Senior Project Manager

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Project Manager to work onsite five days a week in Ft. Meade, MD. This position will lead the integration of Cloud, Infrastructure, Software, and other emerging technology initiatives supporting a Department of War (DoW) customer.

About the role

This role requires a strong operational background and experience leading diverse teams in dynamic environments. The successful candidate will operate in a multidisciplinary environment spanning Government stakeholders, engineering teams, vendors, subcontractors, and enterprise/corporate support elements, supporting several lines of effort delivering unique capabilities to the Department of War. The role requires a technically sound project leader who can translate mission and technical requirements into executable plans and drive delivery across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The candidate is highly motivated and enthusiastic about implementing new technologies where deadlines are important to Department of War priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent technical projects and lines of effort supporting cloud, infrastructure, software, data, and emerging technological capabilities.
• Translate Government objectives and technical requirements into executable project plans, milestones, dependencies, resource requirements, schedules, and measurable deliverables.
• Manage schedule, performance/deliverables, scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and decision points; proactively identify blockers and drive cross-functional teams toward resolution.
• Collaborate daily with Government customers, technical leads, subject matter experts, vendors, partners, and subcontractors to adjust priorities and deliver mission requirements.
• Coordinate deployment and sustainment of infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and multiple classification level environments in accordance with Government guidance and direction.
• Ensure assigned activities comply with applicable authorization, security, engineering, and operational processes; coordinate with appropriate Change Control Board representatives, Cybersecurity, and security stakeholders.
• Maintain integrated schedules, action items, risk/issue registers or logs, dependencies, and project health metrics; provide accurate assessments and recommended corrective actions and associated timelines.
• Prepare and deliver project status reports and brief Government Program Managers, Senior Leadership, and Everforth ECS leadership on schedule, cost, technical risks, dependencies, decisions, and recommended courses of action.
• Interface with contracts, procurement, logistics, HR, finance, security, and other support functions to execute program activities.
• Prepare Statements of Work (SOWs), support project kick-off activities, lead recurring status meetings, and ensure successful delivery of contract line items and other contractual deliverables.
• Support proposal planning, technical solution development, research, and responses to emerging customer challenges and requests.
• Provide collaborative leadership across matrixed teams and coordinate required skills and resources to complete project tasks.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen as required by contract.
• Must possess an active Top Secret security clearance and be eligible and willing to obtain SCI access.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience, subject to contractual labor category requirements.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible project/program management experience supporting complex technical programs.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Ability to travel occasionally CONUS and OCONUS in support of project activities.

Skills

Demonstrated:

• Experience managing technical projects or programs for DoW and/or Intelligence Community customers.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent technical lines of effort with competing priorities, dependencies, schedules, resources, and stakeholders.
• Experience briefing Government customers and senior leadership on project status, technical risks, schedule cost, dependencies, and recommended courses of action.
• Working knowledge of cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure environments and the ability to effectively coordinate engineering teams and communicate technical risks, dependencies, and requirements.
• Experience with:
  • Managing costs, schedule, performance, scope, risk, issues, and project dependencies.
  • SDLC, Agile delivery/management, and project lifecycle management.
  • Project and information management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable platforms.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
• Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or comparable project/agile certification.
• Master’s degree in technical discipline, business, or project/program management.
• Experience supporting:
  • AI/ML, data engineering, software development and integration, cloud modernization, and other emerging technology programs.
  • Classified DoW/Intelligence Community environments and projects spanning multiple classification levels.
  • Infrastructure or capabilities deployed to edge environments.
• Hands-on program/project experience involving AWS, Microsoft Azure, or other enterprise cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community mission, collection, exploitation, data, or operational initiatives.

Pay

Salary Range: $160,000–210,000