Mid-Level Project Manager / Business Analysis

Roles: Mid-Level Project Manager / Business Analysis

Location: Washington, DC (4 days onsite a month)

Duration: 1 Year

Pay: DOE

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a project consultant for technology focused projects in the role of project manager, project management advisor, or other system specialist roles as requested by ARC management.
• Partner with internal business owners, technical team members, and senior management throughout the project/program life cycle to assist and support the design, development, and implementation of effective systems and enhancements.
• Act as the intermediary to facilitate a clear understanding among all parties about business assumptions and strategic objectives.
• Defines and oversees a list of dependent projects needed to reach the program’s overall goals.
• Execute, track, and report on project activities.
• Facilitate project proposal and status review meetings to inform senior leaders about portfolio status and emerging requests.
• Articulates the program’s strategy and objectives and assess how it will impact an organization.
• Assist where necessary with business process redesign to take advantage of the efficiencies offered by automation.
• Work with clients to foster best business practices, the appropriate use of automation to provide efficient, cost-effective administrative systems and a continual process improvement approach to ARC systems.
• Work closely with ARC staff to establish, revise, and maintain standards and procedures while implementing system projects.

Requisite Skills:

• At least seven years’ experience facilitating the requirements planning and management processes according to software development lifecycles (SDLCs) including DevOps, Agile, Lean, Iterative, or Waterfall.
• Previous experience managing successful projects from start to finish, particularly those involving technology improvements or upgrades, and those that require cross-group communication and adherence to deadlines.
• Experience with presenting business relationships and dependency mappings among entities.
• Ability to communicate on both a technical and non-technical level with a wide range of subject matter.
• Ability to create and present project documents with proper grammar, spelling, format, and logical information flow.
• Ability to foster an inclusive, team environment, and deal with issues constructively as they arise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with colleagues at all levels.
• Strong elicitation and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Demonstrated ability to resolve challenging obstacles and complete commitments on time.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.

Ability to:

• Gather critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.
• Document the results of business process reviews. Develop and communicate optimization strategies to team members and management.
• Effectively conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
• Work closely with business clients, technical staff, and management.
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Effectively apply and adjust project management principles based upon project objectives