Program and Project Manager at Booz Allen in McLean, VA

Job description

• Design, implement, and maintain strategic, multi-disciplinary IT programs in support of corporate strategy. Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions. Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain strategic, multi-disciplinary IT programs in support of corporate strategy
• Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts
• Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions
• Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies

Requirements

• Experience leading complex, enterprise-scale IT programs from initiation through planning, execution, transition, and closeout, and managing multiple concurrent projects, workstreams, and technical teams to ensure alignment with program objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated program plans, roadmaps, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and delivery metrics
• Experience serving as the primary interface between business stakeholders, technical teams, executive leadership, vendors, and external partners, and translating business and mission requirements into executable technical plans and measurable program outcomes
• Experience identifying, assessing, and managing program risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities, developing mitigation and corrective-action plans, and establishing program governance, reporting structures, decision-making processes, and escalation procedures
• Experience monitoring program financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, resource utilization, and contract or vendor expenditures, and leading cross-functional teams spanning infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, applications, data, systems engineering, and IT operations
• Experience with federal agency IT organizations and establishing governance processes
• Ability to drive Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies based on program requirements and organizational standards, and facilitate executive-level program reviews, status meetings, technical reviews, and stakeholder briefings
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor’s degree
• PMP Certification
• Experience transitioning-in on large IT contracts, driving resources and tasks to replace support on the incumbent's scope of work
• Experience managing scope changes and ensuring appropriate impact assessments, approvals, documentation, and stakeholder communication
• Experience managing third-party vendors, subcontractors, and technology partners to ensure delivery against contractual and performance commitments
• Ability to present and develop dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics to communicate program health, progress, risks, and outcomes

Skills

Required

• Program management
• Project management
• Agile methodologies
• Stakeholder communication
• Risk management
• Financial management
• Leadership
• Mentoring

Preferred

• Transition-in management
• Scope change management
• Vendor management
• Dashboard development
• KPI development
• Performance metrics

Benefits

• At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
• Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.