Program Manager - Mast

AHU Technologies Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home options

Job summary

AHU Technologies Inc is seeking a Program Manager to oversee large scale projects in Washington, DC. This role includes managing stakeholder relationships, leading teams through the SDLC, and ensuring project success from initiation to closeout.

The ideal candidate will have at least 12 years of experience with project management and a background in IT. Strong proficiency in agile methodologies and tools like MS Project and Jira is required, alongside a relevant Bachelor's degree and certifications. Flexible work options are available.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience managing complex programs and projects.
• Minimum of 4 multi-year project implementations in an agile environment.
• Extensive knowledge as a team leader.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with stakeholders and vendors.
• Lead teams through all phases of SDLC.
• Create project plans and communication strategies.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

MS Office Suite

MS Project

MS Visio

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner

Job description

Title: Program Manager - Mast

Location: Washington, DC/Hybrid

Employment type: Contract w2/1099/C2C

Minimum education: Bachelor's degree in IT, related field, or equivalent experience.

Required experience: 12 years

Job Description

The client seeks a Program Manager - Mast. Project 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with stakeholders, managers, and key software and services vendors for delivery of projects and programs.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise for Software and/or Hardware system implementations, IT applications, business and systems processes.
• Manage the implementation of projects daily -- including defining deliverables as well as creating and monitoring sprints, project schedules and backlogs.
• Assist with internal communications and resource management as needed.
• Align project objectives with stakeholders' objectives.
• Will lead teams through all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate waterfall and agile methodologies and processes.
• Create project plans, resource plans, program metrics, communication plans and develop analytics supporting delivery of life cycle activities.
• Develop 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.
• Identify project and resource dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed.
• Effectively communicate project status, actions, decisions, risks, issues and schedule for the customer's project portfolio.
• Prepare executive steering committee communications as needed.
• Direct, 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.

Skills

• Experience managing and implementing concurrent separate initiatives of varying size. Required 12 Years
• Minimum of 4 individual multi-year project implementation experiences & previous success leading initiatives within an agile methodology environment. Required
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success as a team leader. Required
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, Atlassian Jira/Confluence. Required
• Bachelor’s degree in CompSci, Business, Finance or another related field. Required
• PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification. Required

Flexible work from home options available.