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Bixal
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Why Bixal?
Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. Using evidence-based knowledge and technology, Bixal empowers clients to deliver on their missions more effectively by fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Our values:
People-First: Emphasizing the importance of people in all aspects of work.
Collaboration and Transparency: Valuing teamwork and open communication.
Growth Mindset: Encouraging innovation and continuous improvement.
Creating Lasting Impact: Focusing on meaningful outcomes and positive change.
About the role:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Project Manager to lead day-to-day communication and project coordination for a high-impact Head Start initiative, ensuring the team stays aligned around shared goals and clear, actionable tasks. Serving as a primary point of contact for the OHS Communications Team, this role works closely with team members to ensure collaboration across a multidisciplinary project team. The Project Manager applies agile methodologies and strong project management practices to keep complex workstreams on track, support continuous improvement, and deliver high-quality outcomes. This role is central to maintaining effective client relationships and driving efficient, transparent operations.
This is a full-time position contingent on contract award by our client, with a defined performance period of one year with four one-year option periods. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a project that aligns with Bixal’s mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions. While the role has a fixed duration, we are committed to transparency and collaboration, keeping you informed about contract updates and new opportunities. At Bixal, we support your professional journey, ensuring your experience reflects our inclusive, purpose-driven culture and prepares you for future success.
Location
This is a remote role. Candidates must be willing to travel to the Washington, D.C. area to conduct in-person meetings at government offices approximately once per quarter. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship.
Compensation:
The salary range for this role is $105,000 – $125,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate.
Responsibilities:
Lead daily project management activities to ensure smooth communication, task alignment, and timely delivery of project work.
Serve as a direct point of contact with the OHS Communications Team, fostering transparent, proactive, and professional communication.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to set priorities, track progress, and align workstreams.
Facilitate agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives, stand-ups) and support the implementation of agile practices across the team.
Develop and maintain project schedules, work plans, and timelines using project management tools and methodologies.
Monitor project risks, dependencies, and progress, escalating issues when necessary and driving solutions to keep work on track.
Coordinate with external partners and stakeholders, building strong relationships grounded in respect, clarity, and diplomacy.
Contribute to process improvements that enhance team efficiency, communication flow, and delivery quality.
Produce clear project documentation—including reports, updates, and deliverable tracking—to support client visibility and decision-making.
Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant Project Management experience.
Experience managing contracts for the Office of Head start.
Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or similar role).
Proven ability to manage complex, multi-faceted projects and deliver high-quality results on time.
Experience managing federal government contracts.
Demonstrated ability to use project management software and tools to plan, track, and report work.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, diplomatically, and effectively with internal teams and external partners.
Strong interpersonal skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Experience supporting mission-critical systems with 24/7 availability needs.
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust clearance in support of a federal government contract.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience:
Certified Scrum Master Certification (CSM)
PMP Certification.
How We Support Our Team:
Flex hours
401K with matching incentive
Parental Leave
Medical/dental/vision benefits
Flex Spending Account
Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
Commuter benefits
Paid Time Off (PTO)
11 Paid holidays
Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
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Project Manager
Summit K12
Key Responsibilities
1. Project Planning
- Turn approved scope and readiness criteria into an integrated plan with functional estimates and commitments. Coordinate discovery contributors and dependencies when assigned.
- Identify critical path, decision points, cross-functional handoffs, resource assumptions, and risks before they become blockers.
- Maintain original and current forecasts, record approved changes and coordinate accepted handoff, remaining obligations and project closure.
2. Execution & Coordination
- Facilitate the minimum operating cadence needed to keep work aligned and moving.
- Track dependencies, risks, blockers, decisions, actions, and readiness in the shared system of record rather than shadow trackers.
- Ensure owners understand commitments and escalate when work cannot proceed within agreed parameters.
3. Scope Change & Readiness
- Make proposed scope changes visible with impact to schedule, dependencies, capacity, quality, and readiness.
- Route Product tradeoffs to PM/Product leadership and functional decisions to the appropriate leader.
- Coordinate completion and visibility of Product, enablement, implementation, support, design, academic, AI-quality where applicable, QA, and technical readiness inputs without becoming the owner of those approvals.
4. Risk, Decisions & Escalation
- Surface unresolved blockers and decisions early with clear owner, impact, options, and required timing.
- Distinguish delivery risk from product, technical, academic, AI-quality, or operating-system issues and route each to the correct owner.
- Use the Director of Product Operations and Delivery for coaching or escalation when complexity, cross-project dependency, or consequence exceeds the PjM's delegated scope.
5. Continuous Improvement & Leverage
- Capture recurring delivery friction and recommend system improvements to Director of Product Operations and Delivery and Product Operations.
- Use shared templates, automation, and status conventions to minimize administrative overhead.
- Contribute lessons learned and reusable project patterns back into the delivery practice.
Definition of Success
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Required
- 4+ years of project or program-management experience in cross-functional product, software, content, or digital delivery, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
- Strong planning, facilitation, dependency/risk management, written communication, and escalation skills.
- Translate approved scope and readiness into plans while preserving Product and functional decisions.
- Experience with Jira or comparable delivery tooling and disciplined system-of-record practices.
- Manage concurrent workstreams, surface risks early and communicate concise delivery evidence.
- Use verified AI-assisted planning, synthesis, documentation and automation.
Preferred
- EdTech, SaaS, curriculum/technology, or multi-disciplinary product-development experience.
- Experience coordinating Product releases across Engineering, QA, Design, Academic, Creative and customer teams, including AI readiness where applicable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with multiple plan options
- Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO) program
- 10 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday annually
- Wellness resources and support programs
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