Technical Project Manager - Kennedy Space Center, United States - Ciber

Description

HTC Global Services wants you. Come build new things with us and advance your career. At HTC Global you'll collaborate with experts.
You'll join successful teams contributing to our clients' success.

You'll work side by side with our clients and have long-term opportunities to advance your career with the latest emerging technologies.

At HTC Global Services our consultants have access to a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits can include Paid-Time-Off, Paid Holidays, 401K matching, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability Insurance, and a variety of other perks.

Job Description:
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Technical Project Manager will identify, plan, and coordinate a set of projects to manage their interdependencies in support of specific business strategies across Data Platforms & Products (DPP).

You will apply project management principles, practices, and techniques to lead and control project schedule, scope, quality, cost, and performance risks independently, for multiple complex technology projects.

You will coordinate the activities of the project team by becoming familiar with project scope and goals, and the role and function of each team member.

You will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams, leadership, and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones, and budget, and provide thought leadership to project management team.

Qualifications

§4+ years of Technical Program/Project management experience in data platforms & products leading high-profile projects and are viewed as the "go-to" individual.

§Technical project team experience working with technology, business, and vendor teams.

§Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.

§Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.

§Strong knowledge of project management processes including Agile, Kanban, Waterfall

§Experience working with remote and global teams.

§Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and GitHub.

§Experience with financial/budget management and complex cost-benefit analysis.

§Experience managing and prioritizing projects withing the portfolio.

§You are intently focused on the delivery of quality software, regardless of the challenges.


Preferred Qualifications:
§Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

§Agile Certifications (CSM; ACP; CSPO; SAFe; LeSS)

§Experience with portfolio management tools like Clarity

§Experience with collaboration tools like SharePoint, Smartsheet


Drive project initiation:
§Coordinate RFP/RFI process with Sourcing partners for vendor/product selection.

§Manage project planning during discovery phases.

§Manage execution of program.

§Coordinate and facilitate delivery of project goals.

§Ensure completion of tasks, maintaining project schedule and target dates.

§Lead high-priority matrix projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration and interaction with project sponsors and teams.

§Conduct project meetings at leadership and executive director levels.

§Develop and manage a project change control process to ensure project team operates within the scope of change approval process.


Provide input and feedback to team members:
§Identify and evaluate the risks associated with project activities and take appropriate action to mitigate the risks.

§Review available resources to maintain first-hand knowledge of where resources can be best allocated; reevaluate current resources to determine project resource surplus and shortfalls.

§Ensure adherence to quality standards and review deliverables.

§Track progress and review project activities to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.

§Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer goals.


Prepare and execute project communication:
§Communicate with stakeholders to gain support for projects.

§Liaise with managers to ensure effective and efficient project delivery.

§Conduct regular status meetings with all partners, keeping the stakeholder's requirements in view.

§Collaborate with development staff and support staff to maintain thorough knowledge of capabilities, and to ensure precise communications between project teams and stakeholders.

§Create presentations and reports for executive leadership and stakeholders.

§Present program status and issues to leadership through formal presentations.

§Proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to management.


Manage project budget:
§Ensure that projects operate within the approved budget.

§Monitor all budgeted project expenditures.

§Ensure that all financial actuals for the project are up to date.

§Work with IT Project Controllers to oversee budget expenditures.