Technical Project Manager

GDIT is seeking a well-versed, hands-on Technical Project Manager to join our program team to collaborate and work with Federal customer stakeholders to oversee technical projects in a variety of areas spanning system engineering and security, user centered design, full lifecycle software engineering, business analytics, and call center initiatives.

Primary duties include working with our internal program teams and Federal stakeholders to oversee end to end project activities: requirements, timelines, risks, deliverables, success measures, etc.

This position requires working onsite in the office in Montgomery County, MD 2-4 days a week.

HOW A TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Serve as the liaison and focal point for Federal IT staff and executive stakeholders to continuously coordinate and status projects, risks, tasks, and reviews and solve problems
• Work with Federal customer and agile team leads to develop strategies, priorities, and plans for projects
• Work with agile team leads to develop and manage project plans, timelines, risks, and schedules for multiple, concurrent agile IT projects
• Develop and communicate expectations, project risks, mitigation strategies, cost estimates, and evolve project plans as risks materialize and priorities evolve
• Develop and shape future project initiatives and roadmaps, shape and manage customer relationship and expectations, and develop strategies for future work
• Develop presentations and graphics in collaboration with technical staff to promote new IT innovations and IT project accomplishments
• Performs a variety of complex administrative and analytical tasks in support of multiple projects
• Develops plans, including budgets and schedules, and monitors tasks to meet contractual/project requirements
• Establishes and defines program requirements and directs or performs in-depth studies to determine optimum program plan
• Monitors and reports performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met
• Interacts regularly with customers and other industry representatives to ensure conformance to customer requirements

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of working experience in a related field
• At least 8 years' experience leading large and complex system/software O&M and DME programs, projects, or customer service operations for Federal government programs
• Experience executing IT projects using agile methodologies, both scrum and kanban
• Experience leading and coaching agile methodologies
• Superior Federal customer relationship, leadership and collaboration skills.
• Must establish rapport with junior executive customer and GDIT staff working both remotely and onsite
• Superior writing and communication skills. Must write succinctly and clearly and explain complex situations in plain English to technical and non-technical audiences
• Superior multi-tasking and organization skills. Must manage multiple simultaneous projects and prioritize assignments and tasks accordingly, remaining flexible to changing priorities and new initiatives
• Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project
• Experience using CMMI for Development maturity level 3, CMMI for Services maturity level 3, ITIL, or other management frameworks to manage programs and projects
• PMI, PMP, SAFe, and agile certifications, or commensurate experience

Security Clearance Level: Public Trust

• Ability to obtain an HHS Public Trust Clearance: candidate shall have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years and will be required to go through a public trust background investigation.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree and at least 8 years of working experience in a related field
• Experience using Atlassian Confluence and Jira
• Experience working with Federal Government clients
• HHS experience
• PMI, PMP, SAFe, and agile certifications
• Current HHS Public Trust Clearance

Location: Hybrid. Reside within commuting distance to Rockville, MD. This position requires working onsite in the office in Rockville, MD 2-4 days a week.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays