Senior Program Manager

NFF Inc•Washington, DC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

About NFF Since 1996, Networking For Future, Inc. (NFF) has been engineering the backbone of mission-critical systems for government and enterprise clients. With headquarters in Washington, DC, we provide expert technology consulting and design-build solutions that solve complex challenges and deliver measurable real-world results. NFF is an ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015 certified company. Our expertise includes solutions for Artificial Intelligence Enablement, Data Center & Cloud, Intelligent Networks, Secure, Connected IoT Technologies, Professional and Managed Services, Workforce Solutions and Zero Trust Strategies. NFF leverages a strategic portfolio of over 200 industry-leading technology brands to deliver precisely tailored solutions that align with each client's unique requirements and mission objectives. NFF is a Cisco Gold Integrator Partner, Splunk Partner, Arista Partner, Cohesity Partner, Apptega Partner, NetApp Gold Partner, VMware Enterprise Partner, Alloterra Labs Partner, Axis Communications Partner, Asimily Partner, Signify Partner, Rapid7 Partner, Foresite Partner, Arctic Wolf Partner, Microsoft Certified Silver Partner, and Dell Solution Provider Partner. NFF also holds GSA Schedule 47QTCA21D0047 and many other government contract vehicles. About this Position / Responsibilities NFF, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager who is responsible for successful delivery of large and complex programs/projects through all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle, which includes initiation, planning, iterative development, continuous testing, execution, control & closeout of projects. The Project Manager will also be the primary technical point of contact to the customer and will be responsible for collaborating across multiple task areas, including infrastructure (SaaS, PaaS or on-premise), applications, QA, change management, and customer service support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance or other related field
PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification is required
Project Manager shall have significant experience (12+ years) managing and implementing concurrent separate initiatives of varying size.
This person shall also have a minimum of four individual multi-year project implementation experiences, as well as previous success leading initiatives within an agile methodology environment.
Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success as a team leader: motivating teams to success by creating an atmosphere of trust while seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; providing information and direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely and meaningful written and verbal feedback.
Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Responsibilities

Manage relationships with stakeholders, managers, and key software and services vendors for the delivery of projects and programs.
Provide thought leadership and expertise for Software and/or Hardware system implementations, IT applications, business and systems processes.
Manage the implementation of projects daily -- including defining deliverables as well as creating and monitoring sprints, project schedules and backlogs.
Assist with internal communications and resource management as needed.
Align project objectives with stakeholders' objectives.
Will lead teams through all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate waterfall and agile methodologies and processes.
Create project plans, resource plans, program metrics, communication plans and develop analytics supporting delivery of life cycle activities.
Develop communication plans to ensure business and executive stakeholders are well informed and are provided with accurate information for status of managed initiatives and to support decision making.
Identify project and resource dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed.
Effectively communicate project status, actions, decisions, risks, issues and schedule for the customer's project portfolio.
Prepare executive steering committee communications as needed.
Direct, motivate and collaborate with project team members to ensure the team is provided with clear and accurate information in a timely manner that will enable them to complete assigned tasks within set times, and to deliver to top performance.
Other duties as assigned.