IT Project Manager

Evoke Consulting is a Federal Management Consulting firm specializing in strategic business and technology services areas across the federal market. We provide solutions to agencies and entities including Veterans Affairs, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and more. We defy the standard employee experience in government contracting with a commitment to providing a wide range of opportunities for our employees to grow professionally and socially by investing more than our competition in training our team and rewarding high performance. Evokers are hard-working, team-oriented, and come from diverse backgrounds and experience levels. We value our employee's idea and act on suggestions for change and development as a firm.

Evoke is seeking a IT Project Manager to join our team!

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Contractor work performed under the contract
• Provide subject matter expertise, program management, program analysis and reporting, documentation, and/or guidance on how federal government IT policies and regulation impact programs
• Lead the team in conducting agency program health assessments of IT investments, evaluations against OMB metrics, and identifies gaps
• Lead the development of program health assessment results aligned with the Federal IT Dashboard reporting
• Oversee team to develop, implement and execute recovery plans
• Address any OIG audits, Techstats, or other auditing processes
• Oversee the ongoing assessment and evaluation of program to ensure compliance with standard such as FITARA, ALF SELC
• Conduct maturity assessments in areas such as Agile, DevOps, Systems Assurance, and Cloud
• Assess IT Program Evaluation and Assessment policies and processes and provide improvement recommendations
• Lead the transition-in and transition-out for the project
• Works independent of supervision
• Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
• Directs the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and administrative areas
• Provides project management support for the planning, implementation, and tracking of complex task area including planning, resourcing, implementation, control, and evaluation management
• Experience directing cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and scope
• Manages program risk, including pre-project preparations and day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects
• Executes project close activities accurately and on-time
• Manages all program activities and exercises control over personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of a program
• Responsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance
• Provide Cost Forecasting experience and be able to respond to COR questions regarding contract cost estimation, variance, burn, etc.
• Participates in the negotiation of contract and contract changes
• Coordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of the contract
• Acts as primary point of contact for all activities, leading program review sessions to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Develops new business or expands the product line with the customer

Professional Experience and Skills:

• Experience in Federal Business Operations, IT Program Evaluation/Assessment, and IT Program Recovery
• Experience directing programs to develop, maintain, and leverage solutions
• Ability to identify program and project problems and recommend solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to interact with all levels of professionals in a team
• environment
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Ability to build and manage highly effective teams that are both on-site and remote
• Capable of developing/implementing professional development plans and career maps
• Ability to work with leadership and Human Capital to resolve issues with clients and employees

Education and Years of Experience:

• Must have at least 10 years of experience and an MA/MS degree.
• Extensive experience managing programs for DHS or other large federal agencies with an understanding of federal government IT policies and regulations.
• Current and valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 certification Intermediate level or higher.
• Experience as a Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, Quality Engineer, or Business Process Engineer.

Security Clearance:

• Top Secret with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access required

Work Location

• Remote with minimal time at DHS HQ in Springfield, VA (~5%)

Evoke is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, citizenship, national origin, ancestry sexual oriented, gender identity, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any additional.