Project Manager (Active PMP Required)

Valiant Technologies LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Virginia is seeking an experienced Project Manager to coordinate large IT initiatives for government-facing programs. You will lead vendor and staff across multiple teams, develop proposals and SOWs, and ensure delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.

The role blends Agile and Waterfall methods with governance and strong stakeholder communication. A PMP and 10+ years of PM experience are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in large project management with a bachelor's degree.
• Fluency in Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office required.
• PMP Certification through PMI.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate vendors and consultants, and IT staff in IT projects and related procurements.
• Coordinate and oversee development of proposals, SOWs, and RFP responses.
• Assist in team development while removing roadblocks and ensuring commitments.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams to develop plans, goals, and procedures.
• Oversee day-to-day project activities as required.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders including executives, sponsors, and vendors.
• Set project goals aligned with technical objectives and strategy.
• Track progress from schedule, cost, and risk perspectives for team and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technology leads to incorporate best practices.
• Drive delivery through lifecycle including procurements, planning, and transitions to operations.
• Monitor third-party vendor progress with metrics.
• Develop and maintain budgets, plans, and schedules with resource allocation.
• Adhere to PM practices and governance requirements.
• Exhibit EQ in handling challenges and maintain a positive project culture.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Cloud SaaS projects

Requirements discovery

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal & written communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP Certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Office Suite

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate vendors and consultants, and VDOT IT and business staff as assigned, in the execution of IT projects and related procurements.
• Coordinate and oversee the development of proposals, statement of work, statement of requirements and RFP responses.
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in the development of plans, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for completion of a project.
• Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities as required.
• Manage working relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, business management, vendors, project sponsors, suppliers, and technology management.
• Set project goals that are consistent with technical objectives and the agency’s overall technology strategy.
• Track and communicate a project's progress from a schedule, cost, and risk perspective to the project team, customers, and project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
• Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle, including, execution of procurements, definition of project plans, resource allocation, management of project risks, scope, and schedule, delivery of value, and well-ordered transitions to operations.
• Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.
• Develop and maintain project budget, plans, task lists, schedules, risks, and status, to include resource allocation and schedules.
• Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
• Exhibit significant emotional quotient (EQ) in handling project challenges and maintain a positive project culture in line with VDOT’s mission and shared values.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:

• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Strong experience leading the business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements in request for proposal and statement of requirement formats.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision‑making skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.
• Ability to define and balance the competing demands for quality, scope, schedule, and cost.
• Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.
• Ability to analyze and document system processes.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle models.
• Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a particular project and business environment.
• Knowledge of process engineering and re‑engineering techniques and practices.

Qualifications:

• The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience managing large projects and a bachelor's degree.
• Fluency in Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office required.
• PMP Certification through PMI

Preferred:

• Experience with VITA’s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Project Management Office methodologies and practices is strongly preferred.
• Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP, VITA Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW) is preferred.

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract