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Company: SPN Solutions Inc.
Location: Falls Church, VA

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Technical Project Manager

Job Number: 2019-1086

Location: Falls Church, VA

Clearance/Citizenship: Able to obtain Secret Clearance/US Citizen

Education: Bachelor’s Degree or greater

Certification: Certified Associates in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) – (Preferred but not required)

Position Description:

SPN Solutions is seeking to hire a mid-level, skilled Technical Project Manager to support ongoing critical requirements with one of our Defense customers in Northern Virginia. The Project Manager plans and manages medium-to-large sized projects of moderate-to-high complexity, or portfolio of medium-to-small projects, and ensures project results contribute positive business value and meet agreed on scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives. The Project Manager will be accountable for the project team’s day-to-day execution and compliance with prescribed methodology process, including project charter development, project initiation and facilitation, project plan development, risk and issues management, quality planning, and communications planning. The Project Manager will function as part of a team, inclusive of customers, and must demonstrate sufficient written and communication skills to ensure success.

Required Experience/Skills:

  • Minimum five (5) years hands on Project Management experience.
  • Minimum three (3) years hands on Technical Project Management experience.
  • Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
  • Strong planning, organizational, and leadership skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients.
  • Extensive knowledge of project management processes, systems development methods, organizational change management concepts, and business process improvement methods.
  • In-depth knowledge of project planning techniques and automated project planning tools.
  • Ability to work in a team environment.
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
  • Experience with project cost management and resource capacity planning.
  • Experience with Business Process development and Change Management.

Primary Job Duties:

  • Defines project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with the team, government client, senior management, and other stakeholders.
  • Develops and manages cross-functional IT projects and infrastructure initiatives.
  • Works with the various business and technical groups to create and manage project priorities and clearly communicate these priorities to technology partners.
  • Ability to create and manage an application project road map with high level delivery milestones to manage stakeholder expectations.
  • Works with infrastructure service provider partners to ensure projects are delivered on time.
  • Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies issues, and devises contingency plans
  • Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team.
  • Ensures that work is carried out to a high standard and complies with the PMO guidelines.
  • Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path.
  • Estimates, plans, schedules, and tracks project timelines, milestones, financials, and deliverables using appropriate tools.
  • Develops clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans; as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics.
  • Provides frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability.
  • Facilitates collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serves as a role model for teamwork.
  • Maximizes availability of all IT equipment and infrastructure through continuous improvement and continuously looks to improve efficiencies and cost reductions accordingly.
  • Liaises and negotiates with contractors and external suppliers to clearly communicate technical issues and seeks economies of scale.
  • Improves quality results by implementing unit, system, and integration testing cycles.
  • Proactively identifies and communicates risks to project development.
  • Monitors and drives resolution of issues.
  • Adheres to Governance, PM methods, and tools/templates as appropriate.
  • Ability to work well independently and within a team environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical structures in an understandable user-friendly format.

About SPN Solutions:

SPN Solutions is an 8A Certified (SBA) Small Business that provides IT enterprise solutions, manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs and provides mission support services to customers in the Defense, Federal Civilian Government and Commercial sectors. Our values are the standards that inform and inspire all our activities and distinguish us as a corporation.

At SPN, we have a corporate culture which fosters creative thinking, respects your contributions, and accepts nothing less than excellence in serving our customers. We demonstrate these core principles daily through our corporate Values and culture.

  • Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plans available for you and your family
  • Premier 401k retirement plan with corporate matching
  • Generous vacation and sick leave plan
  • Parental leave plan
  • Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
  • Free gourmet coffee, tea, fresh fruits and healthy snacking alternatives

SPN Solutions Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, medical condition, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes. SPN Solutions Inc. will treat all employees equally with respect to compensation; opportunities for advancement, including upgrading, promotion and transfer, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

  • technical team management: 2 years (Required)
  • integrated master schedule management: 2 years (Required)
  • Project Management: 5 years (Required)

Education:

  • Bachelor’s (Required)

Location:

  • Falls Church, VA (Required)

License:

  • CAPM (Preferred)
  • PMP (Preferred)

Work authorization:

  • United States (Required)

Work Location:

  • One location

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement