Sr Program Manager

As the Sr. Program Manager, you will interface with the client/government leadership on topics related to the project; provide overall direction/guidance to the project team; perform all administrative functions related to government contracting (staffing, financials, reporting, etc.); and have a growth mindset to determine opportunities to support the client on other efforts.

What you'll do:

• Develop, cultivate, and manage client relationships
• Maintain lines of communication and delivery with government contracts and contracts technical representative staff
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work; leverage organization resources to improve capacity for project work; and interview, select, develop and evaluating team members
• Define and manage project management processes and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for technical project management
• Team build and promote the empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team
• Manage project financials and supporting contract documents ensuring a healthy project gross margin, appropriate staff utilization, funding and contracts paperwork, invoicing and payments, budge to actual variances, financial and staffing projections, estimate to complete and estimate at completion, project management review reporting, and, if appropriate, earned-value reporting
• Prioritize, lead, and manage tasking of project team and completion of assignments
• Evaluate, prioritize, and manage impacts of project scope changes
• Collect and translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Escalate project risks to the appropriate MetroStar and client stakeholders
• Report to a Director or Vice President who will provide support, guidance, information, and resources to help you be successful

What you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other comparable degree or experience.
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly
• Ten (10) years of IT Project Management experience, focusing on agile projects
• 22 years specialized experience in leading IT DevSecOps projects within an Agile environment
• Three (3) years specialized experience in business process analysis and change management
• Demonstrated experience in executing agile programs with AI/ML
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience managing large complex IT programs for Federal customers related to new product development and modernization (ideally for services that leverage big data and include integrations with other source systems)
• Experience strategizing, planning, leading organizing, and motivating project delivery team
• Experience monitoring and managing the financials and staffing of an IT program
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to determine and implement improvements for program to achieve quality, and customer excellence.

Nice to Haves (not listed on the job description):

• You have experience leading IT programs for government clients, managing SLA's and delivering mission critical solutions
• Experience working within the intelligence community (IC)
• You use PMBOK/PMI best practices for project management
• Excellent people and project management, collaboration, communication, and leadership skills and experience
• The ability to establish and maintain a high level of client trust and confidence
• Experience support program growth and growth across the agency.
• You are passionate about driving organizational excellence and customer satisfaction
• You are open to people, ideas, and creative methods to drive innovative solutions
• You demonstrate integrity, commitment, and accountability
• You emphasize smart approaches, results, quality, and client satisfaction
• You are customer and relationship-focused, process-driven, results-oriented, and self-motivated