Project Manager, Project Orion, GISI Consulting Group

Palladium•Arlington, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Project Orion is GISI Consulting Group’s strategic technology transformation program focused on creating a single, standardized IT operating environment across its operating companies through governance alignment, technology standardization, service consolidation, cybersecurity integration, and migration to a centralized Microsoft 365 tenant. The initiative is designed to improve business and IT alignment, simplify technology operations, establish common architectures and service models, and enable a future global IT-as-a-Service organization. GISI CG is seeking a Project Manager, Project Orion to support their efforts to standardize, simplify and unify its operating company’s IT infrastructure into a single, centralized environment. The role will provide management support to the project’s activities, including all active workstreams. The PM will monitor and control the project’s implementation, ensuring the activities are completed on time. Please note this is a corporate fixed-term 12-month role with the potential for extension.

Requirements

Significant PMO experience in managing projects, preferably in the IT sector
Demonstrated experience applying methods and tools within defined project management approaches (PMBOK, Prince 2, etc.)
Experience supporting and managing formal project governance processes, including scheduling, documenting, and reporting
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate technical risks into business impact
Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities across different operating companies
Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
High level of attention to detail and accuracy and strong organizational and planning skills
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a global team environment
Current work authorization in the US

Nice To Haves

Experience working across a global business

Responsibilities

Maintain and monitor compliance with Project Orion’s consolidated workplan, tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery gates
Ensure alignment between activities of the active workstreams
Coordinate activities between the project’s leadership and the different workstreams, facilitating the logistics for meetings, planning sessions, workshops, and execution reviews
Maintain decision logs, action logs, and approval records
Resolve scheduling conflicts and resource constraints between workstreams
Support decision gate activities, ensuring all operational, technical, communications, and change management requirements have been met
Maintain the project’s risk register, including tracking mitigation actions and resolution plans
Monitor readiness gaps that could impact timeline, costs, or operational continuity
Track resource utilization across workstreams and budget compliance
Provide weekly and monthly status reports and any other as needed
Report milestone progress, resourcing status, risks, decisions, and budget impacts
Support executive reviews and governance meetings with fact-based reporting