Senior Project Manager

Description
Job Description:
SAIC has a Full-Time Position opening for a Senior Project Manager to work in support of the NCCIPSv2 Contract. The National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage (NCCIPS) is a federal shared services facility, managed by the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC). NCCIPS provides facilities support to meet the requirements of multiple federal agency data centers and manages those relationships via Interagency Agreements. NCCIPS is a 200,000 sq. ft. secure facility situated on a 64-acre campus within NASA Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi.
This position is an on-site position located at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
The Senior Project Manager will be part of a team of Project Managers within the Project Management Office (PMO), who are collectively responsible for management and oversight of all internal O&M and external customer projects. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordination of all newly assigned project requests from customers or Project Sponsors to gather requirements and determine project scope. The Project Manager will coordinate with functional department leaders to plan the necessary scope required to meet all requirements and will determine a project estimate that will be approved and funded by the customer. Once the project is approved and funded, the Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating with functional department managers throughout the NCCIPS contract to schedule resources and track costs associated with completion of the overall project.
Job Summary:
The Senior Project Manager will provide project management support including, creating change requests, engineering work packets, project planning and estimating, project scheduling, project monitoring and performance reporting, and sub-contractor coordination to a medium sized, complex program that is overall responsible for managing the operations/facility of a government data center. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing multiple projects with varying scope, complexity, and customer relationships at various stages of each project. Projects may range in size from smaller scope requests ($1K+) to larger ($1M+) more complex projects. Project risks may vary from low risks to higher risk projects depending on the requirements outlined in the project by the customer or the project sponsor. The Project Manager will be accountable for the schedule and cost performance of these projects.
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Interact with Customers to understand project requirements and manage customer expectations.
• Interact with project management team and functional department managers to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost estimates, DEMAND Labor requirements, and identify any variances in schedule.
• Write Project Implementation Plans to include Project Scope, Schedule, and Cost Estimates based on input provided by the Project Management Team and Functional Department Managers.
• Prepare bid packages, estimates and analysis of subcontractor proposals for projects of any size and complexity.
• Assist to set up tasks and sub tasks to ensure project requirements are met as scheduled.
• Interact with customer and project management team to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Compile reports and distribute to internal and external customers status reports.
• The PM will develop, document, and monitor project plans, communicate status, milestones, and issues to the Program Manager and customer team.
• Work with Procurement team, NCCIPS Managers, and other PMs to define and coordinate sub-contractor responsibilities to ensure contractual requirements are met.
• Coordinate with Procurement and Logistics Teams to ensure that the necessary materials are purchased and received as outlined within the project scope. Coordinate with functional managers to ensure that the materials are made available for resources as required to finalize the scope of each project.
• Other duties, as assigned within the scope of a Project Manager, Customer Service Relations, Project Scheduler or Project Administration.

Work Environment:

• Work is to be performed on-site at the location listed, with the potential of telecommuting up to 1-day per week.

Qualifications
Required Education:

• Bachelors and six (6) years or more of related experience; Masters and four (4) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. Applicants may substitute experience in lieu of degree. 5+ years' experience in the areas of project management, business administration, finance, analyst for government projects, or related experience and/or training are preferred.
• Professional proficiency with Microsoft Office Products to include Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a large and varied community of stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of processes and how it impacts business operations efficiency and project success.
• Detail-Oriented
• Ability to apply existing knowledge and experience to analyze/evaluate data, handle problems of a moderate to diverse scope.
• The candidate must be a self-starter, a team player, and a team builder.
• PMP Certification is a plus, but not required.
• ITIL Foundation (v3/v4) is a plus, but not required.
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and online content management is a plus, but not required.

Clearance:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and must be able to obtain a DOD Interim Secret clearance prior to employment. Continued employment is contingent that the employee obtains and maintains a full Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time.

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.