Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Project Manager

Target Salary: $70K to $80K

LOCATION: DLIFLC, 1759 Lewis Road, Monterey, CA 93944

Position Overview:

• The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading projects from initiation through implementation while serving as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams. This role combines business analysis and project management functions by gathering and documenting requirements, analyzing business processes, managing project scope, schedule, and ensuring successful delivery of business solutions that meet organizational objectives. The person in this position upholds, defends, coaches and mentors sound agile practices and values. They are responsible for guiding the development/sustainment of an agile team into a self-organized, effective, development/sustainment unit with a sustainable cadence.

Job Duties:

• Lead projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and deliverables.
• Provide regular project status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify business needs, opportunities, and challenges.
• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
• Translate business requirements into detailed specifications for technical teams.
• Conduct process mapping, workflow analysis, and gap analysis.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and requirements-gathering sessions.
• Develop business cases, user stories, use cases, and process documentation
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Manage change requests and assess impact on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and business expectations.
• Responsible for establishing minimum viable product, grooming the backlog and Change Management.
• Must be knowledgeable and/or experience with widely successful Waterfall and Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, and Automated Testing
• Serve as the primary point of contact between business units, technical teams, and leadership.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and engagement.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and recommendations effectively.
• Support organizational change management and user adoption efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Educational requirements include BA/BS from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 5+ years' experience or substitute with AA/AS with 7+ years' experience or substitute with 9 years+ experience with Project Management.
• Four years' experience eliciting and documenting user requirements.
• Experience with Microsoft 0365, Microsoft Project and GitLab.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skill
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Must be experienced with project planning and facilitating the complete life cycle of projects with competing availability, priorities, and multiple stakeholders
• Requires anyone of the following IAT Level II (CCNA Security, CSA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP) Certification to start.
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM) required to start

Company Description

Dexian Government Solutions is an award-winning, ISO 9001:2015 certified, business and GSA contract holder providing diversified Information Technology services to both Civilian and Defense agencies. Services include Software Development, Systems Integration, Data Management, Project Management, Operations & Maintenance, Cybersecurity, and Training and Audio/Visual (AV) Solutions. Dexian Government Solutions has received several recognitions, including rankings on "Top 50 Companies to Watch", Washington Technology's Annual "FAST 50", and Inc. 500's List of "Fastest Growing Private Companies". The Dexian Government Solutions team is comprised of individuals who are dedicated to the success and sustainability of our customers and their missions. Our combination of technical expertise, big business experience, and small business agility allows us to promptly provide our customers with exceptional IT and engineering solutions.

Benefits

Our robust benefits package includes Open Paid Time Off, 11 Federal Paid Holidays & 5 Paid Sick Days, Company-paid Life/AD&D, Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Health Insurance with Company Contribution, 401k Plan with Company Match, Employee Recognition Program, opportunity for Employee Referral Bonus, opportunity for annual Performance Bonus and much more!

EEO Statement

Dexian Government Solutions is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), marital status, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law in the locations where we operate.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources. The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request.

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This role requires customer approval, suitability to hold a public trust and successful completion of a preemployment background screening.