IT Project Manager
Job details
- Pay
- $131,750 – $178,250 a year
- Work mode
- On-site
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 14, 2026
About this role
Clearance Level None Category Program Delivery and Execution Location Rockville, Maryland (Onsite Workplace)
Key Skills For Success Client Project Management
Collaboration
Deliverables Management
Project Management Plan
Project Management Standards
REQ#:RQ230421
Public Trust:MBI (T2)
Requisition Type:Pipeline
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.
Job Description -------------------
IT PROJECT MANAGER
Oversee complex programs that drive impactful mission outcomes for our customers as a IT Project Manager. Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a IT Project Manager, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Rockville, MD. You will play a crucial role in managing software projects, reviewing requirements with stakeholders, overseeing deliverables are on-time and on-budget, and producing project plans and timelines.
- Lead/Manage/Support software and application projects for NIAID’s Enterprise Collaboration and Power Platform Support Services division
- Collaborate with contract and federal team and Project Management Office (PMO) to initiate, track, and complete important software and application projects
- Drive project successes by ensuring deliverables are on-time and on-budget, customer requirements are met, and definition of done is achieved per project
- Utilize project management, collaboration, and automation tools to share and collaborate on project documents and deliverables
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The IT Project Manager must have:
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
- Experience: 5+ years of related experience
- Technical skills: Project scheduling, de-conflicting, and coordinating routine activities along with project efforts, and emergency changes in order to minimize delays to timelines; create project plans, work breakdown schedules, and perform resource management; monitor and report on progress at established cadences; gather and validate project requirements; provide proactive risk management and briefing leadership as required; serve as interface and point of contact with federal leads and representatives on project issues
- Security clearance level: Must be able to obtain Public Trust
- Role requirements: Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Desired Experience and Skills:
- Experience with Power Platform, SharePoint, and Azure environments and software and application lifecycle development
- Strong sense of responsibility, ownership of tasks, and conflict resolution skills
- Be meticulous in scheduling and documentation, and work cohesively in team settings
Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.
Work Requirements
Years of Experience
5 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Institute (PMI)
Travel Required
Less than 10%
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $131,750 - $178,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our
Work
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation.
We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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