UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED PUBLIC TRUST ELIGIBILITY OFF-SITE/REMOTE (MUST LIVE NEAR KANSAS CITY, MO AND OR WASHINGTON, DC AREA) PART TIME POSITION (20 HOURS/WEEK) NO THIRD PARTY VENDORS Hourly rate is dependent upon the candidates skills, experience, certifications and education as it pertains to this specific position Hourly Range: $62.50 - $74.52 High end of the hourly range is considered for those who exceed Required Qualifications Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of a Project Manager. The Project Manager leads the planning, execution, oversight, and delivery of Cotton Management Systems modernization, enhancement, maintenance, and production support efforts supporting USDA Farm Service Agency programs. The role is responsible for managing Agile software development projects, coordinating technical teams, maintaining project plans and schedules, managing risks, tracking costs and performance, and ensuring compliance with clients standards, policies, and SDLC requirements. RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage multiple complex IT projects and interrelated work streams using Agile project management methodologies and PMI best practices.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated program and project management plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and resource assignments.
• Provide overall project governance, oversight, and reporting to Government stakeholders, including status reporting, risk assessments, corrective action recommendations, and executive briefings.
• Maintain project schedules in Microsoft Project and ensure weekly updates reflecting work progress, milestones, resource utilization, and budget status.
• Manage project financial performance, including cost and schedule management, Earned Value Management (EVM), invoice support, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate contractor personnel, technical leads, architects, developers, testers, and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Facilitate requirements definition, requirements analysis, impact assessments, design reviews, sprint planning, backlog management, and release planning activities.
• Identify, track, mitigate, and communicate project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts.
• Ensure compliance with clients security, accessibility, quality assurance, and change management requirements.
• Support development, modernization, enhancement, production support, disaster recovery, application authorization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate communication among Government leadership, technical teams, business stakeholders, external partners, and subcontractors as applicable.
• Ensure timely delivery of project deliverables, documentation, reports, presentations, and work products.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Project Management, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience leading large-scale IT software development or application modernization projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing Agile software development projects and cross-functional technical teams.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification required.
• Strong knowledge of PMI PMBOK practices, Agile methodologies, Scrum, project lifecycle management, and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Experience supporting Federal Government, or other public-sector IT programs preferred.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), system implementation, quality assurance, testing, deployment, and production support processes.
• Understanding of cloud-based environments such as AWS and enterprise application development environments.
• Experience preparing executive presentations, status reports, risk assessments, project plans, and governance documentation.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a dynamic, mission-critical environment.

PREFERRED SKILLS: AWS, Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, SQL Server, Agile Scrum, software modernization programs, Federal compliance frameworks, risk management, and executive stakeholder engagement. Apply To This Job