IT Project Manager Specialist

Position Summary:

Title: IT Program Manager Specialist
Duration: 6 Months – Long Term
Location: McLean, VA 22102

100% Onsite

Must Have Qualifications: 7+ years of project management experience, Agile methodology, Freddie/Fannie experience, and a strong business understanding.

The ideal candidate is a technically adept project leader who excels at managing simultaneous initiatives across teams, facilitating Agile delivery, and translating complex information into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership. This role involves driving modernization efforts, enabling Modelling and ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and business units. Project management experience in mortgage industry

Experience in:
Running complex projects with modelling data and scope spanning across several systems.
Running projects using software development life cycle (SDLC), Agile methodology, Application Maintenance Change Process (AMCP) and project management life cycle (PMLC)
• Strong experience in project management processes:

• Communication
• Risk management
• Scope and change request management
• Schedule management
• Internal controls and quality management

• Lead and manage technical IT Model Development projects from inception through delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and quality standards.
• Agile proponent and practitioner, focused on maturing team practices and fostering continuous improvement.
• Drive software delivery using SDLC, Agile, or PMLC processes.
• Coordinate across engineering, product, and underwriting to gather requirements and deliver impactful outcomes.

• Oversee implementation of AI solutions such as automation and vibe coding within the SDLC.
• Support large-scale technology transformation and modernization efforts across multiple systems.
• Strategic Analysis & Cross-Department Collaboration.
• Work closely with department leads to track business and IT initiatives to ensure organizational alignment.
• Provide analysis of complex issues by evaluating data, trends, technology, and business context.
• Monitor dashboards, budgets, roadmaps, and metrics to deliver transparency and visibility to stakeholders.
• Guide root-cause analysis to recommend data-driven solutions.

• Create clear, concise, and compelling presentations and written communication for senior leadership.
• Synthesize complex project or technical information into digestible executive summaries.
• Prepare project documentation, status reports, and proactive risk mitigation updates.