Senior Program Manager

Req ID:306295
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We are currently seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our team in Arlington, Virginia (US-VA), United States (US).
The candidate for this role will be responsible for IT Governance activities to include portfolio management, investment management, capital planning, change management, program management, organizational development, strategic planning, enterprise architecture, business analysis, and performance management tasks. It is desirable that the candidate possess the following skills and attributes:

Job Duties:
Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to support work assignments for meeting the deliverable objective
Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses for assigned tasks
Compile research, findings, and other information into written formats such as white papers, reports, presentations, and other forms of technical documentation
Perform IT strategic/organizational planning, organizational development, portfolio and program management, IT investment management, IT governance
Provide Weekly and Monthly Status Reporting
Provide meeting support (facilitate meetings, prepare agenda, prepare project briefings, present to the stakeholders, document and distribute meeting minutes, and track actions)
Support other PMO tasks as assigned
Flexibility is a must, as well as the ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple work streams, multi-task and work well under tight deadlines
Strong interpersonal skills and proven experience in building partnerships with business and technical stakeholders as applicable
Self-starter with ability to perform and lead work independently
Participate in project planning and schedule development/maintenance activities
Implement a continuous process of identifying, selecting and managing a portfolio of projects in alignment with key performance metrics and strategic business objectives.
Provide recommendations, processes, procedures, writing policies, and support in an IT Portfolio Management program.
Provide alternate methods to manage IT Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management activities across the client's IT organization with an innovative solution to forecast future benefits of a comprehensive IT portfolio, to include IT Technical Roadmaps and Business Roadmaps based on Government mandates
Conduct organizational level reporting linking technologies to outcomes and mission-related tangible and intangible benefits
Key coordinator between multiple project teams
May work independently and supervise junior staff

Tools/Methodologies:
MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Visio
Microsoft Office Project
MS SharePoint
MS Power BI
ServiceNow
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Development Security and Operations (DevSecOps)

Basic Qualifications:
A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer or Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field or technical discipline is desired or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Minimum 15 years of experience in program management/consulting, which should include business analysis, investment management, and other relevant experience
Secret security clearance required

Preferred Qualifications:
A Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-BPA) credential is highly desirable
Experience in applying in an operational environment the principles of the nine primary knowledge areas and the five process groups defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge
Experience in Organizational Development analysis to support As-is and To-be models with recommendations to improve the organizations efficiencies and effectiveness in full utilization of resources and delivering quality products to the customer
Experience in IT Portfolio Management methodologies and processes, tools, strategic planning, trend analysis, organizational reporting and presentations, and identification of performance indicators for the purpose of performance measurements
Experience writing alternative analyses, feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, business cases or point papers based on research, analysis, and observations
Experience with the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) lifecycle and other IT investment processes and requirements; familiarity with the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework
Experience in strategic Enterprise Architecture (EA) analysis, including CPIC, EA, and program management requirements alignment with agency Strategic Planning
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in writing materials relevant to organization, project, and task goals and presenting material to senior Government officials
Experience assessing, interpreting, and providing guidance regarding federal government budget and reporting directives and instructions
Expertise in Risk Analysis to support project managers in identifying project risk, identifying potential impacts of those risks, and crafting risk mitigation strategies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in writing materials relevant to organization, project and task goals and presenting material to senior
Government officials and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications
Demonstrated experience in conducting business and technical analysis by facilitating working group sessions and engaging working group members in order to understand and document customer stakeholder functional and technical needs
Experienced in Project and Portfolio Management best practices, solutions, associated tools; business process analysis and re-engineering methodologies and processes
Demonstrated experience in automating workflows, data management, and reporting in using an Enterprise Service Management (ESM) tool, i.e. ServiceNow ITSM and ITBM modules
Thorough knowledge of conducting compliance and service audits and preparing audit findings reports and corrective action plans
Thorough knowledge of portfolio and investment management relating to the Information Technology Investment Management (ITIM) reporting requirements
Thorough knowledge of organizational development methodologies
Experience facilitating work sessions, mentoring project managers or other staff, and
conducting training sessions
Experience developing or revising procedures, templates and other related documentation as a result of research, interviews, and work sessions
Experience in articulating functional and technical needs to provide support with the liaison between functional stakeholders and the engineering/development teams
Demonstrated experience in assessing customer current business processes and functions and make recommendations for improved functional services

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