Senior Technical Project Manager

Peraton•Chantilly, VA

4d•$146,000 - $234,000

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to support our Customer in developing project detailed plans, creating and maintaining schedules, and supporting clear, concise and effective communication to stakeholders and leadership across multiple concurrent projects. This role involves direct customer support, including developing project plans, coordinating with teams, stakeholders, and leadership to track progress, maintain schedules, and communicate milestones. The position requires developing a technical and functional understanding of assigned projects to support technical artifacts and briefings, ensuring consistent messaging, and participating in technical exchanges. The Senior Technical Project Manager will also serve as the risk and opportunity manager and ensure compliance with configuration and change management processes.

Requirements

TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance
Minimum of 18 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 16 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 14 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
A minimum of 5 years demonstrated intelligence community experience in a network/IT/software development environment; development experience not required
Experience building and maintaining project schedules in Microsoft Project
An understanding of the SAFe Agile software methodology
Strong written and verbal communication skills across team members, stakeholders and leadership
Desire and willingness to help support a Customer organization that undergoes constant change with an evolving mission
Demonstrated experience communicating information and direction via email and briefings in PowerPoint
Ability to perform analysis, as needed, in Excel

Responsibilities

Developing project detailed plans
Creating and maintaining schedules
Supporting clear, concise and effective communication to stakeholders and leadership across multiple concurrent projects
Coordinating with teams, stakeholders, and leadership across assigned projects to track progress against the overall schedule
Maintaining the project schedule
Communicating upcoming milestones and deliverables
Developing a technical and functional understanding of assigned projects
Applying this knowledge to support development of technical artifacts and briefings
Ensuring consistent messaging across briefings
Supporting leadership in external communications of related projects
Participating and contributing to technical exchanges with partners, stakeholders and developers, as need
Serving as the risk and opportunity manager across the organization
Ensuring compliance with configuration and change management processes and procedures