Senior IT Project Manager

About the role

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) seeks a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex IT and cybersecurity projects in support of the agency's mission. This role requires expertise in project leadership, strategic planning, cybersecurity integration, and acquisition management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an expert project manager and consultant, managing and directing multiple highly complex and innovative IT and cybersecurity projects and initiatives.
• Lead, coordinate, communicate, integrate, and be accountable for the overall success of the program, ensuring alignment with critical agency priorities.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, schedules, and resource requirements for enterprise-level IT initiatives.
• Establish strategic direction for major IT acquisitions and implementations that support the agency's mission.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are integrated throughout the project lifecycle at a strategic level. Oversee the implementation of security controls and risk management frameworks for mission-critical systems.
• Lead the acquisition of IT systems and services in accordance with federal regulations at an enterprise level. Develop and implement acquisition strategies for complex IT programs.
• Lead cross-functional teams at scale or in highly complex environments to develop innovative IT solutions. Focus team efforts towards current goals and priorities. Plan, develop, and execute largescale IT projects that transform the manner in which work is accomplished.
• Work closely with customer agencies in senior leadership roles and navigate conflicting priorities from senior stakeholders or in complex environments. Reinforce, uphold, and advocate core principles for building IT services, including building in the open, developing software using agile and lean methodologies, and using user-centered design methods.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• You will be subject to preemployment and periodic drug testing.
• You will be subject to preemployment and periodic polygraph examinations.

Qualifications

• Mastery of and directly applicable experience with advanced IT project management principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices.
• Experience developing and interpreting policies, procedures, and strategies governing the planning and delivery of services throughout the agency.
• Proven ability to provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT project management issues.
• Significant experience applying new developments to previously unsolvable problems and making decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important agency IT policies or programs.
• Proven ability to manage largescale projects from end to end to include leading cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience communicating with high-ranking stakeholders to resolve issues, provide executive briefings and status updates.
• Experience delivering IT products using Agile and lean methodologies.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices as they relate to IT project management at an enterprise level.
• Experience with federal acquisition processes and regulations for major IT programs.

Skills

• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Project Leadership, Strategic Planning, Cybersecurity Integration, Acquisition Management, Leadership to Ad Hoc Teams, Relationship Management.

Benefits

Qualified candidates may be eligible for the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) STEM pay for NRO Cadre employees and candidates as authorized by the office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security's (OUSW(I&S)).

Pay

This position meets the qualifications for DCIPS Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) STEM pay for NRO Cadre employees and candidates as authorized by the office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security's (OUSW(I&S)).

Schedule

This is a full-time position.