Sr. Project Manager

Description

The company is an IT consulting firm that serves IT executives with technology solutions and consulting services, helping them gain an edge through integrating, automating and innovating.

The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, employs more than 1,200 people across the United States, and has field offices in Denver, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Texas and San Francisco.

The culture combines a startup feel with the stability of a scalable business, and employees can grow their careers.

This Government Sr. Project Manager role sets the direction for, manages and delivers a program that meets the customer's mission-critical goals and the company's goals. You will keep the program within the Statement of Work, deliver with high quality and customer satisfaction, and reach the planned gross profit for the Government group.

You will work with Engineering, Sales, Recruiting, colleagues and customer teams, so you need working knowledge of budgeting, financial management, contract compliance, staff augmentation, hiring and retention, personnel management and corporate finance.

You will keep risks, issues, decisions, changes, deliverables and customer commitments visible through completion.

The ideal candidate is a natural leader with strong communication skills and a record of managing complex initiatives with a focus on long-term business results.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of the assigned statement of work.
• Build and keep current the integrated program roadmap, work breakdown structure, schedule, milestones, dependencies, staffing plan and execution cadence, and update them when priorities or customer requirements shift.
• Run team planning sessions, execution reviews and status meetings, coordinating work across architecture, system administration, network engineering, cybersecurity and other support functions.
• Set up and manage logs for program risks, issues, actions, decisions, dependencies and changes, and drive mitigation, escalation and resolution.
• Work with the Engineering Lead and technical team on technical and program decisions, and communicate their effects on scope, schedule, cost, quality, security and customer commitments.
• Set a regular rhythm for stakeholder communication and reporting, give forward-looking forecasts, and raise blockers early with suggested actions.
• Define and track program objectives and implementation metrics, and work with customers to keep satisfaction high.
• With the Engineering Lead, allocate resources by skill for each project to meet delivery and financial goals.
• Build and monitor project and program budgets, ensuring financial accountability and efficient use of resources.
• Represent the team to company leadership and internal stakeholders so that team members' issues, questions and concerns are handled properly.
• Build a high-performance culture based on accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the main point of contact with government program authorities and representatives, including on contract growth opportunities.
• Keep customers aligned on objectives, roadmap, priorities, decisions, risks and changes, and keep the team on authorized scope.
• Solve problems proactively and adjust quickly when priorities change.
• Brief senior leadership on the health of the contract, anticipate problems and propose solutions.
• Support transition activities at contract start and completion.
• With the engineering team, write statements of work and cost estimates for potential opportunities.
• Carry out your work with full understanding of client requirements and the relevant policies and regulations.
• Coordinate compliance with customer security, access-control, information-handling and other contract requirements, without taking on the technical security owner role.
• Keep the project and its personnel on course to deliver the contract scope.
• Serve as the point of contact for the HC Recruiting team on staff augmentation, expected contract growth, and current and future resourcing needs and timelines.
• Make periodic visits to customer sites to check project status and contribute to administrative, technical or evaluation work in the field.
• Set work standards and assignments, build schedules, and review contract deliverables.
• Prepare contract budget items for CORs when needed, including budget modifications and monthly and quarterly reports, and make sure every budget figure given to the COR is accurate.
• Review and comment on progress reports, work plans and other documents to confirm they meet company standards and contract requirements.
• Maintain traceability between scope, work plans, status reporting, deliverables and customer acceptance or review requirements.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and managing integrated program plans, roadmaps, schedules, work breakdown structures and dependency networks for complex technical work.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through design, build, migration, transition and operational delivery.
• Experience managing risk, issue, action, decision, dependency and change logs, including impact analysis, escalation and mitigation tracking.
• Ability to turn contract and customer requirements into executable work packages, acceptance criteria and measurable status.
• Experience running programs in government contracting or regulated settings, with familiarity with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and subcontract or purchase-order terms.
• Proven ability to lead diverse teams, delegate well and manage conflict in a matrix environment.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible program or project management, including managing complex programs or portfolios.
• Excellent written and oral communication, including briefing senior executives and delivering testimony or public presentations.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Preferred: experience managing IT infrastructure programs involving network engineering, systems administration, cybersecurity, virtualized workloads or specialized endpoints.
• Preferred: experience coordinating delivery in isolated, air-gapped, classified or other high-security environments with strict access and information-handling requirements.
• Preferred: familiarity with NIST-based cybersecurity controls and how security, privacy, export-control or sensitive-information requirements affect program management.
• Preferred: experience supporting phased migration, transition or scale-up across multiple locations or workstreams.

Conditions

This is a W2 contract, starting at 6 months, with potential to be extended or converted to a full-time role.

The posting describes the role as fully on site in the Baltimore/Annapolis Junction area, with three office locations about 15 minutes apart.

Elsewhere the posting describes a hybrid setup with on-site requirements still being finalized, and work may take place at several Baltimore-area customer locations, so flexibility on worksite and on-site frequency is expected.

No active clearance is required at the start, but you must be eligible to obtain and maintain one.

Regularly stay in one position for long periods, operate a computer, keyboard and office equipment, and communicate in person, by phone and electronically.

Occasionally move around the office to reach files, equipment and meeting spaces, and lift and move up to 15 pounds as needed.

Need close vision with the ability to adjust focus.

Estimated pay range is $140,000 - $150,000 USD. Actual salary depends on location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs, and ranges may differ in other locations.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions based on qualifications, merit and business requirements, without discrimination on protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental and vision plans covering you and your dependents.
• 401(k) with employer match, 529 college savings plan, health savings account, life insurance and long-term disability.
• Competitive compensation.
• Programs for training and skill growth.
• Major offices stocked with snacks and drinks.
• A collaborative culture with work-life balance and generous paid time off.
• Possible variable incentive pay, such as bonuses or commissions, which is not included in base salary and is available only to certain positions.