Senior IT Program Manager - Complex Projects

Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation expenses

Reasonable accommodations

Job summary

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) seeks an experienced IT Project Manager (GS-15) to provide leadership and oversight of complex programs, aligning work with strategic objectives and managing requirements, cost, schedule, and performance.

You will lead risk analysis, resource planning, and contractor coordination, maintain project documentation, and communicate with senior stakeholders while ensuring security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Expert program management, analytic, and critical thinking skills.
• Experience leading complex projects with risks and dependencies.
• Ability to communicate with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Experience examining project successes and failures and making recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and/or oversight to complex IT projects or programs that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure alignment with strategic or corporate objectives; lead the definition and review of customer and stakeholder requirements; ensure plans and schedules are developed and followed throughout the life of the project.
• Develop analysis of program alternatives.
• Lead and guide the resolution of issues in project plans and schedules based on a clear understanding of customer requirements and information on project cost, schedule, quality, and performance; provide expert oversight of cost and resource estimates; participate in budget planning activities and develop cost estimating strategies for future projects.
• Provide leadership and/or oversight to the successful execution of spend plans and assess variances from cost and schedule baseline; oversee the reallocation of resources in response to change considering impact to project cost, schedule, and quality of deliverables.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to project implementation and quality assurance by effectively evaluating and monitoring cost, schedule, and performance, assessing variances from the plan, and overseeing the execution of necessary corrective actions; lead project performance reviews and control gates, gather important information, and make authoritative decisions about required next steps; oversee the development and maintenance of appropriate project documentation.
• Manage the expectations of senior-level customers and ensure the delivery of quality products and services; lead the examination of project successes and failures and develop solutions to improve products and services.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the identification and mitigation of project risks by identifying the risk tolerances of senior-level customers and other stakeholders to determine overall acceptable levels of risk; conduct risk analysis to identify and prioritize risks; characterize threats and opportunities to determine mitigation strategies.
• Lead project teams to ensure project is completed on time, effectively apply team building and coaching techniques, and exchange project or technical information with team members and contractors at formal and informal meetings.
• Oversee the work of team members; monitor work activities to ensure counterintelligence and security policies and procedures are followed; provide help or assistance to team members or others when needed; communicate needs and requirements to project team members.
• Based on assignment, may lead all aspects of contract management and oversight to include leading competitions and contract renewal from beginning to end; work closely with mission customers, organizational management, and the Contracting Officer (CO); serve as the Contractor's principal point of contact for technical management after contract award; direct and coordinate technical and program issues, establish objectives, develop requirements, establish schedules, estimate costs, develop budgetary controls, monitor technical aspects of the contract, and monitor the contractor's performance; work closely with the CO to assist in contract negotiations, including determining viable options for cost.

Skills

Program management

Risk management

Cost estimation

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Contract management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) seeks an experienced IT Project Manager (GS-15) to provide leadership and oversight of complex programs, aligning work with strategic objectives and managing requirements, cost, schedule, and performance.

You will lead risk analysis, resource planning, and contractor coordination, maintain project documentation, and communicate with senior stakeholders while ensuring security and compliance.