Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Project & Program Management

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Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, FSA, 401(k) with company matching, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance, Paid Time Off, 11 Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Professional Development Program, Military Leave Support, Referral bonuses and more!

Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Maryland - 100% on site (with ad-hoc telework)

Day Shift

• PMP Certification within 6 months

• Active DOD Secret clearance

Kayla Tek is seeking a Project Manager in support of the Air Force National Capital IT Services program (AFNCR) at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The Project Manager will work with our customers, other project managers, internal task or functional staff, and support personnel to execute the AFNCR ITS Program Mission. The successful candidate will be able to work in a fast‑paced environment that requires team interaction and coordination of effort.

The candidate will be accountable for prioritizing, planning, organizing, training, assessing, and managing resources to ensure that projects are executed within scope and time constraints. While part of a team environment, the Project Manager will also work individually and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments.

The AFNCR IT Services program provides support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR, missions to include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Joint Base Anacostia‑Bolling (JBAB), and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites.

The major support areas required are IT Operations and Maintenance;
Plans, Projects, and Engineering (PP&E); and National Military Command Center (NMCC). The senior leaders and national defense missions that are supported require that the AFNCR operations never fail, resulting in a fast‑paced, challenging, but also rewarding environment.

• Plan, coordinate and manage small and medium projects.
• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to perform the project/program to meet the client or customer requirements.
• Present project related information potentially to the customer, internal leadership and peers.
• Create project management plans, set expectations, and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
• Coordinates with cross‑functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and remain in scope.
• Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
• Create a breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
• Establish and provide high‑quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage…