Project Manager IV

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Oversee cross-functional teams involved in various small, mid-sized, and enterprise IT infrastructure initiatives.

• Evaluate, sustain, document, upgrade, test, and deploy software and hardware solutions.

• Establish project tasks and timelines, collaborate across divisions, manage budgets, and ensure projects are delivered on schedule.

• Guide project coordination, implementation, execution, and completion in accordance with the organization's strategic goals and contractual obligations.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project timelines and resource distributions.

• Collaborate with development team members to align demand with capacity and assess actual versus planned hours.

• Provide rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates and detailed cost assessments following approved business office protocols.

• Monitor project expenditures against planned budgets and timelines.

• Manage budget variances and report project updates within the project portfolio management system.

• Utilize Earned Value Management System (EVMS) techniques as necessary.

• Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, managing expectations throughout the project lifecycle.

• Document and monitor the impacts of change control on timelines, scope, resources, and costs.

• Identify, assess, document, mitigate, and communicate project risks and challenges.

• Formulate and maintain contingency strategies.

• Ensure team compliance with DevSecOps and production-support protocols.

• Direct teams in following sitewide and contractor-specific guidelines.

• Advocate for DevSecOps methodologies and industry-standard development practices.

• Provide weekly and monthly updates on project status.

• Track contract deliverables to completion, ensuring timely and quality outputs.

• Create, maintain, approve, and distribute SQA documentation.

• Document Epics, Features, and User Stories in Azure DevOps.

• Collaborate with team resources on user story estimations and tracking within Azure DevOps.

• Plan sprint cycles that align with application release timelines.

• Deliver project status reports to stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 or more years of management experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Must successfully complete a pre-employment background check.

• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening.

• REAL ID ACT compliant documentation required at the time of hire.

• No records that would restrict access to Department of Energy facilities.

• Capability to obtain a U.S. Government Clearance.

• Proven strong organizational and leadership abilities to manage significant high-profile projects or processes under tight deadlines with minimal oversight.

• Highly self-driven and autonomous.

• Ability to swiftly identify, address, and resolve issues.

• Capacity to build strong relationships with stakeholders and comprehend their needs and concerns.

• Familiarity with software quality assurance concepts, including potential adherence to ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to facilitate project meetings and create, update, and share project documentation effectively.

• Capability to provide strong leadership to development teams, other project managers, and project stakeholders.

• Sufficient fine motor skills necessary for computer usage and repetitive typing tasks.

• Ability to kneel, bend, and twist at the waist occasionally.

• Ability to reach below shoulder height regularly and at or above shoulder height occasionally.

• Capacity to push, pull, carry, and lift objects weighing up to 10 pounds regularly and heavier loads occasionally.

• Willingness to travel by vehicle or aircraft and operate a motor vehicle safely.

• Preferred: Experience in managing and executing infrastructure projects.

• Preferred: Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Preferred: At least 2 years of experience working in an Agile environment.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Asana, or Trello.

• Preferred: Understanding of websites, web applications, databases, servers, cloud solutions, Microsoft Windows applications, and business process workflows.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.

• 401k with employer matching.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Health insurance plans through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program.

• Life insurance benefits.

• Disability benefits.

• Equal employment opportunity.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.