Senior Project Manager

Description:

Our client is looking for a Sr Project Manager to assist in a multi‑year high priority project. This role, as part of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders in the delivery of various projects.

• Utilize the Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and manage budgets.
• Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from executives, managers and project team members.
• Accountable for monitoring, controlling, and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
• Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, particularly the project sponsors, project team members, program managers, and management, on the status of the project, using appropriate communication methods.
• Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
• Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope, schedule, or budget. This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
• Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
• Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases. Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
• Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
• Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

• Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi‑vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on‑site and remote work) at all levels of the organization.
• Follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management.

• 7+ years – In‑depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standards and best practices.
• 7+ years – Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role.
• 7+ years – Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs.
• 7+ years – Experience developing and delivering project status.
• 5+ years – Experience handling a variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.
• 5+ years – Experience overseeing Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.
• 5+ years – Experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS).
• 5+ years – Experience managing multi‑vendor environment in a government environment.
• 5+ years – Developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules.
• 5+ years – Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience.
• System Security Plans (SSP).
• Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM).
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.