Strategic IT Program Manager & Business Analyst

Ares Enterprise

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Ares Enterprise is seeking a Program Manager / Business Analyst to lead the FAA NISC information systems programs, translating operational needs into actionable technical requirements and plans. You will coordinate a small, technical development team and support current and future system implementations including NISC V, ensuring alignment with contractual and quality standards.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, SDLC expertise, and experience managing complex IT programs with

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
7+ years of experience in IT programs, enterprise apps, or related technical programs.
Demonstrated project/program management and business-analysis experience.
Experience developing requirements, process flows, project plans, schedules, risk registers, status reports, and executive briefings.
Experience with software developers, database engineers, cloud engineers, and other technical personnel.
Understanding of SDLC methodologies including Agile, iterative development, and/or Waterfall.
Experience managing multiple simultaneous technical priorities.
Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
Strong customer-facing communication and meeting-facilitation skills.
Ability to communicate technical issues to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day program and project management activities.
Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, WBSs, action items, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Facilitate requirements-gathering and validation sessions with FAA stakeholders.
Translate business requirements into functional and technical requirements for developers.
Analyze existing business processes and develop process maps, workflows, and future-state concepts.
Coordinate application enhancements, releases, production issues, and technical priorities.
Manage Agile/iterative development activities, including backlog prioritization and status tracking.
Prepare program reviews, monthly status reports, briefings, schedules, plans, analyses, and other contract deliverables.
Track project risks and develop mitigation and contingency strategies.
Coordinate user training, user guides, knowledge-transfer activities, and helpdesk support.
Support QA/QC and verify deliverables meet contractual and technical requirements.
Coordinate with developers, FAA stakeholders, cybersecurity, and external system owners.
Support requirements discovery and future NISC V system planning.
Lead Transition-In and Transition-Out activities including knowledge transfer and readiness.