IT Project Manager

Socket.dev; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead a DoD program, applying PMI best practices across the project lifecycle from initiation to closing. You will coordinate across directorates, program managers, and stakeholders to ensure scope, schedule, and risk controls are integrated.

The role requires active PMP certification, 10 years of IT project management and a Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an IT-related discipline required; Master’s or PhD preferred for progression.
• Active PMP certification required.
• 10+ years IT Project Management experience.
• Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.
• DOD or Federal Government experience preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads a wide range of Project Management activities across the lifecycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control/Monitoring, Closing).
• Coordinates with directorate leadership, program managers, and stakeholders to ensure integration and synchronization of PM activities.
• Maintains and updates project plans, risk registers, and communications plans; ensures policy compliance and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Directs project teams to follow comprehensive communications and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Ensures scope changes are vetted and documented; coordinates with governance and policy leads.

Skills

PMP Certification

IT Project Management

Secret clearance

DOD experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in IT related discipline

Master's degree in IT

PhD in IT

Tools

MS Project

Project Server

MS SharePoint

Job description

SAIC is seeking an IT Project Manager in Colorado Springs, CO to support a fast-paced, dynamic DoD organization Leads a wide range of Project Management activities and ensures use of Project Management Institute best practices. You will be responsible for ensuring capability delivery via the project lifecycle that provisions enterprise software, infrastructure, cyber security, and network systems. The IT Project Manager ensures progress via well planned, communicated, and documented actions within the Initiation Phase, Planning Phase, Execution Phase, Control/Monitoring, and Closing Phase.

Responsibilities:

• Works aggressively across directorate leadership, program managers, and other key stakeholders to ensure full integration and synchronization of Project Management activities.
• Ensures meeting coordination and clarity of scope, policy compliance, alignment within strategic objectives and program/portfolio plans, and thorough communication plan execution.
• Works with other PMs and Task Managers to ensure engineering, cyber and operations SME resource leveling actions to deliver projects.
• Directs project team to follow comprehensive communications and stakeholder engagement plan.
• Updates MS Project plans, maintain files on Project Server, & MS SharePoint.
• Use MS Office products to create and maintain project plans, schedules, Statements of Work, Bill of Materials, risk registers, presentations and briefings.
• Applies Risk Management principles to identify, analyze, mitigate, accept or ignore risks for all projects.
• Coordinates activities with IT Portfolio Managers, governance/policy leads, Resource Managers, Program Managers, and government leads to ensure desired solutions are supportable/documented across all functions to include full cyber accreditation and network operations sustainment.
• Ensures all Scope changes are fully vetted and documented.
• Works closely with engineering and operations teams to minimize design time and reduce service transition risks.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in an IT related discipline and six (6) years or more of related experience; Masters and four (4) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
• Active PMP Certification
• 10 years’ experience in IT Project Management
• Secret clearance with ability to secure a Top Secret clearance.
• DOD or Federal Government experience
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and apply other time management skills to operate effectively in a highly fluid, fast-paced environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, in both day-to-day operational and IT management interaction contexts

Desired Certifications:

• ITIL V4 Foundations certified
• Scrum or Agile Certified
• CISCO, VMWare, Microsoft, Cyber Security certification(s) a strong plus.
• COCOM and/or similar senior DOD staff experience.

SAIC®is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
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