KMS

Job ID 2445069

Koniag Management Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with a Public Trust Clearance to support KMS and our federal government customer. This is a remote opportunity.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

The ideal candidate is an experienced project manager and team player that is passionate about cross-team collaboration and committed to lifelong learning, possessing the ability to apply their knowledge, skills, and experience to solve complex/real-world problems.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Support government stakeholders, business representatives and system owners in managing multiple projects within an IT modernization program.
• Understand and communicate complex technical issues in simple terms to executive staff.
• Track and manage IT projects, including management of project plans, schedules, budgets, briefings, and risks.
• Formulate and refine plans, including adjustments to project scope, timing, and budgets as needed by applying established governance mechanisms, best practices, and government project management principles.
• Develop communication plans and interfaces with matrix teams, IT leadership, business leadership, and external vendors/partners.
• Track and monitor the progress of key projects and their associated milestones and recommend adjustments as necessary.
• Identify, assess, document, and report potential programmatic risk and provide risk mitigation recommendations to ensure uninterrupted continuation of IT systems.
• Provide technical thought leadership including assessing, researching, and proposing IT enhancements and modernization approaches to optimize current or future systems.
• Providing acquisition modeling, planning and support coupled with supporting the technical government CIO Roadmap
• Provide budget and cost modeling and management through pre- and post-investment analysis.
• Recommend commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) or custom tools that provide visibility into project status and support geographically dispersed teams.
• Provide analysis and problem solving for various mission-critical IT systems through a strong knowledge of IT hardware, software, and standard concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Manage expectations of customers, timelines for deliverables, and project scope
• Coordinate software application development and deployment of systems between various clients.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs.
• Analyze customer business processes and workflows, requirements, and provide end-to-end solutions.
• Define the business case for objectives of new projects, including identification of business needs.
• Interface between client business units and technical IT staff on projects
• Track project issues and risks by developing and maintaining a risk register.
• Obtain and provide visibility into progress and impediments, escalating concerns where appropriate.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps tools and concepts
• Ability to write and review detailed documentation (requirements documents, weekly/monthly reports, meeting notes, etc.)
• Strong organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), excellent time management skills.
• Familiarity with application lifecycle management (ALM), information management and content management applications
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision as well as working with a team.

Education, Work Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must be a US Citizen able to obtain a Public Trust level clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, Business Administration, or related discipline
• +6 years of experience managing large, complex, projects requiring interproject coordination and integration
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a high level of integrity, critical thinking, and leadership courage
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Active Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification preferred.

Office Location and Travel:

• Candidates will provide their own office workspace location and high-speed internet connection.
• Potential occasional travel to customer location in Washington, DC

Working Environment & Conditions

This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

This position is primarily indoors, consistent with a standard office position and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. The incumbent is required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The workload may require the incumbent to sit for extended periods of time. The incumbent must be able to read, do simple math calculations and withstand moderate amounts of stress.

The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. If you require accommodation to navigate or to apply for a position on our website, please contact Heaven Wood via e-mail at accommodations@koniag-gs.com or by calling 703-488-9377 to request accommodation.

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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