Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

The Project Manager (PM) will serve as the primary point of contact and to provide overall supervision and direction for all personnel assigned to the contract.

The PM is responsible for the quality and efficiency of the work performed under the contract, to include technical issues and business processes.

• MUST HAVE!!! DHS & U.S. Customs and Border Protection Project experience
• Currently holds or is able to obtain a Secret security clearance
• Ability to lead, inspire, and motivate project teams and to foster teamwork in engagements similar in size and scope to this requirement.
• Ability to plan projects and associated activities, develop estimates and schedules, identify project risks, measure progress, allocate and manage resources, make timely corrective actions, and deliver products and services on schedule.
• Ability to conceptualize customer needs, forecast potential problems, and prepare specific implementation strategies, which includes identifying, clarifying, and documenting project requirements
• Experience in directing and controlling activities for an organization, having overall responsibility for financial management, methods, and staffing to ensure that technical requirements are met.
• Experience in transforming the needs, obstacles, and visions of stakeholders into viable solutions.
• Experience in producing measurable results cultivated by industry evolution, academic improvements, and government modernization efforts
• Experience utilizing innovation design concepts, rapid design model(s), iterative design thinking, Lean Agile and SAFe Extreme Prototyping methods.
• Experience with interactions involving negotiations and interfacing with senior management.
• Experience in applying in an operational environment the principles of the nine primary knowledge areas and the five process groups defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• | Thorough knowledge of quality management principles including monitoring process performance, particularly in the areas of compliance, measurements, and metrics
• | A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Computer or Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field or technical discipline is desired; proven experience may be considered as an acceptable substitute.
• | Candidate must have 10+ years’ experience managing complex projects, including those that support investment management, process improvement, configuration management, privacy and compliance, and quality management tasks.

• A Project Management Professional credential is highly desirable.

Work location will be: U.S. Customs and Border Protection 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn, VA 20147

$ - $ per year