Senior Technical Project Manager

Description

The Leidos Digital Modernization sector has an opportunity for an Senior Technical Project Manager supporting the AFNCR IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews.

The AFNCR IT Services program provides support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR missions to include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites.

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Leidos Digital Modernization sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions.

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The Project Management Lead will work with our customer's, 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 Lead will also work individually, and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments. As a Senior Technical Project Management for the Air Force customer, the candidate will serve as a primary point of contact for select Project Management office projects and activities.

The Challenge:

• 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.

• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.

• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.

• Manage project teams that typically includes multiple vendors and work centers.

• Present project related information potentially to the customer, internal leadership and peers.

• May be asked to mentor other team members.

• 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.

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with less than 6+ 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.

• Ability to obtain a PMP Certification within 6 months.

• Experiene with ITIL 4 and its adaptable framework for managing services within the digital era.

You Might Also Have:

• 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.

Original Posting Date:

2024-03-11

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500 innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.