Project Manager - Top Secret Clearance

The Red Hat Public Sector Services team is looking for a Project Manager with a Top Secret security clearance to deliver solutions that solve our client's business challenges through actively managing high complexity technical implementations and enablement of recommended practices. In this position, you will be a vital promoter of adopting Red Hat's solutions for our customers using your project management expertise and interpersonal skills.

You’ll need to have a balance of solid project management experience, awareness of open source, a thorough understanding of business processes, and the ability to identify, communicate, and solve issues at the enterprise level.

We seek people excited about working with us and growing their careers at Red Hat.

This position requires project managers to work on-site with clients, so a willingness to regularly travel to customer locations throughout the Washington D.C. metro area with occasional travel to locations across the U.S. is required as is an Active Top Secret security clearance
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• Guide customers from initiation through successful delivery of software services engagements
• Coordinate cross functional teams (through meetings and progress measurement activities) which bring projects to completion on time, within budget and with excellent customer satisfaction
• Actively identify, communicate, and mitigate projects risks and resolve issues
• Develop and effectively present project collateral
• Support accounting activities to support burn reporting, revenue, forecasting, and invoicing
• Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies.
• Travel weekly, Monday-Thursday, to client locations, some potentially outside your local area.
• Develop innovative solutions for customers’ problems utilizing open practice library methodologies along with industry standard project management practices and Red Hat policies and procedures
• Interact with all project resources and Senior Red Hat and Customer management, and Red Hat Support teams, for example, Resource Management, Operations and Finance

After joining Red Hat, You will undergo an intensive customized training program on Red Hat technologies and services solutions. Here's how your skill set will evolve and what you'll learn during your first year in the role:

• Understanding of how to build production-ready technical solutions integrated with existing enterprise systems
• Learn technologies and consulting skills to enhance your abilities through enablements designed and taught by Red Hat experts and Red Hat certification
• Gain exposure and collaboration within Red Hat Services & the larger organization through everyday networking and community events

• Successful, collaborative delivery of customer projects as a technical lead through expertise in Red Hat’s technologies
• Knowledge of how a customer use case can be developed into a project plan and how those requirements align with Red Hat’s technologies
• Continue expanding your knowledge and network, both internal and external, through enablement, communities, customers, and meet‑ups

• Successfully implementing complex, large-scale solutions in customer environments
• Active engagement and knowledge sharing with our internal and external communities of practice on lessons learned, best practices, and how-tos

• Active Top Secret security clearance
• Experience with delivering technical consulting engagements using industry specific methodologies to the U.S. Government
• Demonstrated…