IT Manager

SAIC is hiring an IT Project manager to support work at the NOAA Headquarters’ in Silver Spring, Md.

Essential Duties:

* Supporting the NOS ACIO, Deputy ACIO and Chief Technology Officer with management of strategic- level special (non-operational) projects.
•    Scheduling and helping facilitate inclusive strategic planning meetings, both IMO-only and with NOS IT governance boards, on at least an annual basis; multiple meetings may be needed to arrive at a plan consensus.
•    Using facilitation tools to help brainstorm, prioritize, and achieve consensus.
•    Ensuring notes and decisions are recorded (with assistance from other contract team members).
•    Maintaining annual strategic planning tracking sheet with adequate metadata to determine alignment and understand milestones and success factors.
•    Translating strategic planning results into project plans.
•    Planning and executing strategic NOS-scoped projects based on IMO requirements (will vary with each project) and PMI (or equivalent industry) standards.
•    Leading and maintaining project teams composed of SMEs from NOS IMO, other NOS Program Offices and IT teams, and other IMO or NOS contracts.
•    Managing multiple projects of varying duration and visibility at the same time.
•    Maintaining a tracking mechanism that differentiates active projects from a pre- project pipeline; ensuring the criteria to transition from pipeline to project are clear and consistently applied.
•    Ensuring requirements, outcomes, targets and deadlines are clear and understood by stakeholders and project team.
•    Coordinating collaboratively with all project SMEs and other leads to managing project schedules, track costs, and assess and report on project risks.
•    Scheduling and running project meetings; preparing meeting agendas and distributing notes.
•    Communicating and collaborating with other Project Managers, whether on this contract or not, working in IMO and NOS to achieve a project’s objectives; handing off projects to operational project team PM at the appropriate time.
•    Maintaining all project-related documents in a repository approved by and accessible to the Government.
•    Presenting project details and progress to various technical and non-technical audiences, including ACIO and NOS leadership.
•    Incorporating both Agile (preferred) and more traditional Waterfall project management methods, depending on the project and its objectives.
•    Maintaining communication and positive relationships with all stakeholders.
•    Scheduling additional meetings related to potential project planning and customer requirements at the request of the Deputy ACIO.
•    Preparing and delivering presentations related to projects to governance/working groups.
•    Integrating with contract teammates to aid strategic planning, reviews of annual policy and repositories, and provide meeting coverage in the absence of the facilitator. 
•    Understanding the organizational policies and procedures for accuracy of solutions and deliverables to the client.
•    Demonstrating a commitment to quality and customer support.