Position Description
Serco has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Project Manager to join their PMO. This position can be 100% remote but prefer DMV location.
In this role you will be responsible for planning, organizing, scheduling, and managing technical projects from inception to completion. Manages projects and activities spanning IT operations, cloud migrations, data center migrations, infrastructure, and IT Delivery. Provides direction on projects from inception through completion and provides technical and managerial assistance on all aspects of project management to comply with the technical requirements of the project. Manages and coordinates technical and administrative staff by assigning, scheduling, prioritizing, coordinating, and facilitating multiple tasks. Reviews work for quality assurance. Produces reports and other documentation highlighting project steps and status for daily and weekly meetings with stakeholders. Attends meetings and makes presentations about project status and work commitments. Ensures training of all staff members and instructs them on Serco's methods, procedures, and standards. Evaluates, develops or implements procedures regarding project documentation and development. Participates in long-range planning, analysis, and program design. Participates in the planning and design of new projects as requested. Other duties as assigned. Requires experience and proficiency in discipline. Degree must be in computer science, engineering, applied sciences, or management.
Key Activities:
Manage IT projects such as IT integration during company mergers and cloud migrations
Develop project plans, WBS, schedules, contingency plans, workflow diagrams, and operational documentation.
identify, document, monitor and resolve project risk and issues
Compile a weekly project quad chart and brief management
Lead a project team to complete a specific project or task including facilitating discussion of team goals, values, processes, roles, and responsibilities.
Apply experience developing written materials such as reports, manuals or documentation to assist other project team members.
Make decisions and take part in decision-making processes. Apply critical thinking in a decision-making process. Ensures that project decisions are documented
Manage critical milestones, and present overall project statuses to IT Executive Management and CIO.
Mitigate scheduling, personnel, and technical risks to facilitate cost savings
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will have:
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's degree in IT or related field and 10+ years of exp.
PMP required
Agile certification or experience preferred
5+ years in a technical environment, minimum of five years prior technical project management experience required.
Cloud (AWS) implementation and migration experience
Familiar with Technology Architecture & Workflow Planning
-MS Office Tools (Project, Visio, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
-Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Key Skills:
-Technical Project Management and Agile Project Management
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within Project Management field.
Can explain the importance of defining and following policies, standards, and procedures and describe technical standards and procedures that affect the project.
-Can describe the roles and responsibilities of Technology and business functions and identify major activities associated with delivering technical functionality.
-Can make decisions and take part in decision-making processes. Can describe a specific discipline for applying critical thinking in a decision-making process and use specific techniques for assessing and prioritizing costs, risks, and benefits among other criteria for decision-making.
-Experience leading and directing the work of others.
-Familiar with data center operations and cloud migrations
Certifications:
PMI/PMP required
ITIL certifications prefered
Agile experience and certification preferred
AWS certification Preferred
If you thrive in a fast paced environment and want to join a great company and organization please apply for immediate consideration!
Company Overview
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).
To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco .
If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.
Serco does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies without being a contracted approved vendor. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Serco and will not be obligated to pay a placement or contract fee. If you are interested in becoming an approved vendor at Serco, please email Agencies@serco-na.com .
COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
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ID 51061
Recruiting Location : Location US-VA-Herndon
Category Information Technology
Position Type Full-Time
Security Clearance None
Telework Yes - May Consider Full Time Teleworking for this position
