Project Manager

Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos has an opening for an experienced Project Manager for the GIG Service Management - Operations II (GSM-O II) contract at Fort Meade, MD.

This contract includes the Operations, Sustainment, Maintenance, Repair, and Defense of the Defense Information System Network (DISN) within the DOD Information Network (DODIN) in support of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage a team to develop innovative solutions and pursue new and on contract growth opportunities based on program and customer priorities.
• Manage work authorizations, approve timecards, track charging time against plan.
• Manage the growth, performance and professional development of staff.
• Manage multiple concurrent tasks and projects in an effort to support the planning and implementation of the GSM-O Innovations Roadmap.
• Work independently, engage with required stakeholders, and execute an end-to-end plan to achieve operational efficiencies within the program.
• Work closely with technical resources to develop an approach, schedule, risks, and staffing requirements to successfully implement the objectives.
• Communicate with internal team members across multiple areas, external stakeholders, and the DISA customer.
• Take into account external activities that may drive dependencies or risks to the plan(s).
• Understand all applicable performance standards, operational impacts, and affected Acceptable Levels of Performance that may be impacted by the change.
• Manage engineering and support personnel against project workload in coordination with engineering & implementation vendors to ensure efficient planning and execution of transition and integration tasking.
• Understanding of DISA implementation process and E&I standard.
• Knowledge of DISN Network, engineering, and design
• Ability to interact/communicate with customer at an 0-6/GS-15 level

Basic Qualifications:

• Active DoD SECRET Clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience, or equivalent work experience. Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree
• Excellent written and oral communications skills and management abilities.
• Project Management experience managing multiple projects in parallel
• MS Project experience
• Specialized experience includes full life cycle development, demonstrated ability to provide guidance and direction for Network Operations, Administration & Maintenance, and Network Assurance tasks.
• Expertise in identifying areas of improvement, critical dependencies, and process changes that enable the Government to attain integrated outcomes that are effective, efficient, sustainable, and improve customer satisfaction.
• Experience coordinating with multiple technical and operational teams to achieve the necessary program, project or activity plans, and schedules while maintaining within budget guidelines.
• Strong understanding of the factors which allow successful performance on a Firm Fixed Performance Based Contracts with aggressive Acceptable Levels of Performance (ALPs) and ability to drive new projects to successfully transition into this type of contract environment.
• Experience in assigning tasks to contractor personnel that are located in multiple time zones, supervising on-going technical efforts, and managing contract performance on new task orders and projects identified by the customer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• DISA Experience
• ITIL knowledge and certifications
• GSMO
• External Referral Eligible

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.