BDR Solutions, LLC, (BDR) supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solution delivery starts with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance business and technical operations and deployments.

BDR is seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our growing team! This position will be worked from your Virtual Office based on an EST time zone schedule (8:00 am to 5:00 pm EST).

(Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply)

Role Overview

BDR is seeking a Technical Project Manager to directly oversee an information technology project at the Department of Veteran Affairs and lead the execution of critical software development activities. BDR is seeking individuals with a high level of experience in technical project management and Agile-based software development. The Technical Project Manager will report to and assist VA product managers and senior IT management with adherence to VA process, risk management, change and configuration control, resource allocation, and deliverable schedules.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and oversee software development and sustainment for a specific product or technology solution, including serving as the main liaison between VA product line managers, business customers, and third-party software developers
• Manage typical project and program management processes, including acquisition, development, modification, enhancement, deployment or decommissioning of software products, services or systems; product may be Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) or internally developed software business applications
• Evaluate project schedules and developer resource allocations to ensure the successful development of approved software applications
• Track, analyze, and coordinate multiple, complex development projects using principles and guidelines of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) methodologies
• Facilitate cross-functional and cross-team planning sessions to ensure integration of critical path development activities
• Develop project plans and schedules based on cost estimates for new or modified application systems with a clear understanding of customer requirements and information on project costs, schedule, quality, and performance
• Provide expert judgment for cost resource estimates
• Manage projects based on the approved plans to ensure the successful implementation of software solutions.
• Participate in formal change and configuration management processes as a senior technical analyst to ensure adherence to approved VA processes and to identify cross product configuration issues for resolution
• Provide input to the testing manager for the development of information systems testing strategies, plans or scenarios working with stakeholders, testing teams, and software quality assurance services representatives
• Identify and report risks within ongoing or proposed development projects to ensure agency goals and objectives are met and to provide mitigation strategies to reduce or eliminate the identified risks
• Support efforts to conform with quantitative and qualitative service level agreements, agency policies and procedures, and external directives
• Provide advocacy oversight for adherence and implementation of Section 508 requirements.
• Establish and/or participate in meetings such as Integrated Project Team (IPT) meetings, SCRUMs, Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMS), project milestone reviews, Program Increment (PI) Planning and final project critical decision reviews.
• Work with business customer stakeholders and determine prospective products or services that will meet customer IT requirements.
• Provide feedback to leadership and other project stakeholders through appropriate reports, meetings, briefings and information papers, both formally and informally.
• Regularly brief senior leadership and management staff on project status and significant developments
• Manage multiple contract development level tasks as the Project Manager in collaboration with VA product managers and contracting officers
• Support development of communication products and briefings on the status of project activities.
• Provide technical support to the various teams involved in developing VA software solutions.
• Conduct technical analyses of complex technical and programmatic issues to provide senior executives with accurate and timely data and conclusions.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on the system(s) and represent the VA product team

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, or another related discipline (18 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
• PMP Certification OR Agile Practice Certification
• Ability to clear a Moderate Risk Background Investigation (MBI)
• 10 years of experience and as a Project Manager supporting a Federal Government contract
• Experience in the use of Jira, GitHub and other Agile reporting and development tools
• Experience in Agile development and rapid delivery of capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with brevity and clarity
• Federal employment of constructing experience
• Experience working in a consulting environment and understanding of client/customer relations
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Experience working as a contractor or an employee for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Knowledge of end-to-end systems, particularly with excellent industry knowledge and expertise (compensation & pension)
• Ability to work under pressure, coordinate multiple assignments at once, and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• High attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Job Summary