Project Manager / Delivery Manager

Leidos hiring for Project Manager / Delivery Manager jobs in McLean, VA, US

Description

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The Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world. Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The National Security Sector at Leidos is hiring for a Project Manager / Delivery Manager to lead an agile, cloud-based data, and analytics platform contract. You will lead the team in Agile methodologies to deliver the solution, emphasizing the frequent, incremental release of system software, features, and updates in many small deployments rather than in fewer, larger releases. This role is expected to be on-site at a Leidos facility in Reston, VA with travel to various government sites in the Washington Metro Area. This opportunity is contingent upon contract award.

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee the daily operations of the Agile delivery teams and coordinating development and delivery activities with business owners and product owners 
• Manage the team's planning and capacity constraints, resolve blockers that require coordination outside of the agile delivery teams, prioritize work for each sprint, and ensure that working software is delivered to the customer and meets functional needs 
• This role will work closely with the Chief Product Team to ensure a focus on the long-term delivery roadmap is coordinated with short term execution of work
• Responsible for the management and oversight of Contractor performance, staff, and deliverables for the contract
• Responsible for all contractor work performed under the contract and statement of work 
• Act as a single point of contact for the government CO, COR, Technical Monitor, and other government leadership

What does Leidos need from me?

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance (Background Investigation) 
• BA/BS or equivalent experience and eight plus years of prior relevant experience or Masters with six plus years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Four plus years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects
• Five years of experience with Agile IT product management and delivery
• Agile Methodologies and Best Practices
• Agile Project Management
• Scaled Agile IT Product Management
• IT Project Management
• Staffing and Resource Management
• Agile Delivery
• Agile Value Management (AVM)
• Evaluation Methods
• Quality Assurance
• Business processes and tools utilized in a federal program of U.S. Government
• Producing deliverables in alternate formats including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Jira, and Confluence
• Agile delivery must be within the last year of employment leveraging the skills and knowledge required to support Agile development teams
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English

Favorable if you have:

• Data Analysis, Data Engineering, Data Science, Databricks
• Microsoft Azure or AWS Cloud Environments
• Decision Analysis and Support
• Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Experience
• Python Library Development
• Python, Spark, and/or SQL Scala Programming

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.