Sr. Project Manager

Sr. Project Manager

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

What you'll do

• Support the Program Manager to lead cross-functional delivery teams of design, product, engineering, and project management.
• Organize, direct, and manage contract operations support functions in support of the Program Manager.
• Own budget management, financial execution, and forecasting for the program.
• Lead the Project Management team in implementing Agile delivery frameworks across 9 scrum teams.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication, transparency, and strategic partnership.
• Develop, track, and report against program-level roadmap and milestones using an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for parallel delivery efforts.
• Establish and mature scalable delivery processes and quality standards that ensure consistent, high-impact execution.
• Design delivery performance metrics and dashboards for internal and external stakeholders.
• Create and maintain reporting artifacts and escalation channels for proactive risk and opportunity management.
• Implement and manage change management processes for the contract.
• Work independently to identify and resolve challenges with minimal direction.
• Additional duties as needed in support of the Program Manager or Director of Project Management.

Required skills

Desired skills

$139,500 - $155,000 a year

Other requirements

All roles at Nava require the following :

Perks working with Nava :

Location :

We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states :

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin