IT Program Manager

The right candidate will have a minimum of 11 years of experience. A Bachelor's or Master’s Degree is preferred in one or more of the disciplines described below where specific skills may include the following...

• Direct activities to meet the sponsor's organizational work objectives and serve as a liaison to coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, and solve problems.
• Apply a project management model (e.g., Agile, Spiral, Waterfall) for a given effort.
• Serve as a programmatic liaison to the sponsor; maintain enterprise sponsor contacts to ensure conformity to all contractual obligations.
• Formulate outcome and performance-based tasking that leverages program control systems including, but not limited to EVMS and related program control methodologies.
• Provide technical and financial reports to document progress for the enterprise sponsor.
• Maintain individual project schedules and schedule forecasts.
• Adopt an autonomous approach that provides guidance and leadership to the sponsor and their management stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Talent Acquisition team to identify new candidates and adjudicate the interviews, vetting, and hiring of the new required resources.
• Manage the program staff directly.
• Identify risks and document program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, quality, and successes measures to meet contractual requirements.
• Provide status reporting to the enterprise sponsor and our internal team on progress toward objectives.
• Manage and ensure all project issues are resolved promptly to avoid a negative impact on the budget or schedule.
• Use PMF and Agile methodologies to manage projects leveraging Primavera, JIRA, ESMT, Service Now, and other enterprise tools product.
• Oversee sprint planning, perform daily Agile scrum, and maintain individual project schedules and schedule forecasts.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with tact as you collaborate with technical resources, engineering, developers, mission partners, and senior officers.
• Develop, maintain, and implement a Program Management Plan that supports a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and guides the performance of functional activities performed on the program.

• PMP, Agile, ITIL, or other related certifications.
• Quality processes including ISO, Six Sigma, CMMI.
• Knowledge of the entire development system life cycle.
• Strong track record of understanding and interest in current and emerging technologies.
• Experience creating and managing a shared pool of internal and subcontract resources.
• Experience working with the government.
• Familiarity with service catalog, IT Gateway, ESMT, PET, PCAS, AutoCAD, JIRA, and Primavera.