Project Manager, Sr

GD Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT) provides IT Security Managed Services to government customers. The Senior Project Manager coordinates transitions from contract execution through service commencement and customer acceptance, managing schedules, resources, deliverables, and service readiness to minimize disruption and keep work on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate activities and resources to complete overall transition activities
• Ensure the effective transfer to service operations
• Present and actively participate in Service Readiness Reviews
• Ensure that all plans and policies are in place for all agreed upon services
• Own services transition processes to ensure these are communicated and followed throughout the IT function
• Oversee and support the delivery of key requirements through the transition by providing ongoing support and expertise
• Ensure all processes comply with internal security and technology standards
• Provide technical, administrative, and operational management to assigned projects or task(s), including contract and subcontractor management
• Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, schedules and task order and administrative reporting
• May perform high level technical services on assigned task(s)
• Conduct planning and provides recommendations to client and Transition Manager on task workload
• Works in conjunction with PMO to ensure that risks and issues are identified and addressed timely
• Attend customer meetings and may serve as client liaison
• Interact with vendors, other agencies, and other client staff and stakeholders
• Work in conjunction with PMO to ensure development and on-time delivery of deliverables and products
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned

Requirements:

• 8 + years of related experience
• BA or additional work experience
• 5+ years of experience
• Experience with large scale, enterprise IT system O&M, and transition programs
• Experience defining teams and services to meet contractual SLA's, experience working with cloud technologies and supporting foundational architecture technologies preferred
• Ability to understand high-risk, high-impact, large-scale, complex systems; strong communication skills and an ability to articulate needs and service descriptions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong, proven experience working within successful transition management, service delivery and operations management teams
• Expertise with large scale, enterprise IT system management and monitoring, service delivery, service desk, software and hardware modernization, development, and/or testing eƯorts; expertise in infrastructure, networking, database, application and system security, and/or web technologies
• Ability to identify project risks, perform high level research by talking to team and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), and develop a mitigation plan
• Ability to run the project meetings and motivate teams to complete tasks on schedule
• Certifications - ITIL v3 or v4, Foundation or better