Project Manager, DoD (Active Secret Clearance Required)

About the position

Our client, a government services company, is seeking an experienced project manager with an active secret clearance to support them and their government customers in Huntsville, AL or New Cumberland, PA. They offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks of paid time off, and more. Under the guidance of the Program Manager, this role assists in achieving project milestones under an Agile IT process. The project manager must manage projects to modernize, migrate, and sustain software and hardware efforts to support multiple complex Line of Business (LoB) projects.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience in leadership of large, complex, multi-team technical projects.
• Knowledge and experience of Cloud environments preferred.
• Prior experience in Project Management for the Department of Defense or other Government entities is a plus.
• Create and manage project plans to establish timelines, deliverables, milestones, and dependencies.
• Elicit project requirements from various resources and stakeholders.
• Develop thorough documentation to establish a clear understanding of expected results.
• Communicate and collaborate with leadership and technical teams to ensure alignment on project deliverables as well as adherence to policies, procedures, and standards.
• Facilitate meetings to mitigate risks, solve problems, and optimize processes to ensure successful delivery of project objectives.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders to provide updates, manage expectations, and supply insight on project performance and health.
• Collaborate with Change Management and other Governance resources to ensure compliance and meet quality assurance standards.
• Partner with leadership to assist with strategic planning, process improvement, and IT modernization to achieve organizational goals, vision, and mission.
• Assure timely and organized closure of completed projects to confirm all obligations are satisfied and project documentation is properly recorded.
• Ensure and maintain compliance in coordination with the cybersecurity team.
• Assist with DoD secure technical guides and milestones as changes are made to any structure to support Cybersecurity and Change Management.
• Communicates ideas, verbally and in writing, as well as prepares briefings for presentation to leadership and management staff.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Information Technology, Information Management or Engineering
• 84 months of hands-on experience
• CompTIA Security+ certification before joining
• PMP or ITIL Intermediate or above certification
• Currently holds an active secret clearance

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in Project Management for the Department of Defense or other Government entities
• Knowledge and experience of Cloud environments

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K with company matching
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid holidays
• Three weeks of paid time off