Senior IT Project Manager

Job Title:                      Senior Information Technology Project Manager

Organization:          IT-I Service Integration supporting Centuria ITSSIII Contract

Work Location:        Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island Florida

Clearance:               OPM Tier IV Background Investigation

Travel:                       On-site as required by the NASA Supervisor. Local travel only

Start Date:              TBD

Position Description

The Senior Information Technology Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring the successful completion of NASA and Kennedy Space Center project engagements in accordance with the ITSSIII Statement of Work, budget, customer expectations and best practices.

These engagements typically involve multi-year delivery of Information Technology Services that include System integration for Imagery, Data Transport Systems

and Distribution, Specialized Voice Systems NASA documentation, and configuration management administration.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated success in project management, interpersonal team building skills, collaborate and manage technical or business projects/processes and deliverables with demonstrated ability to recommend solutions to develop customer relationships to exceed customer satisfaction.

The successful Project Manager will collaborate and support the development of cost estimates for future years for planning purposes. The Project Manager will work collaboratively on engagements with minimal direct supervision and collaborate with others for assigned tasks.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide management and oversight of NASA IT COMM and OCIO projects as assigned by the Service Integration Supervisor

• Maintain controlled area access training as assigned to facilitate entry to controlled areas, working within elevated (heights) work areas, hazardous and clean room locations.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with operational and technical and NASA Government Supervisors and other partner contractors
• Interface and collaborate with team members, NASA Government leadership and other support contractor teams in the delivery of services to successfully complete assigned projects in support of NASA and Kennedy Space Center and Launch Operations supporting Exploration Ground Systems for Artemis and commercial space flight customers.
   
• Understanding of NASA 2713 Technical Review Process, NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 7120.8 for program and project management requirements by which NASA formulates and executes research and technology programs and projects, and business management skills to assure the timely, satisfactory, and cost- effective completion of customer requirements.
• Demonstrate successful business management processes, documentation experience, budgetary planning and reporting, and strong customer service skills.
   
• Demonstrate analytical skills to work with the assigned NASA technical and operational team to understand their procurement requirements and recommend procurement decisions based on those requirements
   
• Participate in lifecycle project management including requirements analysis, design, and implementation as well as timely, accurate reporting
• Ability to develop deliverables, presentations, project plans and spreadsheets. The Senior Information Technology Project Manager must have exceptional knowledge of the MS Office suite.
• Coordinate with COMM contractor and other supporting contractor groups at KSC.

• Present and participate in Service Integration Weekly Program Reviews for Service Integration

• Prepare monthly activities report in support of contract deliverables including daily time reporting for Centuria

Minimum Position Requirements:

Ten to fifteen years of progressively responsible Information Technology (IT) experience including costing, planning, and execution.  In addition, the candidate should have three years managing medium professional IT services engagements, including Federal program management experience. Change and Process Lead with ten years proven experience to provide IT Configuration, Change, Process, and Documentation Management

Specific position requirements include: 

• Develop, implement, maintain, and improve organization and operational system business processes, procedures, and standards that promote cross-element standardization.
• Facilitation of collaborating, build consensus, facilitate decision-making, inspire creativity, and have good conflict resolution skills. Identify project  risk and mitigate that risk keeping the project on track. .
• Experience with IT Project life-cycle management, including formulation, requirements collection and analysis, design testing, validation, verification, implementation, operational transition, and post-operational management a plus.

• Experience with Microsoft Project including Visio to develop technical documentation
• Strong abilities to work within Microsoft Project environment and understanding of Waterfall schedules.
• Ability to partner closely with peers, customers, and management, and provide highly effective oral and written communications, conduct procedural meetings, multitask, and prioritize work in an interrupt-driven environment, and schedule work products to accomplish required tasks.
• Ability to work in an office environment for collaboration, Kennedy Space Center test laboratories and outdoor support locations at Kennedy Space Center in support of installation, validation and verification, maintenance of imagery, communication, and data transmission systems.