GDT Client Project Manager

BDO USA, LLP

$120000.00

•130000.00 retirement plan United States, Mississippi, Ridgeland 661 Sunnybrook Road (Show on map) Oct 09, 2026

Job Summary:

The Government Digital Transformation Client (GDT) Project Manager plans, coordinates, and delivers complex projects supporting organizational and client objectives. This position leads cross-functional teams through project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure. The Project Manager manages project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, quality, governance, and stakeholder communications. This position supports projects involving government services, technology implementations, vendors, and regulated environments. Success requires strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, organization, accountability, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Job Duties:

Leads projects through the full project lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure

Develops and maintains project charters, plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and communication plans

Defines project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria with stakeholders

Coordinates project activities and aligns deliverables with organizational goals and strategic initiatives

Monitors project progress against approved timelines, milestones, budgets, and performance targets

Facilitates project status meetings, planning sessions, governance meetings, and stakeholder reviews

Builds and maintains relationships with clients, project sponsors, leadership, team members, vendors, and subject matter experts

Serves as the primary point of contact for project communications

Communicates project status, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership

Facilitates collaboration across business, operational, technical, and client teams

Identifies, assesses, tracks, and mitigates project risks and issues

Develops contingency plans, corrective actions, and escalation recommendations

Escalates critical risks, issues, and decisions through established governance channels

Documents and communicates project decisions, assumptions, dependencies, and action items

Coordinates internal staff, contractors, vendors, and subject matter experts

Monitors project budgets, expenditures, forecasts, and financial performance

Manages scope changes through established change control and governance processes

Supports resource forecasting and capacity planning activities

Ensures compliance with organizational project management standards, methodologies, policies, and procedures

Supports quality assurance activities, project reviews, and control assessments

Maintains complete and accurate project documentation and records

Tracks and reports project performance metrics and key performance indicators

Applies Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies

Identifies opportunities to improve project delivery processes, tools, and methodologies

Participates in project management initiatives, best-practice development, lessons-learned activities, and knowledge-sharing sessions

Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

N/A Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, or Public Administration, required

Experience:

Five (5) or more years of project management experience, required

Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects, required

Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, required

Experience supporting government services, healthcare, commercial, or regulated-industry projects, required

Experience managing technology implementation projects, required

Experience leading vendor-managed projects, required

Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and stakeholder expectations, required

Experience applying Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies, required

Experience developing executive-level project reporting, required

Experience with change management methodologies, preferred

License/Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or comparable Agile certification, preferred

Software:

Experience with project-specific systems, databases, and interfaces, preferred

Language:

N/A Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong project leadership and team facilitation skills

Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills

Effective problem-solving, analytical, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills

Ability to manage competing priorities and meet established deadlines

Ability to develop clear executive-level reports and presentations

Ability to manage project governance, accountability, and stakeholder expectations

Ability to facilitate collaboration across business, operational, technical, and client teams

Knowledge of project risk management, issue resolution, change control, and quality assurance practices

Knowledge of project performance metrics, key performance indicators, and financial tracking

Strong adaptability, customer focus, collaboration, and results orientation

Ability to learn and understand project-specific systems, databases, and interfaces to effectively manage resources and issues Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range:

$120,000

•$130,000

Maryland Range:

$120,000

•$130,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range:

$120,000

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