Senior Program Manager (Top Secret clearance)

Senior Program Manager

Washington, DC - onsite

Top Secret Security Clearance is required to start

Salary: Up to $196K

ALTA IT Services is seeking a highly skilled and knowledgeable Senior Program Manager to manage a program that delivers cloud, cybersecurity, business analytics, program analytics, SharePoint, communications, and UI design support services. This role will be onsite at the client site in Washington D.C.

Responsibilities:
Responsible for the overall program success. Set priorities, develop work schedules, monitor, and report progress towards goals, and track details and activities.
Identify and define resources and schedule for project/program implementation. Ensure that staffing plan and team competencies meet mission detection, response, and support requirements.
Defines project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables.
Works closely with all teams to identify and document issues, create action items, organize and conduct meetings, and resolve issues.
Responsible for managing the program s financials to include budget, forecast, profitability and provides weekly reporting.
Responsible for identifying and implementing continuous improvements, or enhancements to achieve cost savings, cost avoidance or improvements to meet customer and mission goals.

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 12 years of IT experience; minimum of 5 years of experience managing large programs with a minimum of 70 FTEs for the Federal government.
Must have two (2) years of experience managing teams located in different geographic locations.
Possess a PMP certification.
Bachelor s Degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
Possess a minimum of 5 years experience managing programs requirements analysis, systems engineering/development, O&M, cloud, and research and evaluation for new or emerging technologies.
Possess minimum of 3 years experience managing projects using Agile methods such as SAFe, Scrum and/or Kanban.
Minimum of 5 years experience using Earned Value Management (EVM).
Microsoft Office experience, including Microsoft Project

Preferred Qualifications:
Possess an Agile practitioner certification
Jira Project Management experience.
Experience in implementing feedback, performing corrective actions and focus on continuous improvement to ensure program success.

Travel: Required 25%