Senior Project Risk Manager (CBP)

LMI • Washington, DC

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About The Position

LMI seeks a Senior Project Risk Manager to support a federal program management office in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The role supports a collaborative team delivering practical and efficient solutions to help the client keep U.S. borders safe and facilitate travel and trade. The position augments work providing technology to protect the nation. Travel may be required once or twice a month to stations on the southwest and other borders.

The Senior Project Risk Manager provides overall direction on risk management across the client’s portfolios, programs, and projects. This includes compiling project risks and mitigation strategies to provide an enterprise view of risk, tracking and reporting risks through the client’s risk registry, and supporting risk management for hardware, software, and infrastructure systems.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience and a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience tracking and managing risks for multiple complex development programs.
• Previous work with CBP programs in the Integrated Surveillance Towers (IST), Mobile, Subterranean, Infrastructure, and Communications, Command and Control (C3) portfolios.
• Experience applying industry standards (CMMI, ISO, IEEE) and best practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Ability to communicate clearly with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems effectively.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work as a team player and maintain a positive attitude in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to pass a government background investigation, including financial, criminal, residential, educational, foreign affiliation, prohibited substance abuse, and employment verifications.
• U.S. citizenship is required for a suitability determination.

Nice To Haves

• Certification such as PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Active U.S. Customs and Border Protection background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Structure processes for managing program and project risks, including quantitative and qualitative risks.
• Develop mitigation strategies for identified and assessed risk exposures, and maintain automated risk analysis and risk reduction documentation.
• Foster program risk awareness and understanding through discussions and training forums involving stakeholders.
• Create risk management plans and processes in accordance with DHS/CBP processes, policies, and frameworks.
• Define and execute continuous process improvement for documenting and maintaining risk management for hardware, software, and infrastructure systems.
• Maintain risk data in client-provided and approved tools.
• Prepare briefings and reports as appropriate.
• Provide overall direction on risk management across client portfolios, programs, and projects; compile project risk information and mitigation strategies for an enterprise view.
• Track and report risks using the client’s risk registry.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior