The ability to effectively build working relationships with project teams, government stakeholders, system owners, technical staff, cybersecurity personnel, data analysts, and external contractors. Hand-on experience supporting all stages of the project lifecycle, including intake, requirements validation, planning, schedule development, execution monitoring, reporting, implementation coordination, transition, and closeout.
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Location
Reston, VA
Description
Title: IT Project Lifecycle Manager
Location: Reston, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
Responsibilities:
Provide project lifecycle coordination, schedule management, execution monitoring, stakeholder communication, and reporting support across multiple dynamic IT initiatives
Support projects that may vary in size, complexity, maturity, and execution model
Create structure, visibility, and disciplined reporting to initiatives that may be executed by government personnel, external contractors, system owners, or technical teams outside the direct authority of the PMA
Maintain open lines of communication, and keep information flowing through professionalism, consistency, helpful coordination, and strong relationship management
Identify, document, track, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items
Work closely with the Business Modernization and Project Lifecycle Lead, Information System Security Advisor, government stakeholders, project sponsors, technical teams, and external execution teams
Respond to feedback, adjust reporting products quickly, expand useful reporting areas, reduce low-value reporting, and continuously improve the clarity and usefulness of project status information
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems, computer science, or related field required, with a minimum of two (2) years of directly related experience
Hand-on experience supporting all stages of the project lifecycle, including intake, requirements validation, planning, schedule development, execution monitoring, reporting, implementation coordination, transition, and closeout
The ability to develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules, milestone trackers, dependency logs, and delivery timelines across multiple concurrent projects
Comfortable developing and refining project reporting products in a new and evolving environment
Experience in managing multiple dynamic projects at the same time, each with different stakeholders, reporting requirements, schedules, risks, and dependencies
The ability to effectively build working relationships with project teams, government stakeholders, system owners, technical staff, cybersecurity personnel, data analysts, and external contractors
Experience supporting information systems security, cybersecurity documentation, accreditation, compliance, or risk management activities in a in a federal, DOD, or IC environment
Current active PMP or CSM certification
Current, active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph