IT Program Manager

NS2 Mission is seeking an IT Program Manager to support our team in Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide end-to-end IT project management support by planning and coordinating activities to ensure successful implementation of and execution of IT project tasks. Sample projects include, CSP service prioritization, Government Furnished Items (GFx), and strategic vendor management activities (with Sponsor oversight).
• Provide a total system of systems perspective including a technical understanding of relationships, dependencies, and requirements.
• Provide inputs to, or create, IT program deliverables to include documentation, briefings, summary reports, status reports, schedule estimates, and demonstrations.
• Coordinate with other team members and ensure problem solution, appropriate risk reduction, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Facilitate all control gate activities to include at a minimum; tailoring, planning for, gathering details, determining stakeholders and signatories, and conducting briefings.
• Interact and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to define program-specific requirements and resolve discrepancies between proposed plans and established standards.
• The Contractor Team shall identify programmatic constraints, competing resource requirements, and convey well thought mitigation strategies.
• The Contractor Team shall regularly monitor project progress and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
• The Contractor Team shall adapt written and visual products, schematics, and processes to a wide range of customers across the Sponsor and the wider community.

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated experience developing IT project plans.
• Demonstrated experience developing realistic project schedules.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile development methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating, supporting, and participating in program meetings or reviews.
• Demonstrated experience working in a team environment with critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated experience with business and management principles for strategic planning, resource allocation, and coordination of people and resources.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring project cost, schedule, and performance.\
• Demonstrated experience identifying complex problems, reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options, and implement solutions.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating technical needs and tech scouting in a multi-cloud environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of management plans and reports as well as providing written and verbal out briefs.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience working in the Sponsor's domain.
• Demonstrated experience working with cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience working in or with the Department of Defense.
• Demonstrated experience assessing, documenting, and tracking new program requirements.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
• Demonstrated experience with strategic technical road mapping.
• Demonstrated experience with coordinating technical exchange events
• Bachelor's degree in related field of Business or Systems Engineering.
• Certification(s): PMP or similar

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with FSP

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

NS2 Mission is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. NS2 Mission is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

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NS2 Mission maintains a drug-free workplace and may perform pre-employment substance abuse testing, where required by contract and permitted by law.