Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) - recognized by the Washington Post as a Top Workplace - is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support our Federal client. As a key member of our Lean Portfolio Management Office (LPMO), you will work closely with our federal counterparts to develop, execute, and promote initiatives that optimize portfolio operations, increasing visibility and understanding, while aligning organizational strategy and execution. You will be responsible for supporting the backlog refinement process, organizing and facilitating project/program activities, and coordinating information gathering and sharing between internal and external stakeholders.

• Provide Agile team management, planning, customer support and process management for multiple active programs/projects.
• Participate in developing strategic goals and plans, and ultimately creating and managing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Develop and socialize dashboards, roadmaps, and reports to track the progress of goals, strategies, and/or OKRs.
• Lead and facilitate general meetings and knowledge sharing activities.
• Assist with stakeholder analysis, research activities, and drafting written communications.
• Work collaboratively to foster and build team relationships among our client, Program/Policy partners, third party entities/contractors and project team members.
• Report to the client on project status and communicate any delays or changes in project plans, while maintaining project documentation on a weekly or monthly basis.
• Actively identify, manage, communicate, and mitigate risks and issues.
• Provide guidance/recommendation to optimize systems, procedures, and processes and develop solutions to make improvements.
• Maintain content on our Atlassian Community portal (Confluence), keeping information refreshed, interesting to drive use, and applying human-centered design principles to improve user experience.
• Serve as strategic partner with CMS and drive programs toward overall strategic objectives.
• Participate in Agile/Scaled Agile ceremonies, as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in project management.
• Federal government agency work experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Self-motivated with extreme attention to detail and ability to adhere to tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal communication, writing, and presentation skills required.
• CMS experience.

• Ability to combine project management principles with Agile development requirements.
• Strong listening skills with demonstrated ability to ask effective questions, understand customer priorities and anticipate customer needs.
• Outstanding organizational and planning abilities.

• Experience using the Atlassian tools suite (Jira and Confluence)
• Experience developing and managing OKRs.
• Project Management and/or Agile certification.