About NDi:

Network Designs, Inc. (NDi) is an Information Technology, Web Development, and Branding and Communications firm with 20 years providing professional services to large Federal clients. At NDi, we engineer success into our solutions by concentrating first and foremost on the end-user, the mission of our customer, and the bottom line. NDi builds solutions designed for tomorrow that deliver results today. NDi has demonstrated expertise in Solution Development & Delivery, Web Design & Development, User Experience, Enterprise Information Management, Advanced Application Development, Information Assurance, and Networking.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager, who will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects in an Federal operational IT environment.

Requirements:

• The candidate must have a PMP certificate of the Project Management Institute's (PMI) principles and be proficient in using best practices for Project Management.
• The candidate should be knowledgeable of business management and organizational theory, have experience leading teams, resource planning, Work Breakdown Structures, and process improvements using the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for IT Systems.
• They must be proficient in using current management techniques and tools such as Microsoft Project for Planning and Scheduling Work packages, and budgeting tools.
• The candidate must have experience in Agile methodology and related management tools for Agile development operations (Confluence, Jira).
• This candidate must have excellent communication skills, positive motivation, team building and leadership development.
• NDI is seeking someone who can influence both transformational and event driven changes by focusing on organization design, leadership, culture, change management, communications and training.
• This position is a hybrid (on-site/remote) with on-site presence in Washington, DC.

Education and Experience:

• Must possess minimum of 5 years' of experience
• BA/BS degree or 7 years of experience
• PMP Certified
• Proficiency in using JIRA

Key Activities:

• Coordinate and pro-actively engage with all stakeholders to achieve the defined project outcomes.
• Coordinate subject matter expertise and support activities with other vendors, as required.

Project Management Skills:

• The candidate must have knowledge of the project management disciplines as well as excellent communication and problem solving skills that involve the range of project management and its life cycle.
• The ability to apply a hybrid approach between traditional Project Management and the Agile Methodology.
• Develop the project charter, project management plan (and sub-plans), work with Business Analyst to ensure adequate definition of the business requirements, project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Assemble and coordinate project staff in a matrixed organization.
• Develop and maintain project schedule baseline and subsequent changes.
• Define and prioritize project tasks and resource requirements, host and run daily scrum meetings and other team meetings.
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools.
• Provide direction and support to project team.
• Develop testing methodologies for the Quality Assurance Plan, monitor and control the project plan, monitor and schedule project timeline.
• Develop metrics reports to show corrective actions or improvements are achieved. Monitor and report on progress of the project regularly. Present dashboard reports defining project progress, issues, and resolution.
• Implement and manage project changes to achieve project outputs.
• Close projects and ensure all project artifacts are reviewed and accepted by customer.
• Evaluate project results and prepare a detailed project summary and lessons learned account for future reference.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency using Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office Suite and other management software to create dashboards and staffing analysis.
• Proficiency in utilizing and managing project through JIRA
• Use of project-based Enterprise Resource Planning software, such as Unanet is desirable.

Writing Skills:

• The ability to document business and functional requirements that can be clearly understood by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• The ability to clearly define purpose, scope, and deliverables for proposals submitted to current or potential customers.

Desired Skills:

• Experience managing medium to large Federal projects that involve business intelligence (BI), software applications, data repositories, and IT operations programs or projects.
• Azure or other cloud related experience.
• Data migration experience
• Proficiency using tools such as Confluence and PowerBI.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience
• Application of QA/QC methodology.
• Leading process improvement initiatives
• Process mapping

Requirements:

• US Citizenship is required.
• Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• First 30 days, position will require 4-5 days a week on site
• This position is a hybrid position. Candidate will be required to work onsite at minimum, three days a week.

Benefits:

Network Designs is committed to attracting and retaining top talent by offering competitive benefits and salary packages. Our benefits package includes comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off. In addition, we provide employer-paid life and disability insurance, professional development, education benefits, and much more to ensure our team has the resources they need to thrive on and off the job.