal/WCMS platforms, web operations, content workflows, UX, QA, accessibility, analytics, and production support
• • Experience coordinating developers, UX/content strategists, QA testers, accessibility specialists, analysts, administrators, and infrastructure/cloud resources
• • Experience using Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, or comparable tools for backlog management, project tracking, reporting, and collaboration
• • Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG, responsive design, Federal web standards, QA processes, risk management, and release management concepts
• • Ability to communicate technical issues, risks, options, and impacts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• • Strong organization, follow-up, documentation, customer service, problem solving, and stakeholder management skills
• • PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP, SAFe, ITIL, or comparable project management/agile certification
• • Experience supporting Federal, HHS, public health, healthcare quality, research dissemination, or scientific communications programs
• • Experience with Drupal migrations, website consolidation, taxonomy, metadata, search, public inquiry workflows, data visualization, or web analytics
• • Experience coordinating ATO/security support, FedRAMP/FISMA/NIST-aligned environments, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Git, cloud monitoring, or infrastructure operations
• • Experience managing 508 testing and remediation workflows, UAT, regression testing, defect triage, and production deployment coordination
• • Experience preparing executive briefings, roadmaps, staffing plans, monthly reports, risk logs, and customer-facing status materials