Description
Position Summary :
The Sr. Project Manager oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly managing all aspects of the project lifecycle. Responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of government contract technology product implementations. Accountable for full life cycle project management, including project initiation and planning, development, testing, implementation, and closeout.

• Plan, program, and recommend allocation of resources to support the mission and associated goals and objectives. Responsibility for assembling the project staff; for their technical or functional development, performance, and/or termination during the project or projects. Develop, prioritize and defend IT resource requirements.
• Develop project schedules and recommends appropriate lead-lag times. Plan workload for multiple project management teams and de-conflicts resources. Provide forward-looking schedule analysis to Leadership.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas. Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
• Source the capabilities, skills and technology necessary to meet customer requirements supported by service level agreements
• Conducts regular, periodic, project management status meetings to apprise all stakeholders of project progress, issues, challenges, risks, and project management activities

• Defining and tracking project milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan.
• Accurately assessing, managing, and reporting dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Developing required project artifacts such as project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, etc. depending on methodology (Waterfall, Agile).
• Publishing periodic project status reports.

Education and Work Experience:

• 8 - 10 years of managing large and complex technology integration projects.
• BA or BS degree in CS, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• PMP certification preferred

Knowledge and Skills :
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Must maintain highest level of Confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task, follow up, and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to identify discrepancies and take initiative to research variances and correct
• Certifications are a plus
• Business mindset with strong technical skills
• Data / system certifications are a plus

Hours Required: 40 hours a week, occasional evenings and weekends may be required
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to stand; walk; climb stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The usual environment is in a business office with a noise level in the work environment that is usually moderate.
This is an exempt position.
This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, and may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
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