Tactical Project Manager

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future

Can you protect the most coveted targets in the world? Do you enjoy knowing you’re at the cutting edge of building essential clandestine technology? Join ManTech and help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement. We encourage our team members to share and grow their skills and expertise while creating robust and state-of-the-art solutions.

ManTech is seeking a Tactical Project Manager in Herndon, VA. As the Tactical Project Manager on our team, you will be part of a high-performing software development team supporting the planning and execution of full life-cycle solutions. You will provide project management and systems engineering for a development team supporting an enterprise application. Additionally, you will help to stand up a new Operations & Maintenance (O&M) hybrid team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, flexible and hands-on, demonstrating a willingness to fill project team needs as required to achieve customer mission.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Gather requirements, identify project needs and required tasks, organize project activities for a tactical engineering need and manage project tasks and objectives to meet the customer mission.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with mission partners.
• Identify, coordinate, and manage an ever-expanding and evolving set of needs with different stakeholders, groups, and offices to ensure goals and timelines can be met.
• Work with the customer and ManTech stakeholders to identify offsite space for development and engineering activities.
• Communicate with customer and internal leadership to keep them aware of statuses related to creation, coordination, and approval of project phases.
• Prepare briefings and present summaries about status at review board meetings.
• Facilitate technical exchange meetings for stakeholders, as needed.
• Engage with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure requirements are effectively defined and assessed.
• Conduct programmatic analysis and provide strategic recommendations for activities or projects throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analysis and monitoring of performance metrics of approved projects.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Project Management
• 5+ years of experience with IT project management
• Experience with the Agile development process
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, sound judgement and effective decision-making skills
• Ability to demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years supporting customers and programs in the IC Community
• 5+ years of experience in a technical lead position
• Experience managing hybrid (remote and onsite) teams
• Experience in software development or software testing
• Experience managing a software or applications development team
• Experience serving as a Scrum Master
• PMP or ITIL certification

Clearance Requirements: Active/current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Physical Requirements: Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time

SKN.7.23

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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