• Senior Technical Project Manager

    SAICSterling, VA 20167

    Job #2808831922

  • Description

    SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Senior Technical Project Manager to join our team in Sterling, VA. This will be a hybrid-remote role, requiring 1-3 days of on site work in Sterling, VA per week.

    Responsibilities Include:

    • Supporting various program efforts that may include: biometric technologies such as facial recognition, RFID enabled documents, optical character recognition, license plate reading technologies, data analytics, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and other border security technologies.

    • Manage Agile development activities (specifically Scrum) for one or more projects within the SAFe framework, oversee large requirements gathering tasks with internal stakeholders and the client, identify opportunities for follow-on business that bring additional value to the client (customer success), i.e. follow-on engagement opportunities include additional services engagements, creating change orders when additional work required outside the original contracted scope of the project.

    • Use thought leadership and understand the clients future to design and architect solutions using leading edge technologies.

    • Become the subject matter expert and drive the product roadmap with the clients

    • Experience with Business Blueprints, architectural methods, component-based development, and integration of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components.

    • Reviews project artifacts, solution designs, cost estimates, workload sizings, and project deliverables from members of the agile team.

    • Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with third party companies/vendors/subcontractors and presents technology.

    • Providing technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments by proposing relevant solutions.

    • Establishing goals, plans and, roadmaps that meet project objectives for quarterly SAFe Program Increments.

    • Leading analysis of functional business requirements and design specifications for functional activities.

    • Leading identification of problems and solutions within existing systems design.

    • Leading analysis, design and new construction of next generation IT hardware and software systems.

    • Understanding of customer needs and the realities of commercially available IT/hardware products, and creating requirements that will allow implementation by the architecture and engineering team and COTS products.

    • Leading client interaction with senior management and government leadership.

    • Perform full system analysis from technical implementation to business process management.

    • Manage multiple solution offerings with long term vision for system enhancement, consolidation, integration, and operations and maintenance (O&M).

    • Provide technical leadership in terms of delivery, release prioritization, and O&M for multiple systems.

    • Provide technical input and solution design for proposals and contract modifications.

    • Serve as a primary technical interface with client related to program solutions.

    • Respond to issues and ensure projects are safe from risks.

    • Resolve customer complaints to the full satisfaction of the customer.

    Qualifications

    Required Education & Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study is required with a minimum of 15 years of experience (or masters equivalent).

    • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

    • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification is a plus.

    Required:

    • US citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a government-required Public Trust.

    • Ability to interface with clients at all levels of their business, to include business operations, financial, technology and management.

    • Proven time management skills with a focus on delivery to the customer.

    • Ability to exercise good judgement when responding to clients and evaluating priorities with competing objective.

    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

    • Agile Scrum project management skills.

    • Ability to work in team environments across a diverse set of projects with multiple stakeholders.

    Desired Skills:

    • Experience managing or leading an Agile Scrum Team in a SAFe framework.

    • Experience managing and leading a remote workforce effectively.

    • Technical working knowledge of system integration, network administration, software development, data analysis, or electrical engineering.

    • System engineering experience in one or more areas including biometrics, RFID, license plate technologies, mobility, telecommunications concepts.

    • Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence, Gitlab, Microsoft Office Products.

    SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

    Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2416052

    SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit ~~~. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability