Senior Project Manager (0027)

Senior Project Manager

OCT Consulting, LLC is an SBA-certified, 8(a) small business management and technology consulting firm that provides support to Federal Government clients. We provide consulting services in the areas of Strategy, Process Improvement, Change Management, Program and Project Management, Acquisition/Procurement, and Information Technology.

Responsibilities and Duties

OCT Consulting currently has an opening for an experienced Senior Project Manager to support a Federal government client. This is a hybrid position with one day per week on client site in Washington, D.C. The responsibilities for the Project Manager include:

In coordination with Federal Project Manager (FPM) create, develop, and maintain the Project Management Planthat adequately covers topics such as Scope Management, Schedule Management, Quality Management, Resource Management, Communications Management, Project Change Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, and others as deemed necessary to manage the project.

Develop and maintain a Work Breakdown Structure(WBS) consistent with PMBOK standards for all projects under your management. WBS shall be develop and managed in MS Project Professional, MS Project Online, MS Planner, or any other appropriate tools available on the government network.

In coordination with Federal Project Manager (FPM) create, develop, and maintain the Communications Planfor all project stakeholders. At a minimum the plan shall include stakeholder contact list, distribution structure, description of information to be disseminated, schedule listing when information will be produced and method for updating the communications plan. Ensure all appropriate stakeholders have been identified and their requirements and expectations have been documented and managed within the scope of the project.

In coordination with Federal Project Manager (FPM) create, develop, and maintain the Risk Management Plan (RMP) and Risk Registry. The RMP shall identify and prioritize potential risks to successful completion of the various project phases. The RMP shall incorporate pertinent risk information. The RMP will include a Risk Registry of all significant project risks and will be updated throughout the project.

Review and oversee updating of the Requirements Traceability Matrix(RTM) that describes and provides a numbering system for all project requirements for traceability through testing. The RTM should include test scenarios and acceptance criteria for all technical and functional requirements. Ensure that the Project Team participates in requirements development as and traces requirements through testing and implementation via updates to the RTM. RTM updates will be in conjunction with weekly requirements / design reviews. The RTM process is part of the Quality Assurance Plan.

Ensure creation and updating of the Project Status Report. Oversee Project Team meetings at the frequency that is appropriate for the work being performed. Require the Project Teams to record project status, risk and issue dispositions, accomplishments, and planned activities for the next two-weeks, in the Project Status Report. The status report shall contain a section for lessons learned from the project and any other pertinent status information.

Ensure that Project Teams will collect, organize, store, and manage project documents in a central repository. This includes maintaining current and archival files (electronic and paper), collecting, and distributing information to and from stakeholders, and entering updates into internal status reports.

Ensure development of written procedures for configuration control for application code promotion.

Control the scope of the project leveraging tools such as the RTM and change management activities.

Attending ad hoc meetings, engaging in performance discussions, and participating in Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) assessments.

Be capable of performing all assigned tasks with self-sufficiency and minimal guidance from the COR.

Oversee the performance and duties of non-federal government Mid-Level project managers assigned to the division.

Qualifications and Skills

A competitive candidate will possess the following:

A minimum of 10 (Ten) years of IT experience managing staff for software development and system integration projects is required.

A PMP certification is required.

A minimum of three (3) years of Change Control Board experience; leadership experience preferred

Demonstrable Change Management experience

A minimum of 4 (four) years of experience in leading complex Integrated Project Teams (IPT). The SMP shall be capable of planning, directing, and coordinating the work of the technical personnel involve