Project Manager

Leidos; Camp Springs (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Project Manager to support the AFNCR IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The role focuses on coordinating cross-functional teams, delivering projects on time and within scope, and communicating status to customers and leadership.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of PM experience, a Bachelor’s degree, active DoD Secret clearance, and PMP within 6 months. You will thrive in a fast-paced defense environment and partner with stakeholders to meet mission-critical

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 2+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance is required.
• Solid understanding of Project Management and PMO functions.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Excellent customer-facing and communication skills.
• PMP Certification within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and manage small and medium projects.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Create project management plans and ensure adherence to procedures.
• Provide weekly status updates, dashboards, and communications to stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Risk management

PMO processes

Customer relations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PMP Certification within 6 months

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Project Manager in support of the Air Force National Capital IT Services program (AFNCR) at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The Project Manager will work with our customers, other 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 effort. 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 Project Manager will also work individually and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments.

The Mission

Leidos 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.

If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

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. The major support areas required are IT Operations and Maintenance; Plans, Projects, and Engineering (PP&E); and National Military Command Center (NMCC). The senior leaders and national defense missions that are supported require that the AFNCR operations never fail, resulting in a fast-paced, challenging, but also rewarding environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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.
• Present project related information potentially to the customer, internal leadership and peers.
• 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.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and remain in scope.
• Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
• Create a 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 2+ years of prior relevant experience additional years of experience may 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 research, 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.
• PMP Certification within 6 months.
• ITIL v4, optional.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Clearance Required

Active DoD Secret clearance.

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