Senior Project Manager

World Wide Technology is a technology solutions provider delivering IT solutions for government and defense organizations. The Senior Project Manager will plan and execute projects supporting the Naval Enterprise Network, manage project schedules, resources, risks, deliverables, and reporting, and coordinate teams and stakeholders to deliver secure services for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, schedule, measure, monitor, and report on activities related to the project
• Adhere to project management best practices and suggest areas for improvement
• Ensure project deliverables and documentation are produced and updated on time
• Responsible for planning new projects including developing project schedules and allocating team resources
• Maintain project schedules and identify risks to meeting critical milestones
• Collect and analyze project metrics for reporting and to inform future projects
• Routine communication with the Team Lead to discuss project status, any risks to timely completion, and to recommend alternative approaches to ensure project success
• Escalate issues to leadership and track to resolution
• Provide weekly status reports and updates, as required
• Collaborate with other project managers to deconflict resources
• Facilitate status review meetings among project team members and clients
• Create status pages of projects for cross team access
• Create tickets for team tracking and time reporting for all phases of a project
• Asset management across multiple environments, to include processes and strategies to track, manage, and optimize assets
• Coordination with multiple facilities to facilitate shipping and receiving assets
• Capacity planning and forecasting to ensure available space and resources
• Task team members with work according to priority and urgency
• Lead Tiger Team sessions to facilitate resolution of issues to include monitoring and reporting
• Create custom filter queries for Dashboards and Kanban Boards

Requirements:

• SECRET security clearance required with experience working in the DoD or DON environment
• A DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II certification is required
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, Business, or related field with 9 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Project or similar tool for project scheduling
• Demonstrated use of project management methodologies in a prior role
• Proficient using Microsoft Office applications
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate effectively with people in both management and technical roles as well as customer personnel, as required
• Strong organization skills with an ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Experience working collaboratively across departments to identify requirements and dependencies
• Be self-motivated. Must be able to anticipate problems and take a proactive approach to responsibilities
• Preferred location: San Diego, CA - Can be Remote, Nationwidefor a highly qualified candidate
• This is a full-time direct hire position and you must currently have an active Secret Security Clearance or above.  We are not able to offer visa sponsorship, 1099 status, or work with C2C for this role
• Prior experience performing project management in an IT environment is a plus