Secret Project Manager

Insight Global - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

As a Secret Project Manager at Insight Global, you will leverage your extensive experience in program and project management while applying agile principles to drive project success. Your primary responsibility will be to develop essential program management artifacts, including project charters, program/project plans, risk management plans, communication plans, business case analyses, and concepts of operations. You will maintain responsibility for establishing and upholding standards for these work products, ensuring that they meet the necessary quality and compliance requirements. In this role, you will lead and facilitate client meetings and exercises, such as requirement gathering and prioritization sessions, to ensure that project objectives align with client expectations. You will manage client delivery expectations by providing situational awareness, bi-directional status updates, feedback, and project updates to both the customer and the project teams. Identifying high-value needs and developing resource plans to implement effective solutions will be a key aspect of your responsibilities. You will assist in managing the required efforts and resources for successful project implementation and completion, utilizing Microsoft and Atlassian solutions (including Teams, SharePoint, Jira, and Confluence) to effectively manage projects. Additionally, you will support the development of briefings, agendas, and other documentation, including training materials, as directed. Establishing and monitoring schedules, identifying resource needs, and assigning individual responsibilities will be crucial to your role. You will also be responsible for identifying, analyzing, and tracking risks, communicating statuses, and escalating concerns when necessary. Coordinating cross-team dependencies and fostering collaboration will be essential to ensure project success. Your commitment to customer satisfaction will drive you to continually seek opportunities to enhance client relationships and build a comprehensive knowledge base of each client's business, systems, and objectives. Insight Global is dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive environments where employees can bring their authentic selves to work every day, and we are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Develop program management artifacts as needed (project charters, program/project plans, risk management plans, communication plans, business case analysis, and concept of operations).
• Maintain responsibility and establish/maintain standards for these work products.
• Lead and facilitate client meetings and exercises (requirement gathering, prioritization sessions, etc.).
• Manage client delivery expectations and provide situational awareness, bi-directional status, feedback, and project updates to both the customer and the project teams.
• Identify high value needs and develop resource plans on how to implement a solution.
• Assist managing required efforts and resources for successful project implementation and completion.
• Leverage Microsoft and Atlassian solutions (Teams, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, etc.) to manage projects.
• Support the development of briefings, agendas, and other general documentation support as directed, including training material.
• Establish and monitor schedules; identify resource needs and assign individual responsibilities.
• Identify, analyze, and track risks, communicating statuses; escalate concerns when needed.
• Identify and coordinate cross-team dependencies and collaboration.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction, develop and deepen long-lasting client relationships.
• Build a knowledge base of each client's business, systems, and objectives.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance
• Minimum of 10 years federal Project/Program Management experience (directly related postgraduate study may be substituted for experience at the rate of three credit hours for three months of experience up to 36 credit hours)
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or related field from an accredited college or university and/or equivalent experience
• Security+ certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Government financial systems experience
• Agile process experience
• Jira process experience
• Working knowledge of the BES Atlassian Tool Suite