IT Manager

Description

SAIC is hiring an IT Project manager to support work at the NOAA Headquarters’ in Silver Spring, MD.

Essential Duties:

• Supporting the NOS ACIO, Deputy ACIO and Chief Technology Officer with management of strategic- level special (non-operational) projects.

• Scheduling and helping facilitate inclusive strategic planning meetings, both IMO-only and with NOS IT governance boards, on at least an annual basis; multiple meetings may be needed to arrive at a plan consensus.

• Using facilitation tools to help brainstorm, prioritize, and achieve consensus.

• Ensuring notes and decisions are recorded (with assistance from other contract team members).

• Maintaining annual strategic planning tracking sheet with adequate metadata to determine alignment and understand milestones and success factors.

• Translating strategic planning results into project plans.

• Planning and executing strategic NOS-scoped projects based on IMO requirements (will vary with each project) and PMI (or equivalent industry) standards.

• Leading and maintaining project teams composed of SMEs from NOS IMO, other NOS Program Offices and IT teams, and other IMO or NOS contracts.

• Managing multiple projects of varying duration and visibility at the same time.

• Maintaining a tracking mechanism that differentiates active projects from a pre- project pipeline; ensuring the criteria to transition from pipeline to project are clear and consistently applied.

• Ensuring requirements, outcomes, targets and deadlines are clear and understood by stakeholders and project team.

• Coordinating collaboratively with all project SMEs and other leads to managing project schedules, track costs, and assess and report on project risks.

• Scheduling and running project meetings; preparing meeting agendas and distributing notes.

• Communicating and collaborating with other Project Managers, whether on this contract or not, working in IMO and NOS to achieve a project’s objectives; handing off projects to operational project team PM at the appropriate time.

• Maintaining all project-related documents in a repository approved by and accessible to the Government.

• Presenting project details and progress to various technical and non-technical audiences, including ACIO and NOS leadership.

• Incorporating both Agile (preferred) and more traditional Waterfall project management methods, depending on the project and its objectives.

• Maintaining communication and positive relationships with all stakeholders.

• Scheduling additional meetings related to potential project planning and customer requirements at the request of the Deputy ACIO.

• Preparing and delivering presentations related to projects to governance/working groups.

• Integrating with contract teammates to aid strategic planning, reviews of annual policy and repositories, and provide meeting coverage in the absence of the facilitator.

• Understanding the organizational policies and procedures for accuracy of solutions and deliverables to the client.

• Demonstrating a commitment to quality and customer support.

Qualifications

• Fifteen (15) or more years of professional experience (with a Master's degree) OR Seventeen (17) or more years of professional experience (with a Bachelor's degree).

• Minimum of five (5) years of project management experience in IT using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• Experience with projects of varying size, scope, budget, and duration.

• Strategic planning experience; ability to categorize, integrate, and synthesize on the fly when working with virtual “whiteboard” or other tools.

• Proven ability to brief diverse audiences from CIOs to technical teams, influence without authority, build consensus, and drive engagement towards project solution and successful achievement of objectives.

• Technical expertise or general understanding of IT operations, technology, and concepts.

• Familiarity with Smartsheet.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Exceptional organization skills.

• Must be live near the Silver Spring/DC area.

Desired But Not Required Qualifications:

• Advanced proficiency with Smartsheet.

• Experience with IT modernization projects (not just application development projects).

• Prior experience helping build, mature, or scale a Project Management Office (PMO) from the ground up within a federal agency environment.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2614105

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