GDIT is seeking a PMO Lead, who is innovative, highly motivated, and has experience leading, building and developing a successful PMO program. You will join our team supporting the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a leading federal healthcare organization focused on scientific research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases.

GDIT has a team of 80+ IT professionals developing and implementing new solutions, as well as maintaining NIAID’s IT infrastructure. You will work with our team of Systems, Network, Cloud and DevOps Engineers, as part of NIAID's Applications Hosting team in the Operations and Engineering Branch, responsible for the organization’s infrastructure.

In this role supporting NIAID, you will lead a team and support the development of a newly created PMO department created to help transform our organization and contributing to shape the strategic vision and priorities of the organization.

The ideal candidate enjoys managing a team and will find the challenges and opportunities provided by a fast-paced, customer-oriented environment satisfying.

If you want to work with a dynamic group of dedicated, technical professionals on a collaborative team that supports a life-saving mission of global importance, we encourage you to apply.

** PLEASE NOTE: This role is primarily remote; however, you must be within commuting distance in the Rockville, MD for occasional meetings.

Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Run a Program Management Office for NIAID’s Operation and Engineering Branch

• Collaborate with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects

• Plan project management, including setting deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and assigning team members to various deliverables

• Oversee the development of the project and ensure that team members are carrying out their tasks efficiently while upholding the company's standards

• Draft new and improve existing project management office policies and processes

• Write and edit technical documentation, project management plans, reports, and SOPs

• Continually evaluate projects to ensure they are meeting company standards, adhering to budgets, and meeting deadlines

• Review, understand, and estimate assignments, and promptly communicate any issues/concerns

• Monitor workload to ensure that projections are on-target based on workload priorities

• Ensure all deliverables are completed, reviewed, and submitted by due date

• Identify and manage risks and develop mitigation plans

• Perform monthly EVM reporting and assist Program Manager with financials

• Track deliverables and perform quality control activities in accordance with a corporate quality assurance management program

• Report metrics to meet program SLAs

• Present project status updates to management and customer leadership

• Maintain team compliance of all contractual compliance requirements (e.g., trainings)

• Manage a team of two or more employees to include hiring, performance management, and career development

• Collaborate with other cross-functional teams, including finance, procurement, project management

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors and minimum of five years of experience or equivalent education/work experience

• Experience improving PMO processes, determining best practices, and/or building a successful PMO organization from the ground up

• PMO Operations experience, including Program/Portfolio Management, Financial/EVM, Risk management, SLA and metrics, schedules & deliverables management, Quality assurance and Compliance, Agile adoption and roadmap management and other program processes like lessons learned, Continuous Service Improvements (CSIs), Resource management/staffing, and Procurement/Asset management.

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Ability to obtain a NIH Public Trust

• Proficiency in MS Office suite; must be proficient in MS Project

• Familiarity with Agile methodology

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience leading and managing a PMO team strongly preferred

• PMP Certification

• Experience with SC360, Slack, and BPM

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence

Attributes for Success:

• Detailed oriented

• Data analysis proficiency

• Strong writing proficiency

• Professional demeanor

• Team Player but able to work independently

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