Role: Sr. Project Manager
Client: State of MD
Location: Hybrid 2-3 days a week at Crownsville, MD
Preference: Candidates local to DC, MD and comfortable with 2 days onsite.
Duration: Full Time
Description/Role
The Senior Project Manager positions will perform day-to-day management of the project, identify issues and risks, and recommend and implement approved mitigation strategies associated with the project.
Duties/Responsibilities (including, but not limited to the following):
- Provide weekly scope, budget, and schedule status updates on the accomplishments, milestones, tasks, roadblocks, issues, and risks related to each cybersecurity remediation project.
- Lead teams of technical resources to prioritize the delivery of high-quality IT solutions that meet business needs.
- Oversee the development and approval of project plans across all remediation work streams or remediation roadmap areas.
- Ensure alignment between Department of Information Technology priority initiatives, cybersecurity assessment results, work orders, and Statewide Cybersecurity Initiatives.
- Ensure alignment between contractor and staff timesheets, completed work, and deliverables required as defined in both issued work orders and project plans.
- Develop and update project charters, scope statements, and scope management to align work efforts to organizational goals and objectives.
- Develop transition activities and rollout schedules during both pre- and post-implementation.
- Manage work activities to ensure conformity to the project scope, timelines, and budgets.
- Develop performance and quality measures for product management activities and provide tracking and periodic reporting on these measures.
- Motivate the project teams and forge consensus around program goals and objectives.
- Develop and manage budgets and resourcing plans, and track performance against these budgets and resourcing plans.
- Develop and implement communication strategies to improve transparency and promote awareness of program areas and issues.
- Develop written documentation and oral correspondence of outstanding quality.
- Integrate change management and change control practices into the program as required.
- Identify, track, manage, and reduce the impact of risks and issues.
- Manage vendor relationships to ensure high levels of quality deliverables and performance.
- Meet legal, regulatory, and policy mandates.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related discipline.
- Major in Cybersecurity or other related discipline is preferred.
- Master’s degree or project management certification is preferred.
Experience:
- At least Ten (10) years of experience in project management.
- At least two (5) years of experience designing, developing, and implementing ITSM processes, services, and capabilities (e.g., Incident, Change, CMDB).
- At least five (5) years of experience managing IT-related projects and must demonstrate a leadership role in at least three (3) successful projects that were delivered on time and on budget.
- At least five (5) years of experience implementing or managing cybersecurity-related projects.
- At least two (2) years of experience implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies.
Certifications:
- Proposed candidates must possess active and current (PMP) project management certification(s) and shall provide certification license numbers for validation.
- Preferred: One or more of the following project management certifications, including but not limited to: PMI-PBA, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, DASM, DASSM, CSM, CSPO, PSM, CSP, SSM, or PSPO.
- One or more of the following: Cybersecurity certifications.
