Senior IT Project Manager

By Light provides a broad range of hardware, software, engineering, and IT integration services. Headquartered in Tysons, VA, we support defense, civilian, commercial, and health IT customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects of significant magnitude in terms of complexity, cost, and time
• Manage project deliverables from solution transition to release and implementation, ensuring timely and agreed-upon delivery
• Ensure projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Facilitate the definition of project charter, scope, goals, and deliverables
• Assist the Government in managing resources assigned to projects regarding project efforts; provide a single point of contact for project assignments
• Compile plans and work assignments; facilitate and monitor work efforts; identify resource trends and needs; and escalate functional, quality, or timeline issues appropriately
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand negotiated, documented, and agreed upon request deliverables
• Create detailed project and work plans and project schedules, including work breakdown structures, project milestones, risk assessment / management plans, staffing needs, project timelines and budgets
• Assist the Government in assessing, validating, monitoring, planning, and controlling / mitigating project change and risk
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders (sponsor, consumer, technical staff, vendors, IT staff, etc.)
• Communicate progress, status, and issues to customers and management
• Contribute to near-term and long-term organizational planning and strategy
• Assist with User Acceptance Testing
• Develop project plans, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Assist the Government in managing customer expectations and maintaining ongoing client satisfaction
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership for assigned projects
• Define, orchestrate, and manage the holistic project lifecycle, delivery cadence, release plan and sprint schedule
• Oversee and lead the definition and creation of high-quality project / product backlogs, utilizing epics, features, user stories and task structures
• Plan, facilitate and champion effective Agile / Scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, stand ups, sprint demos and retrospectives
• Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, as required
• Analyze new and complex project related problems and create innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components

Required Experience / Qualifications

Preferred Experience / Qualifications

Special Requirements / Security Clearance

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