Project Management Journeyman

## Requisition ID 2026-4362 ## Job Summary Artemis is seeking a full-time Project Management Journeyman with demonstrated experience providing management and advisory support services focused on streamlining and improving business operations in the federal sector. This individual will support the government by directing and managing project execution U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) business process improvement, IT implementation, Agile adoption, governance, operational readiness, and deployment efforts. The role develops project plans, coordinates tasks, monitors schedules, risks, dependencies, and performance metrics, and works with stakeholders and team members to remove obstacles and deliver projects against schedule and performance goals. This role requires a self-starter, proactive problem solver, and action-oriented team player with previous experience supporting federal project management, business transformation, Agile delivery, and operational readiness activities. The Project Management Journeyman will coordinate with product owners, project managers, business analysts, communications staff, data analytics teams, technical teams, and USCIS stakeholders to maintain transparency, accountability, and forward momentum across project lifecycles. This is a contingent hire position. This position is remote as authorized. However, occasional in-person meetings may be required at USCIS Headquarters in Camp Springs, MD, or other approved locations. Travel for client engagements is expected. ## Primary Responsibilities - Develop, maintain, and track project plans, schedules, roadmaps, implementation plans, action logs, risk and issue logs, dependency trackers, and status reports. - Coordinate project execution across stakeholders, product owners, subject matter experts, technical teams, data analytics teams, communications staff, and USCIS or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program offices. - Support governance forums, project health assessments, RACI charts, project charters, gate reviews, monthly status reports, performance monitoring mechanisms, and transparent reporting. - Monitor progress against schedule and performance goals; identify blockers, risks, dependencies, and resource constraints; recommend mitigation strategies and escalate issues as appropriate. - Apply Agile and PMBOK-aligned practices to support sprint planning, backlog prioritization, retrospectives, version-controlled artifacts, continuous improvement, and predictable project execution. - Support technology integration, testing, deployment, and post-deployment evaluation activities, including user acceptance testing coordination, alpha and beta testing cycles, feedback logs, readiness tasks, issue resolution, and lessons learned. - Develop and maintain operational readiness artifacts with clear objectives, timelines, success metrics, stakeholder engagement activities, training coordination, and pre- and post-deployment reporting. - Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder meetings, prepare agendas, capture notes and decisions, maintain action items, and follow through to closure. - Support data-driven performance tracking by gathering project metrics, key performance indicators, milestones, and progress updates for dashboards, performance reports, and leadership briefings. - Maintain alignment with DHS and USCIS policies, Section 508 requirements, security requirements, privacy expectations, Sensitive But Unclassified data-handling requirements, and Government Furnished Property procedures. ## Minimum Qualifications - 5 years of experience in project management, project coordination, business transformation, IT implementation, operations support, or a related field. - Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field. - Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, roadmaps, risk and issue logs, action trackers, meeting notes, status reports, and im…