RESPONSIBILITIES

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing and supporting IT projects and deliverables by communicating, planning, initiating, coordinating, and following systems, policies, and procedures. The PM is also responsible for identifying dependencies on a given project since many of the data systems are interconnected. The PM is accountable for and has overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, managing and closing of any IT project across all Branches and Divisions. Key among a PM's duties is the recognition that risk directly impacts the likelihood of success and that this risk must be both formally and informally measured throughout the lifetime of a project. A PM is responsible for making decisions, both large and small, controlling risk and minimizing uncertainty. The information that follows provides a summary overview of the support tasks and activities that shall be performed by appropriately trained, experienced and responsive contractor staff under this task order.

• Plans and implements projects
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables
• Defines dependencies on the project scope
• Defines tasks and required resources
• Coordinates the project team
• Identifies and coordinates assessment of project resources with the Project Management Chief.
• Creates schedule and project timelines
• Tracks project deliverables
• Develops a IT QA Plan/Process and leads quality assurance for their projects
• Actively manages project risk (threats and opportunities)
• Monitors and reports on project progress as well as problems and solutions
• Implements and manages change when necessary to meet project requirements
• Evaluates and assesses the results of a project
• Maintains searchable system for PM lessons learned (what worked, what didn’t, and why)
• Coordinates with all Federal and contract employees where necessary to communicate project management impacts on baseline infrastructure systems governed by the Change Control Board, and other entities that manage changes to the overall IT infrastructure
• Work in concurrence with Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to maintain and implement security procedures within projects
• Deliver and maintain the IT Confluence Space in the areas of project and change management
• Create and/or maintain a project standards and governance library
• Participate in Communities of Practice in order to develop inter-branch collaboration, the development of standards, and knowledge sharing
• Promote the use of Agile practices and serve as a peer educator and coach to all project teams

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• S/B.A in Computer Science or a related field and 5+ yrs experience in IT project management or a related field.
• Experience leading teams.
• Experience successfully completing the project management life cycle.
• Agile Development Methodology experience or similar methodology desired.
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detail oriented and organized with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated success working in a team environment that includes flexibility working with a team in an organization that is dispersed; coordinating with the work of others; facilitating interactions among team members with diverse skill sets.

This project consists of responding to individual IT service requests, IT incident management, IT project support, program support, system administration, network administration, and the full scope of application and software development for enterprise IT services.

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COMPETENCIES

• Establish Focus
• Change Management
• Develop Others
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Interpersonal Awareness
• Build Relationships
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Strategic Thinking
• Technical Expertise
• Initiative
• Foster Innovation
• Results Oriented
• Teamwork
• Customer Service