Deputy Project Manager

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$123K — $166K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Washington, DC
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 9+ years of project management experience
  • Strong writing, speaking, and interpersonal skills
  • Proven track record of leading systems implementation
  • Experience with Agile frameworks and JIRA
  • Familiarity with Azure cloud and BPM products
  • Some knowledge of radio systems and equipment
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Generate detailed weekly and monthly status reports for technical projects
  • Assist in maintaining project schedules and status updates
  • Create and deliver presentations to senior client stakeholders
  • Manage the production of key project deliverables, including SOPs and performance reports
  • Track software versions and ensure appropriate backups and notifications
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies as a Scrum Master when needed
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and team members

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) plan with company match and flexible contribution options
  • Flexible work schedules promoting work-life balance
  • 15 days of paid leave and 10 holidays annually
  • Paid family leave program offering up to 160 hours in a rolling 12 months
  • Short and long-term disability and life insurance options
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Agile Project Management, Project Deliverables, Status Reporting, Technical Projects
Certifications:
None
Experience:
9 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

PROJECT/TASK SR MANAGER

Assist Project Manager with complex program that drives impactful mission outcomes for our customer as a Deputy Project/Task Sr Manager . Here, you'll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Deputy Project/Task Sr Manager, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customer.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Create weekly status reports which include a detailed report containing technical details, a summarized version (for the client's Chief Information Officer), a statused project schedule, and a project schedule summary.
  • Create monthly status reports, which include JIRA reports, spend plan, Earned Value Management Report, and Quality Report.
  • Assist with creating, maintaining, and statusing several schedules.
  • Create Monthly Performance Reports.
  • Create monthly PowerPoint presentations to be presented to client's COR, Chief Information Officer, and other Government stakeholders; and present if PM is not available.
  • Assist with creating quarterly Integrated Baseline Review slide deck.
  • Create Sprint deliverables and ensure they are delivered on time and are checked into source control as necessary. Push appropriate resources to create/update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as needed. Write SOPs as necessary.
  • Assist with creating and peer reviewing multiple deliverables, such that they meet quality standards of the contract.
  • Create Statements of Work for subcontractors and create job requisitions as needed.
  • Handle on-boarding and off-boarding activities including ensuring forms for laptops have been properly signed and sent to GDIT property group.
  • Learn SETRIS and handle SETRIS issues for subcontractors. Contact submitters and approvers to get timesheets transmitted on time.
  • Be backup for PM for timesheet approvals.
  • Ensure, prior to an upgrade or patch to an environment, that an email has been sent to take backups, an email has been sent to users (if Production environment), and email was sent to turn off monitoring scripts for the environment.
  • Track what environment has what version installed (Tomcat, Apache HTTPD, Java, Oracle, Sprint, etc.).
  • Create/update Confluence pages as needed.
  • Capture daily status in Confluence Daily Scrum page.
  • Perform some Scrum Master duties such as creating / statusing / closing / updating JIRA tickets.
  • Proactively follow up on tasks to be completed.
  • Participate in planning and budgeting exercises.
  • Builds and maintains relationships with client, customer staff, and end users.
  • Assist the team and client with decisions based on long-term and short-term aspects of the engagement.
  • Monitor progress to assure deadlines /standards are met.
  • Contribute to modernization and migration to Azure cloud activities.

Additionally, the Deputy IT Project Manager will be exposed to and become familiar with other client engagements and will support the Project Manager with business development activities to expand and provide technology solutions. Responsibility will be to understand how GDIT provides these services to our expanding Department of Commerce clients, and how GDIT can enhance their service delivery to these clients.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Project/Task Sr Manager must have:
• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
• Experience: 10 years of project management experience with at least 5 years of intensive and progressive experience demonstrating the required proficiency levels related to the position.
  • Excellent writing, speaking and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated client-facing roles
  • Proven track record of leading complex systems implementation or integration efforts
  • Strong experience working for a senior leadership client, participating in briefings, presentations, and advisory sessions
  • Experience working with business process management (BPM) products and Azure cloud SaaS-based implementations
  • Some knowledge of radio transmitters and receivers, radar, antennas and satellites (radio spectrum)
  • Experience managing relationships and dependencies with external teams
  • Experience working in an Agile framework
  • Experience with JIRA and JIRA reports
  • Experience with Confluence
  • Experience writing technical documentation
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Must have a Secret Clearance to start


The likely salary range for this position is $123,250 - $166,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
10-25%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:
USA DC Washington

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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