Project Manager – Master

Position Title & Code: Project Manager Master

Location: Washington DC 20024

Project End Date: 09/30/2026 (With Possible extension to next fiscal year)

Complete Description:

Duties and Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of large and complex programs/projects through all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle which includes initiation planning iterative development continuous testing execution control & closeout of projects. The Project Manager will also be the primary technical point of contact to the customer and will be responsible for collaborating across multiple task areas including infrastructure (SaaS PaaS or on-premise) applications QA change management and customer service support.

• Manage relationships with stakeholders managers and key software and services vendors for the delivery of projects and programs.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise for Software and/or Hardware system implementations IT applications business and systems processes.
• Manage the implementation of projects daily -- including defining deliverables as well as creating and monitoring sprints project schedules and backlogs.
• Assist with internal communications and resource management as needed.
• Align project objectives with stakeholders objectives.
• Will lead teams through all phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate waterfall and agile methodologies and processes.
• Create project plans resource plans program metrics communication plans and develop analytics supporting the delivery of life cycle activities.
• Develop communication plans to ensure business and executive stakeholders are well informed and are provided with accurate information for the status of managed initiatives and to support decision-making.
• Identify project and resource dependencies and collaboratively work with team members to ensure the project schedule is followed.
• Effectively communicate project status actions decisions risks issues and schedule for the customers project portfolio.
• Prepare executive steering committee communications as needed.
• Direct motivate and collaborate with project team members to ensure the team is provided with clear and accurate information in a timely manner that will enable them to complete assigned tasks within set times and to deliver to top performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in CompSci Business Finance or other related field
• PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMIACP) or other Agile/Scrum Master certification is required

Qualifications:

• Project Manager shall have significant experience (12 years) managing and implementing concurrent separate initiatives of varying size. This person shall also have a minimum of four individual multi-year project implementation experiences as well as previous success leading initiatives within an agile methodology environment.
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge and success as a team leader: motivating teams to success by creating an atmosphere of trust while seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; providing information and direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely and meaningful written and verbal feedback.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite

Skill Assessment: (Please include the years of experience last used and brief description on skills below information is to be submitted along with the resume)