Business Process Project Manager

Who we are:
Makpar is a team of innovators and consultants deploying cutting edge technologies for the federal government. We help our clients achieve their business and operational goals by solving complex problems through experience and intellect and build sustainable solutions that last. If you are driven and looking to tackle complex and critical client challenges, Makpar can provide a dynamic, mission focused, and rewarding environment for your professional growth. Our service offerings include Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, IT Project Management, Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), and Health IT. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work™ certified four years in a row. Recent awards include Fortune Top 100 Small Place to Work, Inc 5000, and Inc Best in Business. In 2019, we were awarded the SBA Subcontractor of the Year Award (Region 3) for our program management and Agile development work at the IRS. 

Position Title: Business Process Project Manager
The Position:Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Business Process Project Manager (PM) to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with a high performing team of technical and business experts on a Federal Government agency project deploying cutting edge technologies. The PM will work closely with our client to gain an in-depth understanding of their mission, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which they operate. The primary focus of this role will be to help set up a new branch and any operational processes that may be needed.  The ideal candidate possesses a unique blend of leadership, project management and business process skills. 

Role Specific Duties:

• Provide leadership to the project team and conduct day to day management to ensure that the process management activities are on schedule and attaining its objectives
• Guide agency and internal teams in stakeholder meetings, work sessions, and support strategy development, building charter and modernization plan etc.
• Lead and facilitate working groups, teams, and work with stakeholders to develop business plan.
• Develop and present process status and recommendations, including presentations, process models, supporting metrics, business requirements, etc.
• Facilitate the definition and improvement of IT processes with a focus on Systems Operations and Maintenance processes
• Responsible for actual performance against standards, to determine whether a activities are on target, and take corrective actions or escalate as necessary. Identify, manage and resolve dependencies, issues and risks between within the project
• Develop process improvement plans incorporating strategies from a variety of industry leading approaches, including Traditional Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), ITIL, Agile, etc.
• Handle multiple, concurrent projects of moderate or complex scope and effectively communicate progress to team members and stakeholders.
• Work with relevant government stakeholders and business process owners to assure project implementation and milestone exits are on schedule and in accordance with the business requirement needs and goals
• Act as a mentor for other members of the project team
• Execute any other project related duties that may be assigned from time to time

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university within preferred field of study in Computer Science or Business Management.
• Must be capable of taking full ownership of the project’s assignments.
• Must be able to firmly align project resources and stakeholders as to the agreed upon project deliverables.
• Must be skilled at effective techniques for requirements elicitation, analysis and categorization of business requirements and translation into optimized business process flows, business use cases, and activity diagrams.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycles (traditional and agile).
• Familiarity with principles of information systems security.
• Superior organization and project management skills with ability to meet tight deadlines and adapt plans through change.
• Capable of connecting the dots at a high level, comfortable identifying and solving problems while maintaining progress.
• Capacity to work well under pressure and independently handle activities with minimal supervision
• Must possess excellent oral and writing skills with prior experience in documentation of processes and procedures.
• Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years and be Federal Tax compliant. 

Benefits:
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and c