Senior Project Manager

Peraton is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) Program. CAEIO provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks applications and databases supporting consular applications and services globally.

The Project Manager will promote increased adoption of Agile methodologies across a large portfolio of projects. The Project Manager will leverage Agile and Jira expertise applying best practices across the program while managing projects and workflows creatively solving problems tracking work items and identifying and implementing continuous process improvement opportunities to mature the program.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach cross-functional teams in Agile frameworks principles and best practices to deliver high-quality products and services.
• Configure and optimize Jira workflows boards dashboards filters and automations to enhance visibility and execution.
• Assess customer priorities and requirements to tailor Agile practices that align with mission objectives.
• Develop comprehensive executive-level dashboards that provide essential Agile information to program leadership.
• Manage IT projects using Agile methodologies including planning timelines coordinating resources and tracking milestones and deliverables.
• Partner with technical and program leadership to track work identify risks resolve issues and implement continuous process improvements that advance Agile maturity.

Characteristics of team members who thrive on the CAEIO program include:

• Demonstrate flexibility by managing multiple tasks and re-prioritizingtasks often to meet tight and periodically changing deadlines.
• Drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• Leverage strong written and verbal communications skills to prepare and present technical documentation to audiences with different levels of technical knowledge.
• Transition seamlessly between being self-directed with limited supervision to being a team player who takes direction from others.
• Collaborate effectively with government customers and cross-functional contract teams.

Core Work Schedule: 8:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET (flexible) Monday - Friday.

Work Location: Must be local to Washington DC area. This position is currently hybrid with remote work and up to 2 days per week in the Peraton office in Sterling VA and/or customer site in Washington DC. The number of days in office is subject to change based on program or government requirements.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and an active SECRETGovernment Security Clearance.
• Strong understanding and demonstrated working knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools (Product Management Kanban Scrum hybrid frameworks and Jira).
• Experience working in project management for software development database management infrastructure or network environment projects.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute governance structures reports/dashboards performance management tools and knowledge sharing tools (e.g. Jira SharePoint Confluence).
• Excellent communications leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and executive leaders.
• Experience providing operational task support in a highly demanding environment.
• Experience applying industry standards and best practices to advance operational excellence.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience leading high visibility projects within a federal contracting or IT modernization environment.
• Experience with ServiceNow for ITSM request management and incident tracking.
• PMP and/or Agile certifications (PMI-ACP SAFe or CSM).

Education and Experience Requirements:

12 years of experience including:

• 1012 years of industry experience which may include supervisory or lead responsibilities.
• 57 years of project management experience.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.