Project Manager (TS/SCI Required)

District Cloud Solutions is a growing Microsoft Silver Partner. We are currently looking for a Project Manager. As a part of MCIA’s Project Management Office (PMO), provide comprehensive project management leadership and expertise throughout a variety of project management frameworks to successfully achieve the Command’s highest priorities

General Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the project management lifecycle for priority command projects.

• Drafts required project artifacts and supporting documentation, including, but not limited to: project charters, project management plans, project schedules, work breakdown structures, and other required communications, project meeting minutes, and lessons learned.

• Drafts and presents project information and decision briefs to project personnel and command leadership.

• Helps evaluate strategic initiatives to establish candidate projects with corresponding project visions and objectives across a wide spectrum of possible efforts that could include Information Technology, process evaluation, facilities, and intelligence capabilities.

• Analyzes tough challenges to collect data, formulate courses-of-action development and draft/present business cases in order to assist the command make a determination for formal project initiation or other solution.
• Works independently, or in a team (often as the project management lead) of Government, Military, and Contractors to methodically achieve objectives.

• Communicates and coordinates with all MCIA elements and echelons to include Government, Military, and Contractor personnel.

• Conducts strategic communication activities to meaningfully connect with the workforce and external stakeholders.

• Participates in process improvement and called upon to demonstrate successful problem solving.

Mandatory Skills Required:

• Minimum clearance: Active Top Secret / SCI
• Active Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification, or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) PM2 qualified.
• BA (+12 years experience) or High School Diploma (+14 years experience)
• Experience with Marine Corps, other service, DoD, or other Federal or commercial enterprise support
• Seven (7) years experience supervising or managing teams
• Eight (8) years experience supporting Government projects within Department of Defense, other Federal Government, or supporting industry
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including drafting formal documentation and presenting information or decision briefs to leadership.

• Knowledge of standard DoD and Marine Corps concepts, practices, and procedures.

Other Preferred Skills:

• Expertise with Agile Methodologies; particularly Agile Scrum, or Kanban
• Scrum Master Certified
• Prior experience using project management or visualization software tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft TFS, Microsoft Visio, or JIRA.

Job Type: Full-time

Security Clearance Required:

• Top Secret (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable — more reliable than spontaneous
• Achievement-oriented — enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Adaptable/flexible — enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction

Schedule::

• Monday to Friday