It Project Manager - Cmmc (Consultant)

TYPE: Consultant- up to 2 Year Project
LOCATION: Remote
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US Permanent Residents authorized to work in the US without sponsorship. Not eligible for C2C/ C2H partnerships.

PURPOSE: As our Client's company pursues its strategy of steady, consistent global growth through both acquisitions and organic initiatives, the global IT organization continues evolving to fulfill the increasing technology demands of this broadening array of businesses. One key success factor for IT is establishing and maintaining a strong capacity for delivering increasingly complex solutions to enhance process efficiencies, broaden competitive product/service offerings, and evolve to a global unified digital operating model. Achieving this demands a cohesive, organized, well-executed portfolio of strategic IT initiatives. The IT Project Manager (PM), reporting to the IT PMO Director, plays a pivotal role in IT’s capacity to deliver global high-quality solutions. The Project Manager is charged with managing projects through all phases: planning, scoping, analysis, requirements gathering, design, development, implementation, and post-launch support. The PM collaborates with both IT Business Relationship Managers and IT Solution Delivery teams to establish project implementation plans and timelines. The PM then works closely with IT Solution Delivery management and business teams to staff and successfully execute projects, ensure timely deliverables, and evaluate project performance (cost and timing) against the plan.

The responsibilities specific to this IT Project Manager position will focus on our journey towards obtaining Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance. The Project Manager will be responsible for organizing and managing the future phases of the CMMC project, including the coordination and tracking of Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAM’s), gap remediation efforts, and preparation for third party certification activities. The Project Manager will be responsible for maintaining overall project plans, as well as milestone specific plans, and measuring progress against set timelines. The Project Manager will also assist with compiling periodic status updates and progress reports to be presented to company leadership.

Qualifications / Personal Attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or similar- Required
• Minimum of 7 years in industry, 5 years leading IT project teams
• Required expertise with CMMC regulations and compliance
• Experience establishing business justification and project budget, tracking spend and communicating current and projected resource burn rates
• Experience with effective program/project portfolio management standards, tools and techniques
• Quick learner on varied technical platforms and forward looking on emerging technologies that may bring value to the business
• Vendor management skills in selection, negotiations and building long term “win-win” relationships
• Experience working in a matrixed operating model and managing multiple stakeholders in IT and Business
• Strong communicator, collaborator and negotiator; builds effective internal and external relationships
• Ability to explain complex technology, and technology impact, in business terms
• Effective listening skills, focusing on determining business needs first to drive technical solutions
• Able to lead diverse business and technical teams across multi-site environments over a broad geography
• Demonstrated skills in managing IT projects in a complex and dynamic environment involving multiple applications and technology platforms
• Proficient in spoken and written English
• Ability to travel to remote (domestic) locations, with travel demands varying by project from 0 to 10%
• PMP, Agile, and/or Lean Six Sigma certification a plus
• Manufacturing industry experience with exposure to make-to-stock, make-to-order and/or engineer-to-order business models a plus
• Familiarity or experience with the following, though not required, will be given special consideration:
  • IT Security compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO, COBIT, etc.)
  • Defense Industrial Base
  • DFARS/FAR Regulations
  • Government Contracts

JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES):

• Provide project leadership and management to ensure project deliverables, timelines, and resource constraints are met and adhere to PMO policies and standards:
  • Establish project scope, requirements, priorities and deadlines.
  • Collaborate with IT Business Relationship Managers, technical and functional staff and business partners to establish key project milestones and develop detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, and task lists including project team resource assignments
  • Engage and manage vendors as key contributors to a project, as needed.
  • Establish project budgets, track spend and communicate current and projected burn rates.
  • Assemble and coordinate IT applications, infrastructure and/or IT operations resources according to the demands of each initiative.
  • Define and communicate roles for project team members (IT technical and functional, business subject matter experts, sponsors, stakeholders, etc.)
  • Define and execute a clear cadence of communications to team members and stakeholders for each project. Provide routine status reports and appropriate escalation to steering team.
  • Engage with IT Delivery teams to define clear user acceptance test criteria and plans, and coordinate testing events leading to successful solution signoff
  • Continuously review and communicate project status, actively manage project risks and issues, monitor change readiness of the business, ensure delivery of proper training and solution documentation, coordinate cutover/launch activities, execute post-Go-Live hypercare support, and conduct post-implementation audit reviews for continuous improvement and ITGC compliance, all in accordance with the needs of each project based on size and complexity.
  • Ensure project artifacts are continuously maintained and stored appropriately for maximum transparency across project team members and extended stakeholders.
• Advise the business in developing justifications for projects based on sound value propositions and assist in preparing requests for investment in capital projects to facilitate timely management approval
• Manage IT resource capacity at the project, program, team, and department levels, providing routine and ad hoc budget-to-actual resource utilization updates and estimate-to-complete projections
• Manage vendor relationship, performance, deliverables, reporting, and change management during projects
• Adhere to compliance, legal and audit standards for projects and deliverables.