Senior Project Coordinator

GovCIO is seeking a Senior Project Coordinator to support a critical government computer system for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Software Yard – Product Delivery Service. This role is primarily responsible for coordinating enterprise-level testing, tracking product support schedules, and managing operational deployment timelines across platform-aligned Product Teams. This position will be located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position.

As a Senior Project Coordinator, you will serve as a primary operational resource for ensuring that applications developed by platform-aligned Product Teams are user-centric, operationally effective, and sustained in the field. You will maintain coordination continuity to balance release speed with quality and security. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and synchronize project timelines across enterprise-level testing, quality assurance, and product support workflows.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication acting as an operational bridge between technical development teams, Product Owners, and Portfolio Product Line Managers.
• Track and monitor deployment milestones to ensure rapid, secure software releases occur without compromising system reliability.
• Organize and maintain product delivery logs, user training schedules, and readiness verification documentation for mission-critical applications.
• Manage and track issue resolution schedules, ensuring post-deployment feedback from operational users is routed back to product backlogs.
• Monitor service-level management metrics and key performance baselines to help guarantee delivered products sustain long-term mission performance.
• Proactively identify project risks, scheduling bottlenecks, or resource constraints affecting software rollout schedules and track remediation efforts.
• Ensure all project coordination activities support strict adherence to federal security standards, government baselines, and DISA STIGs.

High School with 6 years (or commensurate experience)

Required Skills & Experience 

• Project coordination experience within an enterprise software development, IT service management, or product delivery environment.
• Proven experience managing complex schedules involving software testing, user acceptance, or operational rollout phases.
• Comprehensive operational understanding of Agile methodologies, modern software delivery lifecycles (SDLC), and release coordination.
• Strong experience facilitating collaboration and maintaining continuity among multi-disciplinary technical teams and operational stakeholders.
• Proficiency tracking project milestones, deployment status, and task dependencies using enterprise tools (such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow).
• Strong foundational understanding of diverse IT domains, service-level management concepts, and user training frameworks.

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance 

Preferred Skills & Experience 

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, Software Yard, or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs.
• Familiarity with USCG Force Design 2028 objectives, PEO C5I environments, or maritime operational contexts.
• Relevant professional certifications highly preferred (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or ITIL certifications).
• Understanding of how automated testing and DevSecOps release gates integrate into overall product delivery timelines.
• Experience coordinating large-scale user engagement sessions or managing technical support frameworks for federal IT systems.