What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Program Manager position at Analytica?
Analytica is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support a federal government client engagement in the Washington, DC metro area. The ideal candidate will have the overall responsibility in overseeing activities in data management with data governance and sharing, data standards, and data quality, to business intelligence with agency-side reporting, and advanced analytics with data scientist research and automation support. The program manager must be comfortable working directly with clients in both a consulting and delivery capacity to tackle complex, enterprise cloud or on-premises software and technology projects.
Analytica has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing 250 businesses in the US for 3 years. We work with U.S. government clients in health, civilian, and national security missions to build better technology products that impact our day-to-day lives. The company offers competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses, employer-paid health care, training and development funds, and 401k match.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Responsible for leading overall delivery across a large, enterprise program entailing multiple workstreams and over 50 staff. Ensures exceptional performance, service delivery, adherence to project budgets, schedule, and technical performance
Responsible for fostering a deep trusted advisor client relationships, through direct collaboration, meeting participation, and overall engagement with federal staff and SMEs
Accountable for contract compliance tracking and reporting under project and program quality surveillance plans
Manage Agile and/or Agile SAFe teams, coaching product owner, project leads or PMs, and team on backlog refinement and prioritization. Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization
Manage project delivery agile project ceremonies and activities as required, including creating Epic / User stories creation, product and sprint backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, JIRA board management, program increment planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives
Responsible for serving as hiring manager, including sourcing and interviewing candidates, managing onboarding and off-boarding, personal performance plans, and performance reviews
Establish milestones, monitor adherence to master plans and schedules, and identify program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
Monitor and manage potential risks, challenges and develop effective mitigation strategies
Proactively communicate with clients, program team and other stakeholders to our clients succeed.
Support developing, implementing, and improving policy, standards, guidance, and direction regarding data use for internal and external purposes, governance and reporting by interpreting statutes, regulations, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) memos, and White House directives.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, liberal arts, or a relevant field; PMP, CSM or relevant Masters Degree strongly preferred
At least 10 years project management expertise, with at least 2 years program management experience managing large (30 people), complex software, analytics or data programs experience.
Proven ability to organize a team of multiple stakeholders, motivate them to a common goal and communicate effectively on an on-going basis.
Excellent written communications skills, developing clear and persuasive analyses and presentations through emails, presentation decks and decision documents.
Exceptional leadership and relationship skills; strong partnership, communication and collaboration skills
Strong attention to detail and ability to work within time constraints and manage multiple tasks against critical deadlines.
Prior technical leadership or project management experience working on data or analytics projects strongly preferred
US Citizen with the ability to secure US Federal Security Clearance
DHS Clearance preferred.
About Analytica: Analytica is a leading consulting and information technology solutions provider to public sector organizations supporting health, civilian, and national security missions. The company is an award-winning SBA certified 8(a) small business that has been recognized by Inc. Magazine each of the past three years as one of the 250 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. Analytica specializes in providing software and systems engineering, information management, analytics & visualization, agile project management, and management consulting services. The company is appraised by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at CMMI® Maturity Level 3 and is an ISO 9001:2008 certified provider.