Guidehouse

Senior Program Specialist

Guidehouse$90K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity projects
  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Ability to obtain federal Public Trust clearance
  • Flexible, customer-centric approach to changing priorities

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage governance meetings for the PMO
  • Maintain accurate documentation of decisions and action items
  • Develop SOPs, guidance toolkits, and onboarding documentation
  • Facilitate coordination with over 100 federal agencies
  • Support execution of executive-level briefings
  • Manage integrated project schedules and action items
  • Communicate inter-working group issues with PMO coordinators

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Personal and family sick time, plus company paid holidays
  • Discretionary variable incentive bonus eligibility
  • Parental leave and adoption assistance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life insurance options
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Student loan repayment assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement and learning opportunities
  • Skills development and certification support
  • Employee referral program
  • Community outreach and corporate events
  • Emergency backup childcare program
  • Mobility stipend
Full Job Description
Job Family:
Technology Consulting

Travel Required:
Up to 10%

Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

The Senior Project Specialist will support a high-visibility Project Management Office (PMO) for a large federal client. As part of the PMO, the Senior Project Specialist will be responsible for leading key workstreams, governance actions, stakeholder engagement, and documentation. The program is facing near-term delivery timelines and will need coordination across a large Federal Department, along with external stakeholders.

Typical duties include:
  • Execute Working Group governance meetings - ensure that information regarding decisions, action items, and issues needing resolution are up-to-date and accurate
  • Manage and communicate Working Group standard operating procedures
  • Communicate inter-working Group issues and action items with other PMO coordinators
  • Develop program documentation, and SOPs, Implementation Guidance toolkit, on-boarding documentation, etc.
  • Support onboarding of and coordination with more than one hundred federal agencies
  • Maintain integrated project schedule, action items, decisions, issues
  • Facilitate and support executive-level briefings


What You Will Need:
  • US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust
  • FIVE (5) or more years of experience supporting cybersecurity projects
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • A flexible, customer-centric approach to support rapidly changing business needs and new priorities
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification


What Would Be Nice To Have:
  • EIGHT (8) years of experience managing large and complex technology integration projects;
  • Zero Trust, ICAM, and Microsoft 365 suite experience
  • Experience supporting a federal PMO
  • Experience drafting governance and system documentation: SOPs, MOUs, ISAs, System Guides, User Training, etc
  • Strong analytic skills, analyzing, deconflicting, archiving, and maintaining program materials
  • Highly effective and efficient written and verbal communication


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:
  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend


About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm provides consulting services to clients in the public and commercial sectors, with a focus on energy, financial services, healthcare, national security, and aerospace and defense. Guidehouse was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from PwC. The firm has over 7,000 employees and operates in more than 50 locations worldwide.
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8,000 employees
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Founded
2018

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