Senior Project Manager

Job Locations : Arlington, VA and Oakton, VA Job Type : Full-Time Salaried Clearance Requirements: This position requires an active TOP SECRET security clearance, with the ability to obtain “Sensitive Compartmented Information” within DARPA. Must be a U.S. citizen. Overview We are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to lead and work as a member of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Technology Directorate (ITD) Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Tech Refresh project management team. The Senior Project Manager will oversee purchasing, transportation, inventory, warehousing, and disbursement of material in support of technology installation teams. A successful candidate will be responsive, have excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and listening), be a team player, promote consensus, embrace learning, and be a consummate problem solver. He/she will thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, have a positive can-do attitude, and be confident in analyzing processes and sharing suggestions for improvement. Responsibilities The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Specific duties include: Responsible for the professionalism, timeliness, and quality of all contract requirements Develops full scale project plan and ensures the project is delivered on-time, within scope and budget. Ensures the accuracy, timeliness, and completion of all tasks assigned under this project Leading team in the development and overall implementation of a Program Management Plan, Financial Management Plan, Workforce/Staffing Plan, and Customer-Facing Deliverables Developing and delivering Monthly Status Reports and Project Status Reviews (PSR) to include status briefings/metrics regarding project progress for Nakupuna and DARPA ITD Leadership Managing resources for project execution Communicating with senior client personnel to prioritize requirements and execute tasks Providing direction and support to project management and technical implementation teams Performing personnel management functions (e.g., performance management and assessment, mentoring, counseling, recruitment, hiring and firing, time and attendance, leave approval, etc.). Motivates the project team, inspiring delivery of outstanding client outcomes and achievement of company quality standards Meeting financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budget, analyzing expenditures, and implementing corrective actions. Keeping Nakupuna Leadership abreast of project execution, and any issues of potential impact to achievement of client requirements/deliverables, or requirements exceeding defined scope of work Ensuring alignment of project execution activities with established company organizational, accounting and finance, human resource management and contracting processes and procedures Overseeing and reporting to the Facilities and Infrastructure Support Services Managing Director on project performance and financial outcomes, including metrics such as profit margin, utilization, and cost execution Ensuring invoices are accurate and approved in a timely fashion Additional Internal Corporate Duties Collaborating with Nakupuna Shared Services to ensure projects are properly supported. Ensuring innovative best practices are shared across projects. Drive performance improvements and process/cost efficiencies Leading and growing people – identify key performers and ensure Nakupuna facilitates their professional growth Rewarding and acknowledging excellent performance across projects Executing end-to-end performance management across projects. As appropriate, set performance goals, assess performance, provide coaching/mentoring, address performance and/or conduct issues as they arise (recommend disciplinary actions), and make/advocate compensation decisions Actively engaging in hiring processes, ensuring project(s) is appropriately staffed to meet client expectations Supporting Nakupuna Companies with multi-year pipeline management and development/execution of growth strategies; play key role in BD efforts, including RFI responses, proposal, bid-board preparation, and proposal responses Qualifications Excellent leadership qualities and leadership experience, strong interpersonal skills, adept with strategic planning and management, self-starter, exceptional written and oral communication, strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, proficient at multi-tasking, and effective organizational skills. Adept at operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and often multi-directional work environments. Education and Experience: This position requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution as well as a minimum of 10 years of professional experience within the DoD. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree or comparative years of professional experience in project management, or a similar field. The following are desired: Active Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification CompTIA Project+ Certification Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) IT service management (ITSM) Certification Travel Requirements: Ability and willingness to travel to Government Installations up to 10% of the time. The place of performance can consist of 347 sites across 39 CONUS states plus one OCONUS state (Hawaii). Work Location: Work is performed in a hybrid support manner at the Nakupuna Offices in Arlington VA, client site at in Arlington VA and Oakton, VA. Core work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, arriving no earlier than 6:30 AM and departing no later than 6:30 PM Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed. #J-18808-Ljbffr HugoNet