DoD SkillBridge - Project Manager

Applicants must be active-duty U.S. Military Members who qualify for the DoD SkillBridge Program.

During this SkillBridge internship, the participant will work alongside Sedaro’s Engineering and Program teams to develop practical experience managing technical projects throughout the project lifecycle. The intern will gain exposure to project planning, customer communication, scope and schedule management, risk management, agile methodologies, budgeting, requirements management, and project delivery.

• Team: Engineering, working with the Director of Programs
  
• Location: Arlington, VA
  
• Clearance: Must be eligible for a U.S. security clearance
  
  

As a Project Manager Intern, the SkillBridge participant will gain experience supporting projects that contribute to aerospace, defense, and national security missions while learning how technical software projects are managed in a small, agile organization.

During the internship, the SkillBridge participant will gain experience in:

• Project planning, execution, monitoring, delivery, and closeout.
  
• Managing project scope, schedules, costs, and priorities.
  
• Agile and hybrid project management methodologies.
  
• Customer and stakeholder communication.
  
• Coordinating cross-functional technical teams.
  
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks.
  
• Translating customer requirements into actionable implementation plans.
  
• Managing project requirements, including use cases and user stories.
  
• Government and commercial contract deliverables.
  
• Project and labor budget tracking.
  
• Federal acquisition processes, including FAR/DFARS.
  
• Project management tools such as Jira and GitLab.
  
  

The Project Manager Intern will:

• Participate in customer and internal stakeholder meetings to understand project goals, priorities, and requirements.
  
• Assist with customer communications, project updates, and status reporting.
  
• Support communication and coordination across cross-functional project teams.
  
• Participate in demonstrations, requirements discovery sessions, retrospectives, and milestone reviews.
  
  

The Project Manager Intern will:

• Assist with managing project scope, schedules, and costs using agile and hybrid project management practices.
  
• Support milestone reviews and project status updates with external stakeholders.
  
• Track project progress and assist with identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies.
  
• Help translate customer requirements into actionable project and implementation plans.
  
• Support quality reviews to ensure deliverables align with contract requirements, business objectives, and quality standards.
  
• Assist with developing subcontractor Statements of Work (SOWs) and tracking their execution.
  
• Help document, prioritize, communicate, and update product requirements, including use cases and user stories.
  
• Work with engineering teams to communicate customer priorities and project requirements.
  
• Gain experience tracking project and labor budgets against customer priorities and project needs.
  
• Participate in agile prioritization activities to ensure project work reflects current customer needs.
  
  

• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in Project Management, Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  
• Experience planning, coordinating, managing, or executing projects.
  
• Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills.
  
• Experience communicating with customers, stakeholders, or cross-functional teams.
  
• Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile.
  
• Understanding of project management knowledge areas such as Scope Management and Stakeholder Management.
  
• Experience with tools such as Jira or GitLab.
  
• Experience identifying, assessing, or mitigating project risks.
  
  

• Domain experience or familiarity with Aerospace & Defense.
  
• Familiarity with U.S. space-domain acquisition and operations.
  
• Background or familiarity with software solutions in Aerospace & Defense.
  
• PMP or another project management certification.
  
• Experience working in small businesses or startups.
  
• Experience as a Product Owner or Project Manager supporting software development.
  
• Knowledge of federal acquisition processes, including DoD/DoW, NRO, or NASA.
  
• Active or current Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
  

• Project Manager (PMP), or ACP/Scrum Certification Training
  
• Mentorship and guidance via weekly SkillBridge Intern Zoom Meetings.
  
• PM Fundamentals course, Resume writing, LinkedIn optimization, and interview skills course.  
  
• Other free resources, including an electronic copy of 'How to Speak Civilian Fluently'.