Senior Project Manager || Must be VA Resident || F2F Interview

Job Overview:

Seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver complex IT projects involving multiple teams, parallel work streams, and accelerated delivery timelines.

Reporting to the Program Manager, this role is accountable for the successful delivery and outcomes of assigned projects. The Senior Project Manager guides project teams through all phases of the Commonwealth Standard for Project Management—Pre-Select,Initiation, Planning, Execution and Control, and Closeout—ensuring compliance with required processes and the achievement of project goal

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The selected candidate will (high level

):·Technical Project Leadership:Serve as a hands-on senior technical project manager partnering with development teams, business leaders, enterprise architects, and technology owners to deliver complex, multi-platform IT initiatives, including those leveraging emerging AI capabilitie

s.·Cross-functional Coordination: Direct and synchronize project tasks, resources, timelines, and stakeholder expectations across ITD leadership, technical teams, business units, and governance bodie

s.·Vendor & Partner Management: Oversee vendor, consultant, and contractor performance, including contract coordination, procurement collaboration, SOW validation, and delivery oversigh

t.·Project Documentation & Reporting: Maintain comprehensive project artifacts (budgets, schedules, risks, issues, metrics, and status reports) and deliver timely updates aligned with the communications pla

n.·Clear, Adaptive Communication: Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, fostering alignment across IT, security, business teams, and vendor partner

s.·Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, security, operational, and vendor-related risks across all project phase

s.·Architecture & Governance Alignment: Ensure all project solutions adhere to agency architecture standards, security policies, best practices, and Agency/VITA project management governance requirement

s.·Performance Measurement: Track and evaluate vendor and third-party deliverables using defined KPIs and SLAs toensure quality, timeliness, and contractual complianc

e.·Milestone & Release Management: Manage project milestones, deliverables, change control, and release activities to ensure on-time, on-budget, and low-disruption deployment

s.·Testing Leadership: Coordinate planning and execution of testing activities, document test objectives, andensure creation of detailed test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteri

a.·Training & Adoption Support:Support system and application training efforts to ensure smooth adoption, operational readiness, and effective knowledge transfe

r.·Technical Expertise: Provide senior-level guidance on system upgrades, cloud and infrastructure modernization, application migrations, and remediation of security or asset vulnerabilitie

s.·Data & Integration Literacy: Apply strong understanding of infrastructure, databases, APIs, and application architectures to support planning, estimation, and technical decision-makin

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nceA proven track record of successfully managing large-scale, complex IT projects, Experience managing migration project budgets and schedul

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arsAzure services: Familiarity with a wide range of Azure services, including Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Database Migration Servi

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arsAI Awareness: Demonstrate working knowledge of modern AI technologies (LLMs, Agentic AI, automation platforms, and data driven decision tool

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arsCloud concepts: A strong understanding of cloud computing principles (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid cloud environmen

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arsAutomation: Working knowledge of scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Azure CLI) and Infrastructure as Code (I

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arsDevOps: Knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelin

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arsPMP/ Agile, or Sc

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arsCommunication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively translate complex technical concepts for all levels of the busine

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arsLeadership: The ability to guide and motivate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder expectatio

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arsProblem-solving: Strong analytical skills to anticipate and mitigate risks and resolve issues during the migration proce

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arsAdaptability: The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment and manage multiple concurrent projec

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Questi

on 1Does candidate possess an active PMP from PMI OR a PM certification from VITA (no other certifications are accepted? This is REQUIRED, NO exceptions. Please upload a copy of the PMP certification, in order to be conside

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ion 2Does the candidate agree to work onsite 1-2 days/wk? This is REQU

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• tion 3How soon after an offer can the candidate