Program Manager - NIH - Washington

Overview:

This candidate also thrives in leading collaborative, cross-functional teams and is motivated to support NIH’s mission.

Macannie offers highly competitive Growth Incentive Program that rewards high performance and outcome.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain project management support services, tailoring the project management approach to team and project needs.
• Analyze project management and task order management needs and tailor industry best practices to suit the environment; apply a wide range of traditional and agile principles to provide responsive and effective project management solutions.
• Apply knowledge of federal government planning, programming, and budgeting as well as resource planning and execution processes, to support customer program planning, decision briefings, and progress assessment across multiple projects.
• Work with COR and stakeholders to define clear project objectives and requirements, agree on priorities, communicate progress updates and demonstrations, and provide responsive change management in frequent planning/re-planning meetings.
• Document requirements in business cases, project charters, and project plans; update these documents to record progress and changes.
• Work with cross-functional teams with diverse technical still-set to support successful project completion; re-plan and adjust project courses based on realities of team velocity and dynamic business/user needs.
• Track progress and report on status and metrics at the task/work package and project level.
• Create a project management dashboard for providing timely progress information to project teams and customer management.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the COR to ensure that quality deliverables are produced.
• Devise clear risk mitigation strategies and engage appropriate stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 5+ years overall experience in the IT or IT consulting field
• 2+ years of experience managing IT projects as Project Manager or Program Manager for IT application development projects
• 3+ years experience directly interfacing with clients, with a proven track record of managing client expectations and maintaining relationships
• 2+ years of government procurement experience
• Understanding of Software SDLC including Waterfall, Agile, and mixed methodologies
• Experience with Federal IT development activities
• Experience prioritizing work in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Strong writing skills and/or technical editing skills

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience leading efforts in a Federal Healthcare agency (e.g., NIH, CMS, VA)
• Master’s Degree in IT or Business related field
• Experience managing projects through all phases of the SDLC
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Active Public Trust clearance at NIH, CMS or VA is desirable

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree B.S. in Computer Science or Information Management

Clearance:

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Location:

• Washington DC (National Capital Area)
• Open to potential full-time in-office work mandate by the government