Sr Project Manager Job Details

Job Description: The Senior (Sr) Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for all types of projects, including but not restricted to: High Profile customers and State Department officials (including the Secretary of State and Staff); Projects requiring extended experience in building infrastructures, voice systems, data networks; and special designed systems to support the 35 bureaus of the State Department. The Sr PM will be responsible for taking the basic information provided by the end user customer and translating it into a complete and detailed Scope of Work (SOW) for approval and agreement with the customer. The Sr PM will have full responsibility for funding tracking on projects from several thousand dollars up to and including project with an estimated value of $1M - $20M. All work completed on the projects must culminate in customer acceptance of results while meeting customer and business objectives. The Sr Pm will assist when possible and where necessary act as the customer's contact for other organizations within the State Department and their vendors. The Sr Project Manager will coordinate with others on the assigned contract and manage all aspects of the projects assigned including identifying business requirements for the State Department customer(s) and develop the proposed solution for assigned tasks. The Sr PM will lead the team in initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing tasks of a project or segment of a project to produce the delivered solution. The Sr PM will also execute a wide range of process activities beginning with the initial technical response to an order through development, test and final delivery. The Sr PM will be responsible for building partnerships between customers, suppliers as well as other staff members on the contract staff. The Sr PM will lead the assigned team of experts in anticipating potential project related problems, jeopardy situations and will advise their customer of these situations. Experience working at the State Department is desired. PMP Certification is desired or can be obtained following selection. The Sr PM must be able to demonstrate an understanding of Project Management and show the ability to hit the ground running upon selection. The Sr PM must have experience leading other PMs on projects where more than one PM is required to successfully complete the government's assignments.

Required Skills, Experience, and Educational: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Experience Requirements: Six to nine years of intensive and progressive PM experience in the last nine calendar years demonstrating the required proficiency levels related to the order. An additional five years of experience managing computer science, scientific, or engineering projects may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Required Clearance: Interim TOP SECRET clearance to start work

Desired: Final TOP SECRET for continuing work.