Senior Project Manager at Infotrend Inc
College Park, MD
About the Job
Remote position with occasional onsite meetings in Washington, DC after COVID-19; candidates local to DC/MD/VA only.
Infotrend, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager (SPM) to join a high-performance team delivering exceptional consulting services for our federal government customers. The SPM will serve as the central point of contact between Infotrend and the Government / Agency client. The SPM will leverage excellent leadership and communication skills to keep the team organized and on track, while maintaining the highest standards and quality of deliverables. The primary responsibilities for this key role include, but not limited to:
Requirements
- Meet at least weekly with the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Alternate Contracting Officer Representative (ACOR), and/or other Agency stakeholders to review project status.
- Proactively manage project resources; lead the team in defining and maintaining high performance standards.
- Lead the alignment of the strategy and approach for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the project with key stakeholders.
- Coordinate and manage a team of business and/or technical Subject Matter Experts.
- Provide guidance to all team members on project scope, objectives, schedule, quality, and expectations.
- Track status for all project deliverables, ensuring ownership and accountability for each.
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope, and within budget.
- Develop complete and accurate weekly status reports including team activities and progress toward project milestones, as well as risks, issues, and decisions.
- Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Appropriately and quickly escalate significant issues, dependencies, and risks.
- Independently manage multiple tasks and adjust to changing priorities to meet multiple deadlines.
- Ensure transparency between the project team(s), Infotrend management, and Agency leadership.
- Coordinate with business and technical stakeholders from various Agency divisions or offices to ensure compliance with quality, privacy, and security standards.
- Quickly adapt to various tools of the trade, such as Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Office365, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Jira, and Confluence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field.
- At least 10 years of professional experience including project management, business / systems / data analysis, process improvement, and/or strategic planning.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
- Ability to work independently or as part of a collaborative team.
- Ability to think critically and articulately communicate ideas for innovative solutions.
- Strong understanding of agile or hybrid waterfall/agile methodologies.
- Highly developed understanding of client drivers and behaviors.
- Ability to anticipate roadblocks and develop appropriate risk mitigation plans.
- Understanding of, and ability to execute upon project management core competencies.
- Outstanding organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment, including management of high-volume, competing priorities.
- Demonstrates excellent leadership skills, with a strong team-focus and ability to interact effectively at all levels of an organization.
- Strong customer service acumen and commitment.
- Sole U.S. Citizenship is required.
Security Clearance
- Public Trust
EEO Statement: Infotrend, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.