Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master (SSA)

Founded in 2003, IT Concepts’ core values – customer-centricity, teamwork, driven to deliver, innovation, and integrity – ensure we work together to be the best, realize objectives, and make a positive impact in our communities. We intentionally created and sustain our ITC culture that embraces change, experimentation, continuous learning, and improvement. We bring our design thinking problem-solving approach that challenges assumptions, prioritizes curiosity, and invites complexity to deliver innovative, efficient, and effective solutions. As we continue to grow in the support of our government customers, we are looking for driven and innovative individuals to join our team.

IT Concepts is seeking a Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master who will support several projects at a federal agency. The position is located in Woodlawn, MD. The qualified candidate should have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with sharp attention to detail.

He is responsible for successfully delivering multiple projects concurrently with an agile mindset. The PM/SM leads and coordinates a project team’s overall performance while delivering the project’s scope on time and on budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to determine, define, and document project scope, milestones, work tasks, dependencies, timelines, and objectives.
• Estimate resources needed to reach objectives and manage resource deadlines in an effective and efficient manner.
• Track project costs including FTE resource utilization to track success in meeting ROI estimates.
• Develop multiple detailed project schedules and work plans.
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, progress, hurdles, and timelines.
• Ensure that stakeholders execute proper contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution.
• Monitor progress and adjust the plan as needed.
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Lead communication efforts to ensure stakeholders are having effective meetings, making timely progress, disseminating appropriate information, and training to affected parties appropriately.
• Lead escalation efforts when a plan is off track.
• Produce monthly Executive dashboards report on tracked projects. Communicate challenges, missed deadlines, progress toward goal, plan deviation or modification, and lessons learned.
• Ensure projects have appropriate documentation production assigned to the appropriate stakeholder.
• Ensure post-mortem report includes rating the project as a success or failure, and includes lessons learned.
• As priorities and schedule allow, you may be asked to be an active participant in a project.
• Contribute to implementing, anchoring, and enhancing new agile-based project management framework
• Execute projects utilizing agile-based project management framework and standards
• Manage project’s overall scope, timeline, budget, resources, communications, risks, issues, key performance indicators, and change management (both project and business)
• Manage multiple projects concurrently
• Provide transparent and accessible tracking and reporting on project’s status and progress
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in the project management field from an accredited 4-year university

• 5+ years’ experience in Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• 5+ years’ experience in Waterfall project methodology
• 5+ years’ experience delivering IT related projects
• Project Management and Agile certifications, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), etc. are strongly preferred

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, with excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong Leadership skills and ability to influence and lead while driving projects to delivery
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust Security Clearance
• Recent experience with any federal government is required with the preferred SSA (Social Security Administration) agency experience.

Benefits

The Company

We believe in generating success collaboratively, enabling long-term mission success, and building trust for the next challenge. With you as our partner, let’s solve challenges, think innovatively, and maximize impact. As a valued member of our team, you have the unique opportunity to work in a diverse range of techn