Senior Program Specialist

Job Family:

Technology Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

The Senior Project Specialist will support a high-visibility Project Management Office (PMO) for a large federal client.  As part of the PMO, the Senior Project Specialist will be responsible for leading key workstreams, governance actions, stakeholder engagement, and documentation.  The program is facing near-term delivery timelines and will need coordination across a large Federal Department, along with external stakeholders.   

Typical duties include:

• Execute Working Group governance meetings - ensure that information regarding decisions, action items, and issues needing resolution are up-to-date and accurate

• Manage and communicate Working Group standard operating procedures

• Communicate inter-working Group issues and action items with other PMO coordinators

• Develop program documentation, and SOPs, Implementation Guidance toolkit, on-boarding documentation, etc.

• Support onboarding of and coordination with more than one hundred federal agencies

• Maintain integrated project schedule, action items, decisions, issues

• Facilitate and support executive-level briefings

What You Will Need:

• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust

• FIVE (5) or more years of experience supporting cybersecurity projects

• Bachelor's Degree

• A flexible, customer-centric approach to support rapidly changing business needs and new priorities

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• EIGHT (8) years of experience managing large and complex technology integration projects;

• Zero Trust,  ICAM, and Microsoft 365 suite experience

• Experience supporting a federal PMO

• Experience drafting governance and system documentation: SOPs, MOUs, ISAs, System Guides, User Training, etc

• Strong analytic skills, analyzing, deconflicting, archiving, and maintaining program materials

• Highly effective and efficient written and verbal communication

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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