Project Manager - Criterion Systems, Inc.

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com.  Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company, therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

We are seeking a Project Manager to support a government customer's success in Las Vegas, NV!

The Project Manager is responsible for the timely execution, management and reporting of multiple complex engineering and architectural projects.  These specifically designated high-priority projects directly support a Federal customer's cybersecurity capability implementation efforts. 

Working through a combination of on-site at the Federal offices in Las Vegas, telework, and periodic visits to stakeholder locations across the Federal enterprise, this position will have regular direct interface with the Senior Federal OCIO staff as well as Criterion's Cybersecurity Program Manager.  The preponderance of Cyber Security and Information Technology (IT) engineering and architectural work, project analysis and project coordination are performed by Criterion team members at the Federal location in Las Vegas NV in collaboration with contractors from other CIO support task orders as well as Management & Operations contracted engineers.

Multiple Criterion engineers and architects are matrix-ed across the projects; stakeholders with direct influence and - at times - contributory effort are located throughout the Federal enterprise.  The position requires exceptional communications and tactful facilitation skills and works in very close collaboration with Cybersecurity Architects and Cyber Security / IT Management.  This position will execute the full range of Project Manager duties across all PM processes (Project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, controlling, and closing). 

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

• • Plan, execute, and close multiple projects concurrently while meeting or exceeding customer cybersecurity technology objectives. 
  • Create clear and attainable project objectives, build & document project requirements, and manage constraints of cost, time, scope, and quality. 
  • Develop the overall project plan and manage project execution. 
  • Manage the project stakeholders, project team, project risk, project schedule, project budget, and project conflicts. 
  • Ensure team members know and execute their respective roles and the roles of the other team members. 
  • Ensure production schedules are met and system resources are used effectively. 
  • Work with vendors to establish a project schedule and time-lines associated with project tasking. 
  • Build, maintain, and actively manage the risk management plan. 
  • Coordinate resolution of production-related problems with vender, engineers, or architects stake holders. 
  • Collaborate with Cyber Task Business Manager and Program Manager to understand and develop vendor support agreements. 
  • Ensures proper relationships and communications are established and maintained between customers, teaming partners, myriad stakeholders, and vendors to facilitate the delivery of prescribed services. 
  • Prepare and maintain project documents; maintain project work schedule, WBS, risk register, cost tracking, etc. 
  • Manage and update project artifacts, tasks, subtasks, and resource requirements (planned and actual) in JIRA. 
  • Plan and provide Jira project management standard operating procedures to project management team and project resources. 
  • Prepare, lead, drive and deliver weekly project status report. 
  • Brief OCIO executive leadership on all projects, to include status, issues, dependencies, and risks. 
  • Collaborate closely with the Senior Cybersecurity Architect and architecture team to meet Architecture time-lines and objectives. 
  • Perform project performance analysis and develop corrective action plan, as required. 
  • Implement and provide oversight for corrective action plans to re-establish projects on track to ensure project success. 
  • Work with project engineers and architects to establish all project artifact baselines and as-built drawings.
  • Additional duties regarding Criterion business growth, proposal, and capture activities.

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• US Citizenship (no dual citizenship) 
• Applicants who have a current DOE Q or DOD TS clearance are preferred. Applicants who do not have a current clearance must be able to pass the appropriate background investigations to attain one. 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or ability to obtain it within specified amount of time 
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.  Four years of relevant work experience can substitute for a bachelor's degree. 
• Seven (7) years of strong Project Management experience directly managing Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Security projects of increasing responsibility, scope, scale, and complexity. 
• Excellent written, analysis and communications skills – communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences and comfortable giving and receiving feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with local and remote staff, customers, and external vendors.
• Must have the ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deliverables – assess priorities and operate in a flexible manner to meet the dynamic needs of the team. 
• Strong experience with Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). 
• Strong customer service orientation. 
• Attention to detail and ability to learn new concepts quickly. 

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Experience with JIRA, MS Project. 
• Excellent experience in Project Methodologies, PMBOK, Agile, SCRUM, KANBAN, SDLC / Waterfall. 
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, down and across multiple matrixed/stakeholder groups. 
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence. 
• The ability to build and maintain relationships by engaging Federal and contractor leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives. 
• Proven experience with excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills. 
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands. 
• Research best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results. 
• Experience understanding vendor contracts. 
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary. 
• Experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on-time, on-schedule and within budget close. 
• Experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance for daily and weekly project activities. 
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders, and peers. 
• Team-building skills with technical and non-technical staff. 
• Experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. 

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status:  race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.