IT Project Manager

Do you desire to be part of a hardworking, dynamic IT Project Management team that is passionate about advancing an organization into the next generation of information technology business services?

Are you keenly interested in working in an environment that offers the opportunity to partner with staff, stakeholders and external consultants on multiple projects?

If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

We are ranked as one of Computerworld 's Top Places to Work in IT for 6 years running, and we are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager. You will be working with engineers, scientists and business professionals that are addressing critical challenges of our nation.

As an IT Project Manager you will...

• Lead IT project delivery across the full software development lifecycle from inception to deployment.
• Drive project delivery through interactions with key business users, subject matter experts and business application project teams, integrating complex business rules across multiple enterprise-wide systems.
• Run multiple IT projects simultaneously, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Lead inter-related projects through effective approaches to integrate Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Software-as-a-Service, and custom-developed software tools.
• Provide technical project leadership including active participation in resolution of business and technical issues, input and guidance over architectural/design processes and oversight of design/development tasks.
• Provide guidance to team members and quality control over deliverables.
• Supervise the integration of projects within the overall portfolio.
• Coordinate activities of key business users that are supporting the requirements, design, development, testing and implementation phases.
• Manage costs, schedules, and risks.
• Develop project plans. Monitor, analyze, control, and communicate project achievements and progress updates on the frequency determined by the program sponsor and/or steering team.

You meet our minimum requirements if you...

• Have a Bachelor 's degree in IT or a related field or equivalent years of professional IT work experience
• Have 5 or more years of IT project management experience with a track record of delivering enterprise projects on time and on budget
• Possess and apply detailed knowledge and experience with software development life cycle and modern software engineering practices including agile development techniques.
• Possess very strong written and oral communication skills with the proven ability to develop and deliver briefings to senior management using MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel and deliver presentations to all levels of staff.
• Have worked with a broad and diverse user community to gather requirements, to develop and validate solutions supporting the enterprise, including implementation of Cloud, COTS and Custom-developed solutions.
• Are able to obtain Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

You will go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...

• Possess a PMP certification
• Have experience with the development and deployment of business applications
• Have organizational change experience and the ability to achieve user adoption
• Have presented to and gained consensus from executive-level stakeholders
• Have experience with both IT infrastructure and applications projects.