Project Manager/Scrum Master-3973730

About the Position

TCG is an award-winning IT solutions provider to the Federal government seeking a Project Manager/Scrum Master to join our project team. We aim to prove that businesses can be good to their employees and responsible to their community while being profitable.

As a Project Manager/Scrum Master, you will be responsible for overall project performance, including cost, schedule, deliverables, and contractual compliance. You will ensure a true scrum process throughout a project by holding together the scrum framework and facilitating the process for the organization, product owner, and scrum team.

Additionally, you will act as a coach and facilitator to the development team in executing Agile practices to complete work. U.S. citizenship is required for this role. In addition, the selected applicant must submit to a government background investigation and be favorably adjudicated before their first day.

This is a full-time, short-term position (September 2026) with the possibility of extension past this time. The selected candidate will be required to be on site (Washington, DC) 2-3 days monthly. The selected applicant must live within commuting distance of Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of and experience with the full development lifecycle process via different methodologies
• Experience on large-scale IT projects of enterprise significance
• Knowledge of agile project management techniques, tools, methodologies, and approaches
• Able to lead diverse technical teams of various sizes
• Proficient in all key aspects of a project, including technical, financial, and communication
• Experience developing overall work plans, schedules, and evaluation criteria
• Support established applications programming, and documentation
• Review the work effectiveness, task effectiveness, and compatibility with other projects
• Develop, review, and enforce policies, practices, and standards, including programming and documentation standards
• Review technical training needs for subordinate staff, plan activities implement training courses as appropriate, and assure attendance by appropriate staff as required
• Maintain liaison with management, subcontractors, and personnel; communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with staff members
• Supervise and participate in the selection, training, and evaluation of staff members; perform related duties as assigned
• Analyze new and complex project-related problems and create innovative solutions that normally involve the schedule, technology, methodology, tools, solution components, and financial management of the project
• Provide application systems analysis and long and short-range plans for application selection, systems development, systems maintenance, and production activities for necessary support resources

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in IT project management
• Must possess two (2) years of task leader experience managing a group of engineers and the full ADP life cycle in software engineering
• A minimum of 3 years experience working in a Scrum Master role.
• Position requires being technically knowledgeable (SW development) and technically conversant
• Exceptional organizational management and communication skills
• Excellent time management and ability to juggle multiple tasks under strict deadlines
• Strong analytical and systems thinking skill set; ability to apply technical solutions to broad, complex problems
• Ability to engage clients and discuss technology solutions with the understanding that clients are not themselves technologists, with the political savvy to know how to frame and communicate issues
• Experience building relationships with project management, project team members, Stakeholders, and Users
• Required Certification: Scrum Master
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred Certification: PMP

Benefits

Our B Corp mission is reflected in our benefits, including offerings like health care, 401K, parental leave, adoption assistance, financial planning services, student loan repayment assistance, and training budget.