Technical Projects Manager - Mission-Critical PM, JIRA

Archer; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a motivated Manager, Technical Projects in Chantilly, VA to lead project management, integration, and requirements management for the analytic branch in a mission-focused environment.

You will coordinate priorities with Sponsor management, manage technical requirements, maintain schedules, and communicate proactively with stakeholders, including outages or events affecting teams. Strong PM and artifacts management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma with 10+ years of relevant project management, requirements management, systems integration, and/or systems engineering experience.
• Strong experience in project management, requirements management, systems integration, and/or systems engineering.
• Strong experience gathering, tracking, and managing technical requirements/workloads in a complex environment.
• Strong ability to manage competing priorities and communication to multiple stakeholders, while managing expectations appropriately.
• Experience with project management and other software suites, particularly JIRA and Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Working with Sponsor management to determine priorities and structuring the team’s work to align appropriately with those priorities, while effectively managing expectations at all levels with the ability to communicate well in a customer facing environment.
• Managing requirements, to include coordinating and facilitating exchange meetings or forums to determine/validate requirements and ensuring tasks are performed according to agreed-upon plans
• Updating, maintaining, and tracking all requirements in JIRA, and through other methods as directed
• Developing and maintaining realistic, accurate, and complete schedules for each project
• Maintaining consistent, proactive, and timely communication with Sponsor management and other internal stakeholders, particularly in regard to outages, and events that may impact other teams
• Preparing and presenting status reports, deliverables, and briefings as required, responding to inquiries and requests for assistance from outside parties and other technical teams
• Organizing and maintaining documentation so it is easily interpreted by all required parties as well as collaborating with teammates, other service providers, vendors, and users to build relationships and achieve objectives

Skills

Project management

Requirements management

Systems engineering

Systems integration

Stakeholder communication

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Office

Job description

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a motivated Manager, Technical Projects in Chantilly, VA to lead project management, integration, and requirements management for the analytic branch in a mission-focused environment.

You will coordinate priorities with Sponsor management, manage technical requirements, maintain schedules, and communicate proactively with stakeholders, including outages or events affecting teams. Strong PM and artifacts management skills are essential.