Job opening: IT Project Manager (Policy and Planning)
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Mar 19 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Project Manager to lead significant agency projects. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in directing and coordinating division activities within TSI and USAGM to successfully complete investments and projects that advance our mission.
Position is Local Remote Work Eligible. Please see Additional Information for more details.
Duties
As a IT Project Manager (Policy and Planning), you will be responsible for duties to include, but are not limited to:
Leadership on Significant Agency Projects:
Serve as the Senior Project Manager, overseeing critical initiatives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
Ensure successful project delivery from initiation to closure.
Requirements Analysis and Client Engagement:
Identify and analyze client information system requirements.
Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders.
Define project objectives tailored to target audiences and technical environments.
Evaluate project functional requirements.
Project Planning and Execution:
Manage the full project life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, and Closure).
Develop, modify, and implement project plans for major complex agency initiatives.
Set milestones, establish work breakdown structures, define tasks, and coordinate resources.
Team Coordination and Communication:
Coordinate and manage activities of project teams.
Collaborate with client VOA and USAGM elements, as well as development specialists.
Keep Agency management informed of progress and major milestones.
Effective Communication:
Regularly communicate with VOA and USAGM client elements.
Engage directly with IT and other development specialists.
Ensure alignment of development activities with project goals.
Resource Management:
Determine resource needs (in-house or external) to support project execution.
Manage, lead, and administer project resources.
Reporting and Documentation:
Prepare periodic written reports and oral presentations on project status.
Monitor project goals, schedules, budgets, changes, risks, and issues.
Requirements
- You must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. National.
- This is a public trust position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-85P.
- Suitability Determination: If selected, you will be subject to a background investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigation may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
- This position covered by a Union Agreement; AFGE Local 1812, 330 Independence Avenue S.W., Room 1169, Washington, D.C. 20237, [email protected], (202)920-4884.
- If selected for this vacancy, you will be required to file the OGE Form 450 (Confidential Financial Disclosure Report).
- The full performance grade level for this position is GS-14.
- If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service.
Qualifications
Applicants must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four (4) competencies listed below.
Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance. To resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
Problem Solving - Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
And
Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the GS-13 or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Serving as a senior project manager on significant, large-scale information technology projects;
Managing the full project life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Execution, and Closure) for major IT projects;
Assisting with IT Solution Architecture planning (e.g. Preparing the Requirements Analysis, Cost Analysis and Statements of Work) for information technology procurements;
Managing procurements of external IT systems, services and/or staffing resources (Serving as a Contract Office Representative for these); and
Scheduling, developing and managing projects and resources, using Lean, Agile, Waterfall, or equivalent methodologies and tools.
Education
Education is not required for this grade level. It cannot be substituted for the required experience.
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