Manager Technical Projects

About the role

Provide project management, integration, and requirements management support to the analytic branch of a large, mission-focused environment in Chantilly, VA.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sponsor management to determine priorities and structure the team’s work to align with those priorities, while effectively managing expectations at all levels in a customer-facing environment.
• Manage requirements, including coordinating and facilitating exchange meetings or forums to determine/validate requirements and ensuring tasks are performed according to agreed-upon plans.
• Update, maintain, and track all requirements in JIRA and through other methods as directed.
• Develop and maintain realistic, accurate, and complete schedules for each project.
• Maintain consistent, proactive, and timely communication with Sponsor management and other internal stakeholders, particularly regarding outages and events that may impact other teams.
• Prepare and present status reports, deliverables, and briefings as required; respond to inquiries and requests for assistance from outside parties and other technical teams.
• Organize and maintain documentation so it is easily interpreted by all required parties.
• Collaborate with teammates, other service providers, vendors, and users to build relationships and achieve objectives.

Requirements

• High School Diploma with 10+ years of relevant project management, requirements management, systems integration, and/or systems engineering experience.
• Strong experience with project management, requirements management, systems integration, and/or systems engineering.
• Strong experience gathering, tracking, and managing technical requirements/workloads in a complex environment.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders while managing expectations.
• Experience with project management and other software suites, particularly JIRA and Microsoft Office products.
• Active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience working in an environment with many different types of data stores.
• Hands-on technical experience, particularly with Cloud-focused projects.
• Experience with presentations and storyboards.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Use hands to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Frequently communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.