Support mission-critical initiatives and enable the growth at GDIT. Working as part of the Technology Shared Services (TSS) Project and Transition Management Office, you’ll become an integral part of how GDIT delivers services to meet our customer’s mission.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead matrixed teams on challenging projects applying various project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid). Strong communications, interpersonal, and leadership skills are required to drive collaboration across technical and business teams to successfully deliver on time, under budget, and realizing the desired outcomes. You will support solving some of our clients’ biggest challenges and help us grow the business while growing your career.

As a Senior Project Manager your responsibilities include managing projects from requirements to post-go live activities such as, collecting and vetting requirements, developing project artifacts (statement of work, resource plan, requirements traceability matrix, budget, schedule, etc.), facilitating project management forums (scrums, sprints, management reviews, operational readiness reviews, lessons learned, etc.), and driving results working across all stakeholders.

• Growing GDIT business by leading successful on-time, under budget, value-add projects.
• Collaborating across customer, executive, business, and technical stakeholders to drive consensus and resolve conflicts.
• Flexibility and proactive management to balance the cost, schedule, and scope of projects.
• Mitigating risks through focused management during project execution.
• Leading to drive outcomes.

Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or equivalent required years of experience

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of extensive experience managing project’s cost, schedule, scope, risks, stakeholders, and outcomes.
• PMP Certification
• SAFe Agile Certifications
• Experience supporting Government customers/programs/projects

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Managing projects in a matrixed team environment
• Scrum, Agile and Waterfall Experience
• Proficient Microsoft Office application skills (e.g., Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to drive decisions and outcomes.
• Demonstrable leadership experience

Preferred Skills:

Diverse experience using different project management tools (e.g., MS Project, ServiceNow SPM, Smartsheet, JIRA, etc.)

• Mentoring and coaching of team members
• Negotiating contract terms and conditions
• Executive presentation skills
• Financial acumen
• Technical delivery experience

Location: Remote in Louisiana. Must be a Louisiana resident or willing to become a resident within 60 days of hire, and work remotely from Louisiana.