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Company Description

Govini builds software to accelerate the Defense Acquisition Process. Ark, Govini’s flagship product, is a suite of AI-enabled applications, powered by integrated government and commercial data, to accelerate the entire spectrum of Defense Acquisition, including Supply Chain, Science & Technology, Production, Sustainment, and Modernization. With Ark, the Acquisition community eliminates slow, manual processes and gains the ability to rapidly imagine, produce, and field critical warfighting capabilities. Ark transforms Defense Acquisition into a strategic advantage for the United States. Govini has offices in Arlington, Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

We are seeking a dedicated and hands-on Technical Program Manager to join our team. As a core member of the Project Management Office (PMO), you will help deliver essential solutions to the US National Security sector.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will work with diverse teams and technologies to help build our flagship product - the Ark. You have a strong understanding of the technology stack and can quickly learn and adapt as the stack evolves. You have an acute focus on creating repeatable, optimized, and scalable processes to monitor, track, and report on the status of product development. You excel at seeing the big picture and all moving parts, and can effectively drive the team to meet the goal.

In order to do this job well, you must be a highly organized problem-solver and possess excellent oral and written communication skills. You are independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation. You have a passion for great work and nothing less than your best will do. You share our intolerance of mediocrity. You’re uber-smart, challenged by figuring things out and producing simple solutions to complex problems. Knowing there are always multiple answers to a problem, you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward. You’re scrappy. We like Scrappy.

This is a team member position, working onsite in our Pittsburgh, PA office.

This role may require up to 25% travel.

Scope of Responsibilities

• Coordinate the software development cycle; including requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, and release

• Partner with Product Management to ensure technical delivery meets the requirements; including running internal UAT and testing

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans to track high-level product progress on a sprint basis with clearly defined and quantified project milestones, as well as established deadlines for milestone deliverables

• Collaborate with the engineering managers on resource allocation, scope management, and inter- and intra-team communication

• Ensure delivery of a high-value product by collaborating with DevOps and QA to actively track and manage bug metrics and support issue triage and platform operations.

• Monitor all stages of product development to ensure streamlined communication and documentation exists

• Support the creation of documentation at every stage of the process for business continuity and disaster recovery as well as knowledge transfer

Qualifications

• US Citizenship Required

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 1-3 years of project/program management experience within a SaaS business

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred

• Ability to run Agile/SCRUM processes end-to-end

• Knowledge of web-based application architecture

• Experience with relational databases and SQLStrong troubleshooting/debugging skills

• Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail

• Supremely organized with outstanding time management skills

• High ability to work independently with little supervision in a fast-paced environment

• A burning desire to tackle hard problems and create a sustainable solution

Desired Skills:

• Experience as a software developer or data scientist in previous roles

• Solid grasp of branching/versioning tools like GitExperience in or exposure to the nuances of a startup or other entrepreneurial environment

• PMP or Scrum certification is highly preferred

  We firmly believe that past performance is the best indicator of future performance. If you thrive while building solutions to complex problems, are a self-starter, and are passionate about making an impact in global security, we’re eager to hear from you.

Govini is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.