Project Manager

divh2Project Manager/h2pLocation: Washington DC 20024/ppInterview Type: In-Person/ppNumber of Openings: 5/ppShort Description: Project Manager Master DMV area candidates only. This position will extend past the FY transition. Hybrid position (Monday - Wednesday onsite)/ppComplete Description:/ppDuties and Responsibilities/ppProject Manager 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./pulliManage relationships with stakeholders, managers, and key software and services vendors for the delivery of projects and programs./liliProvide thought leadership and expertise for Software and/or Hardware system implementations, IT applications, business and systems processes./liliManage the implementation of projects daily -- including defining deliverables as well as creating and monitoring sprints, project schedules and backlogs./liliAssist with internal communications and resource management as needed./liliAlign project objectives with stakeholders objectives./liliWill lead teams through all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate waterfall and agile methodologies and processes./liliCreate project plans, resource plans, program metrics, communication plans and develop analytics supporting delivery of life cycle activities./liliDevelop 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./liliIdentify project and resource dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed./liliEffectively communicate project status, actions, decisions, risks, issues and schedule for the customers project portfolio./liliPrepare executive steering committee communications as needed./liliDirect, 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./liliOther duties as assigned./li/ulpEducation:/pulliBachelors degree in CompSci, Business, Finance or other related field/liliPMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/Scrum Master certification is required/li/ulpQualifications:/pulliProject 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./liliDemonstrates 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./liliProficiency in MS Office Suite/li/ul/div