Project Manager

Leidos•Camp Springs, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Project Manager in support of the Air Force National Capital IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The Project Manager will work with our customer’s, other project managers, internal task or functional staff, and support personnel to execute the AFNCR ITS Program Mission. The successful candidate will be able to work in a fast-paced environment that requires team interaction and coordination of efforts. The candidate will be accountable for prioritizing, planning, organizing, training, assessing, and managing resources to ensure that projects are executed within scope and time constraints. While part of a team environment, the Project Manager will also work individually, and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with less than 2+ years of prior experience, additional years of applicable experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Currently possess an active Secret security clearance.
Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office functions.
Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks.
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed.
Excellent customer facing skills.
Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project or similar project management tool.
Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate.
Active DoD Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

PMP Certification within 6 months.
ITIL v4, optional
Requirement Analysis.
Process Improvement
Internal and external customer interfacing skills.
Business Development.
Extensive knowledge of military organizations and prior experience working with the Air Force.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate and manage small and medium projects.
Integrate all functions and activities necessary to perform the project/program to meet the client or customer requirements.
Present project related information potentially to the customer, internal leadership and peers.
Create project management plans, set expectations, and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
Ensures projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope.
Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
Create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.
Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.