Program​/Project Management TS​/SCI FSP

Program/Project Management TS/SCI FSPDepartment:
Government Customer
- Chantilly

Location:

Chantilly, VAACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE with FULL SCOPE POLY REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION As a Program/Project Management, the selected individual will provide program management and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) expertise to support the development, management, and maintenance of complex transition schedules and roadmaps for a suite of IT networks across multiple organizations. This person will work closely with programs at the enterprise level to ensure seamless transitions, establish realistic milestones, and coordinate with various stakeholders to facilitate on-time delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop and maintain detailed transition strategies, master schedules, and implementation roadmaps, including dependencies and critical path activities involving WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, firewalls, secure gateways, cloud connectivity, and data center networks.

Track critical milestones related to, but not limited to, Bill of Materials (BOM), transition/install team readiness, and shipment of equipment.

Coordinate with Product Lines to achieve favorable Operational Readiness Review (ORR) outcomes.

Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to the Sponsor's priorities and policies.

Collaborate with programs and stakeholders to establish realistic milestones, control gates, and dependencies to ensure awareness and buy-in of transition schedules and roadmaps.

Coordinate with engineers, installers, and other stakeholders to sequence activities to facilitate timely execution and concurrence of transition schedules and roadmaps.

Ensure all transition activities comply with government security frameworks, policies, and standards.

Establish and maintain strong project governance, reporting, and assurance mechanisms, and work with PLMs to provide regular updates and status reports to stakeholders, including out briefings and executive-level summaries.

Collaborate with PLMs and other stakeholders across program boundaries to identify, assess, mitigate, and manage technical, operational, and security risks that impact schedules.

Identify and mitigate potential scheduling conflicts and risks.

Oversee change management processes in accordance with government change control standards, in coordination with PLMs and stakeholders.

Ensure audit readiness and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

Validate overall operational readiness of a given system prior to its operationalization.

Engage and manage senior stakeholders across all mission partners.

Serve as the primary escalation point for transition-related issues and risks, and coordinate across the program to update schedules by working with all stakeholders.

Prepare and deliver executive briefings, status reports, and ministerial-level updates where required.

Coordinate cross-agency dependencies and resolve scheduling conflicts impacting delivery.

Provide technical transition oversight.

Manage third-party vendors, system integrators, and service providers.

Ensure all vendor deliverables meet contractual, SLA, and security obligations.

Support procurement, contract transitions, and service onboarding/offboarding.

Ensure successful handover to government operations and support teams.

Confirm service acceptance criteria, performance benchmarks, and support models are met.

Lead post-implementation review and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with PolygraphA degree (or equivalent experience) in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline

Experience in IT or network project/program management

Demonstrated experience delivering projects within a public sector environment

Experience working on complex transition programs, including network migrations and technology refreshes

Extensive experience in developing and managing complex project schedules and roadmaps

Strong knowledge of scheduling tools and methodologies (e.g., MS Project, Service Now Project module)
Proven ability to manage multiple work streams, dependencies, and inter-organizational coordination

Knowledge of:

Sponsor Project Management Frameworks Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery methodologiesITIL Service Transition principles

Strategic planning and resource management processes

Planning and execution processes

Business resource planning practices and cost analysis methodologies

Quality assurance procedures to ensure data integrity…