Technical Project Manager

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Program Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Microsoft Office, Project Planning, Waterfall Project Management

Certifications:

ITIL Foundation - ITIL, Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI) - PMP, SAFe 5.0 - SAFe 6 Agilist

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Technical Project Manager (TPM) supporting the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).

The NPDB improves the quality of health care by encouraging State licensing boards, hospitals and other health care entities, and professional societies to identify and discipline those who engage in unprofessional behavior; and to restrict the ability of incompetent physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners to move from State to State without disclosure or discovery of previous medical malpractice payment and adverse action history. Adverse actions can involve licensure, clinical privileges, professional society membership, and exclusions from Medicare and Medicaid.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator.  As a TPM supporting the NPDB program, you will be part of a team responsible for supporting the PMO for contract management execution support.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Serve as the liaison and focal point for Federal IT staff and executive stakeholders to continuously coordinate and status projects, risks, tasks, and reviews and solve problems
• Work with Federal customer and agile team leads to develop strategies, priorities, and plans for projects
• Work with agile team leads to develop and manage project plans, timelines, risks, and schedules for multiple, concurrent agile IT projects
• Develop and communicate expectations, project risks, mitigation strategies, cost estimates, and evolve project plans as risks materialize and priorities evolve
• Develop and shape future project initiatives and roadmaps, shape and manage customer relationship and expectations, and develop strategies for future work
• Develop presentations and graphics in collaboration with technical staff to promote new IT innovations and IT project accomplishments
• Performs a variety of complex administrative and analytical tasks in support of multiple projects
• Develops plans, including budgets and schedules, and monitors tasks to meet contractual/project requirements
• Establishes and defines program requirements and directs or performs in-depth studies to determine optimum program plan
• Monitors and reports performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met
• Interacts regularly with customers and other industry representatives to ensure conformance to customer requirements

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's of Arts or Science degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work experience
• Required Experience: 10 + years of experience working in the field
• Required technical skills: At least 8 years' experience leading large and complex system/software O&M and DME programs, projects, or customer service operations for Federal government programs; Experience executing IT projects using agile methodologies, both scrum and kanban; Experience leading and coaching agile methodologies; Superior Federal customer relationship, leadership and collaboration skills. Must establish rapport with junior – executive customer and GDIT staff working both remotely and onsite; Experience working with Federal Government clients
• Security Clearance Level: None, however must be able to obtain and maintain an HHS Public Trust clearance
• Required Skills & Abilities: Superior writing and communication skills; Must write succinctly and clearly and explain complex situations in plain English to technical and non-technical audiences; Superior multi-tasking and organization skills. Must manage multiple simultaneous projects and prioritize assignments and tasks accordingly,