Senior Project Manager

Vinstuen Femmeren jazzværtshus; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Diverse Systems Group, LLC is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead IT projects for a federal client from our Bethesda, MD area. The role emphasizes guiding technical staff, delivering progress reports, and ensuring quality through PMO governance.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in project management, a Bachelor’s degree, and PMP or equivalent ITIL certification, with the ability to coordinate across business and technical teams and maintain security-clearance readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years’ experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Plans, initiates, and manages information technology projects.
• Lead and guide the work of technical staff.
• Develops and presents monthly progress reports.
• Mentors PMO members to ensure proper standards.
• Audits PMO work to verify quality.
• Ensures meetings have accurate records and decisions.
• Liaises between business and technical aspects of projects.
• Monitors progress to meet deadlines and cost targets.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT/CS or related field

Job description

Overview

Diverse Systems Group, LLC is seeking a Project Manager supporting our federal client.

Job Summary

• Plans, initiates, and manages information technology projects.
• Lead and guide the work of technical staff.
• Develops and presents monthly progress reports.
• Provides mentorship and guidance to the PMO members to ensure projects flow through the proper process and standards.
• Audits work of PMO members to verify work quality.
• Executes process improvement assessments and makes recommendations to improve workflow and collaboration.
• Ensures that all meetings attended have accurate records kept which includes but is not limited to meeting minutes, technical documents, briefs, action items, and decisions.
• Proficient in English, written and spoken.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.
• Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage.
• Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
• Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments.
• Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
• Perform more independent thinking, complex tasks with little to no supervision compared to a junior project manager and coordinators and may supervise others.
• Support other Information Technology Department (ITD) Branches as needed.

Supervisory Responsibility

Yes

Skills & Abilities

• Communicate effectively and timely to leadership on status reports, issues impacting data center services, and any performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 8+ years’ experience in project management, and preferably DHA experience.

Certification(s)

• PMP or equivalent as approved by the customer.
• ITIL 4 Foundation.

Clearance

Must have a Secret security clearance and be able to maintain.

Nice to have

N/A