Release Manager

Job Title: Sr IT Project Manager Location: Washington, DC This position is for a Project Manager on the Release Management Team and requires managing in a highly matrixed organization to support quarterly and monthly releases. This position is both inward and outward facing and requires a candidate to be detail-oriented and comfortable working with multiple external clients and internal stakeholders. This requires the ability to convey timely, consistent, and meaningful information and to appropriately adjusts communication style and method based on audience. This role involves effective use of listening skills, ensures that information is understood by the intended audience, takes detailed notes, and habitually sends out meeting minutes. Success in this role would mean managing releases by collaborating with a multitude of teams and reaching consensus in the creation of the deployment schedules, meeting all internal and external milestones, and understanding the interdependency between implementation tasks. PURPOSE: Sr. IT Project Manager, leads, plans, executes, monitors, controls and closes projects for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). This role oversees and directs complex $5M+ enterprise-wide corporate initiatives involving 15-50+ stakeholder groups across several organizational work streams utilizing Agile methodology to deliver results ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 25% Actively plans and manages large scale Waterfall or Agile projects holistically around scheduled program increments and milestones, scope, cost, resource health and risks while collaborating with stakeholders in key meetings resulting in successful project delivery 25% Plans and owns project finances which includes timing implications and key payment dates while proactively reporting status, scorecard creation and fulfilling project analysis requests by using critical and creative thinking 25% Leads and contributes to vendor selection and procurement activities under program manager guidance while identifying, producing and fulfilling resource and go-live operational plans to ensure project success 25% Prepares key documents, present business cases and produces other reports as needed while collaborating with stakeholders to bring projects through project funding conversations and initiation ceremonies Qualifications Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Education Details: Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline Experience: 5 years' experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) Strong Financial Management ability including comprehension of project financials, profit and loss and the ability to create and manage and adhere to a broader project budget., Advanced Strong Communication skills both written and verbal, Advanced Ability to successfully lead in a matrixed environment, Advanced Licenses/Certifications Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI - Optional SAFe Scrum Master Certification- Optional Comments NTE: $105 Hirable candidates only; Local candidates preferred System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan. System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #M1 #LI-EL1 Ref: #851-Rockville-S1

Created: 2026-03-11