Project Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team supporting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in Rockville, MD. The NRC GLobal INfrastructure and Development Acquisition (GLINDA) provides a wide variety of Information Technology (IT) support services, including architecture, design, planning, deployment, and management of enterprise-class systems and solutions. This role involves managing and coordinating various small to large IT projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large projects.
• Coordinate with customers and other agencies to deliver solutions while navigating customer governance and providing updates.
• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as the customer interface.
• Manage the technical, cost, and schedule aspects of assigned tasks or functions.
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership to engage multidiscipline work teams in responding to business needs.
• Make decisions at the project team level and escalate unresolved issues as needed.
• Lead project team members, including executives, subject matter experts, controllers, and schedulers, through the project lifecycle.
• Manage project teams involving multiple vendors and work centers.
• Create project management plans, set expectations, and ensure alignment with organizational procedures.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and within scope; monitor and track project dependencies.
• Create a work breakdown structure defining all activities required for project deliverables.
• Manage project budgets, maintain financial plans, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, and report monthly accruals.
• Allocate appropriate resources to ensure projects are completed within time and budget constraints.
• Coordinate priorities and resources between multiple projects.
• Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status updates, dashboards, and project reports.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, milestones, and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in project management.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively in a team environment.
• Excellent customer-facing and leadership skills.
• Experience with large/complex nationwide projects.
• Strong research, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection guidelines.
• Must be able to pass a drug screening.
• Must have a valid state driver’s license and proof of insurance.
• Must reside within the continental United States.
• Must be a United States citizen with the ability to receive an NRC IT-1 Public Trust clearance.

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K retirement plan.
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans.
• Paid vacation time and holidays.

Pay

Target salary range: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00. The range is an estimate and may vary based on education, experience, skills, competencies, contract parameters, and organizational requirements.

Schedule

• Primarily day shift, Monday through Friday.
• 90% telework, 10% on-site in Rockville, MD.
• May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs.
• Less than 10% travel required.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment is primarily office/remote with low noise levels. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to use hands for gripping, handling, or feeling; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds; frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.