Job details
Salary up to $212,888 a year
Full job description
Peraton overview
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxyAs the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise it provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and securePeraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local marketsEvery day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Responsibilities
The pmo managers primary focus includes ownership for identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating projects and programs ensuring the successful completion of the initiatives and their goals and objectivesThe pmo manager is a senior point of contact for reporting on the state and performance of initiatives and updating key executive level stakeholders through formal and informal communication.
Responsibilities:
Effectively manage program and project initiatives
Facilitate and coordinate the efforts of senior leadership toward the established project and program structure and processes, from demand management and strategic alignment of projects and programs to execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results.
Engage with and conduct reviews with senior executives, stakeholders and peers and assess the projects and programs, execute change, and reprioritize to meet business needs as required.
Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the projects and programs and resolve or escalate conflicts.
Manage prioritization, resourcing and scheduling of requests working with other leadersAssist with facilitation of the business and technology strategy.
Proactively support and advice functional leaders on actions required to balance multiple initiatives.
Work with project teams to manage/oversee the full range of the project life cycle methodology for projects with focus on the business needs.
Deliver projects according to agreed-upon timeline, budget, and scopeCreate actions for risk mitigation, and formulate complex project/program plans and schedules.
Manage a team of technical program and project managers and balance the availability of the required skills and competencies across project and program teams.
Ability to mentor project management resources and encourage professional development of project management resources.
Manage client and stakeholder relationships
Conduct regular meetings with the senior executives to inform and alert them of any issues arising from the performance of the individual projects to reaffirm the schedule, deliverables and to highlight any variances.
Lead reviews of any significant initiatives, projects or programs that are challenged and provide recommendations as to whether it should continue, be significantly changed, placed on hold or discontinued.
Direct the development and maintenance of communications and reporting around projects or programs, their contents and the individual performance of initiatives to stakeholders, the steering committee, and senior executives.
Ensure governance of the project lifecycle
On behalf of the project management team review team and stakeholders, ensure the adherence to the appropriate governance functions relating to established guidelines, policies and practices.
Perform regular health checks of project qa checklists to meet slas and deliverablesEnsure scheduling of gates as per the methodology being usedEnsure acceptance criteria and operational readiness are met prior to gate approvalsMonitor for proper change management of scope, budget, and scheduleIdentify and share best practices / update standards for lessons learned.
Qualifications
Bachelor`s degree and 10 years of experience in technical or security field
5+ years of experience in complex project management and implementation with proven ability to design workable solutions and drive projects to successful implementation
7+ year of project management experience involving cross-functional projects with multiple dependencies and constraints
7+ years in defining and managing it services with a strong technical background preferably a cloud based environment
Must have an active doed security clearance
3+ years working in a customer service driven environment
Experience in the deployment processes and critical success factors in the security industry
Experience leading the design, deployment and support of high-availability, always-on systems
Experience leading both traditional project methodology and agile lead projects
Experience utilizing ms project, sharepoint, excel and other microsoft applications
Pmp certification, sigma six, scrum , or agile certification
Previous experience with portfolio management and working in a formal pmo
Experience interacting with cross-functional teams
Experience scoping and managing large projects
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired
Ability to take initiative and execute results in an ever-evolving work environment
Start-up attitude and ability to flex to help identify and solve problems quickly with a strong bias for action and meeting commitments
For colorado residents
Colorado salary minimum: $99,569.60
Colorado salary maximum: $212,888.00
The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of peraton`s total compensation package for employeesOther rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awardsIn addition, peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.
