Sr Project Manager

Sr Project Manager

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Country: United States

Category: Project Management

Workplace

Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Posted Date: October 9, 2026

Job ID: 652855

Job Description

Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Boston Hybrid, with some flexibility for remote work for the right candidate. Some onsite presence at client may be expected, so a candidate local to the Boston or DC NU campus would be ideal but not mandatory. Some domestic travel may also be required.

Hours: 35-40 hours per week, aligned with Eastern Time, including some early morning meetings (e.g., 8:00 a.m. ET calls).

Contract length: 5-8 months

Pay: 75-79

Must be a US Citizen due to federal funding requirements

DIBI is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead execution of a high-priority Additive Manufacturing Sprint supporting the U.S. Navy. This is a hands-on project leadership role responsible for coordinating a complex, fast-moving, cross-functional team and keeping the project on track across scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, risks, and stakeholder expectations

Campus Locations: 360 Huntington Ave Boston, MA & Arlington Tower, Suite 1500 1300 17th Street North Arlington, VA 22209

• Maximum bill rate: $112.97/hour, equivalent to a $79/hour pay rate.
• Duration: Through March 31, 2027, with the potential to extend through June 30, 2027, depending on project needs and available funding.
• Top three skills:
• Exceptional project scheduling and organization skills, including developing and maintaining detailed project plans, tracking milestones and dependencies, coordinating deliverables, and keeping work on schedule.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including coordinating with and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Responsive to direction with strong initiative and follow-through, able to take direction and priorities from the project lead while independently anticipating needs, identifying gaps, solving problems, and taking action to keep the project moving.
• Experience: 5-10+ years of relevant project/program management experience.
• Interview process: TBD - most likely 2 rounds, starting with Karyn, with an additional round with leadership for final candidates.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a senior, hands-on project manager with 5-10+ years of experience managing complex technical programs, ideally in a defense, federal, aerospace, engineering, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex environment.

The strongest candidate would have:

• Experience managing large, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Experience working directly with federal/government customers, preferably DoD or Navy
• The ability to take an ambiguous or evolving objective and turn it into a clear execution plan with owners, milestones, and accountability
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work with senior leaders, technical experts, government stakeholders, and external partners
• Strong project controls experience, including schedules, deliverables, risks/issues, dependencies, resources, and budget
• Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Salesforce, MS Project, Jira, Monday.com, or similar platforms
• PMP certification strongly preferred; Agile/Scrum experience is a plus
• The ability to operate independently, identify and resolve issues, facilitate decisions, and keep a fast-moving project on track
• U.S. citizenship required
• Ability to travel up to approximately 30% as needed

Additive manufacturing experience would be a plus, but it is not required. We are more focused on finding a strong project leader who has experience managing technically complex work in a federal/defense or similar environment.

The primary responsibilities will include owning day-to-day project execution, coordinating the cross-functional team, translating the technical scope into an executable project plan, managing milestones and deliverables, tracking risks and issues, coordinating with the Navy and other stakeholders, and providing clear status reporting and escalation to DIBI leadership.

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