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Project Management & Capability Growth, Practice Area Lead

Job Locations US-VA-Tysons

Job ID

2024-12149

of Openings

Category

Project Management

Overview

The Program Planning & Investment Management (PP&IM) Sub Service Line (SSL) is seeking a Practice Area Lead for the Portfolio & Project Management (P&PM) Practice Area (PA).The PAL will be responsible for 1) developing a strategy for their Practice Area that aligns with SSL strategy and solution maturation; 2) leading business development, on contract growth, and growth for their PA, and 3) talent management and development within their PA.

The P&PM Practice Area is focused on capabilities which includes : developing a portfolio, program and project management strategy including risk and schedule management, and innovation of Program Management Operational tools. The PAL will lead practice area activities, which includes overseeing firm-wide strategy for administration services, leveraging technology to drive innovation, and the developing, retaining, mentoring and coaching of a team of operations domain experts.

Responsibilities

The P&PM Practice Area Lead role includes the following activities :

Capability Maturation & Strategy

Develop PA strategy and support the SSL strategy to assist in executing SSL goals
Create, update, and / or document solutions, offerings, methodologies, and capabilities that align to the PA and resonate with market trends and / or client challenges (e.g. SDMs, methodologies, models, etc.)
Coordinate across LMI to ensure PA capabilities are known throughout LMI and meeting the needs of LMI's customers
Continuously improve existing capabilities and develop new capabilities within PA to stay in front of a rapidly evolving and digitally-enabled marketplace
BD and Growth

Provide solutioning, capture, and proposal support to markets / growth for PA capabilities

Develop sales enablement materials to support SSL and PA growth

Screen RFIs / RFPs for potential action and lead / coordinate response for SSL

Review, maintain, and coordinate with markets / BD to update pipeline opportunities related to the Practice Area or coordinate updates with the Business Development POC

Support SSL and markets / growth in partner identification for opportunities

Community Mentorship and Development

Manage and develop talent within the PA

Manage the hiring process for talent demands within the PA (create, review, and approve requisitions)

Conduct interviews for demand requirements and coordinate with SSL Director on hiring / staffing decisions

Assist Resource Managers and SSL Director with staff redeployments and internal mobility

Mature the PA bench by identifying and mentoring subject matter experts and emerging talent and maintaining awareness of desired growth areas of staff within PA

Help identify the best approaches to improve the professional skills of Practice Area members to include certifications, degrees, professional organizations, and work experience

Provide input and support to Practice Area staff on Performance 365 goals and calibrations

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

Experience in management consulting or government services, executing capabilities in Practice Area (military or civilian)

Bachelors degree required

Demonstrated subject matter expertise and thought leadership

Ability to lead, nurture, and develop people in an effective way with positive impacts to both the employee and LMI

Ability to understand and align competing work priorities and outcomes with partners (e.g., service line and market), adjust individual priorities for the greater good, and negotiate shared work goals.

Desired Qualifications :

Ability to develop, nurture and maintain collaborative partnerships. Collaborative partnerships have multiple hand-offs, require regular communication to coordinate and debrief, continual information exchange, collective contribution to work products, creative conflict, and mutual stake in success.

Ability to clearly articulate other's roles and responsibilities in completing work and proactively and effectively resolve role conflicts, to include partners, team members and leaders.

Ability to achieve consensus and decisions while maintaining collaborative partnerships.

Ability to leverage indirect influence to delegate and co-create and implement work products.

Ability to tailor communication requirements and style to a wide-range of situations and requirements.

Ability to make meetings matter by setting clear and specific outcomes, facilitating productive dialogue, and leading an effective follow-up and accountability cadence

Exemplify LMI's 5 behaviors

Collaborate constantly by working across organizational boundaries

Operate in the gray area by accepting ambiguity

Embracing conflict by supporting and engaging in respectful, robust debates and discussions,

Develop people by investing in the growth of others

Take an enterprise-wide view by evaluating challenges from multiple perspectives and maximizing the whole.

Possess mature emotional intelligence (EQ) as demonstrated by strong self-awareness, emotional resilience, empathy, and relationship management.

LMI is a consultancy dedicated to improving the business of government, drawing from commercially successful practices and our deep expertise in advanced analytics, digital services, logistics, and management advisory services. LMI was established in 1961 for the express purpose of enhancing operations by incorporate methodologies and innovations from outside the federal government. We cultivate a culture of empowerment, inclusion, diversity, and entrepreneurship. Our employees are encouraged to incorporate new and novel approaches in unconventional spaces to advance our clients goals. We believe our clients can change lives and make a meaningful difference in our Nation, and we seek talented, curious, hardworking people who share that conviction. Our generous compensation package includes excellent benefits that start the first day of employment. Business casual dress, flex time, and tuition reimbursement are a few of our many work-life benefits available to our employees.

LMI has been named a 2024 #TopWorkplace in the United States by Top Workplaces! We are honored to be recognized as a company that values a people-centered culture, and we are grateful to our employees for making this possible!

LMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. LMI is committed to the fair treatment of all and to our policy of providing applicants and employees with equal employment opportunities. LMI recruits, hires, trains, and promotes people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, protected veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please contact accommodations@lmi.org

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