Technical Project and Budget Manager (Veterans Affairs)

LTS is seeking a Technical Project & Budget Manager to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Technical Project & Budget Managers primary responsibilities will be to provide strategic support through implementing SAFe Agile Framework practices/principles, while also managing the overall Sub-Product Line budget. This position is 100% remote.

LTS provides trusted consulting, and solutions in an increasingly complex and growing world. Our deep expertise in technology and analytics helps us serve a broad constituency of clients that range from cabinet-level departments of the U.S. Government to the largest Federal IT contractors in the world.

LTS is a leading information technology (IT) provider for mission critical systems leveraging the latest technologies to deliver cutting edge solutions from small mobile applications to large, complex enterprise applications. Our professionals specialize in multiple disciplines including program management, system integration, system design, system development, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and data analytics.

LTS is committed to offering eligible employees comprehensive benefits that will provide them with options intended to meet their needs and the needs of their family.

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects that follow an Agile delivery model, whether Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Lean Kanban, DevSecOps, or other iterative development approaches.
• Manage a Sub-Product Line budget including management of current FY budget execution, creating, submitting, and tracking financial actions including Financial Change Requests (FCR) and Unfunded Requests (UFR), analysis, guidance, strategic direction and planning to include Business Operating Plan (BOP) Build and Multi-Year Programming (MYP).
• Serve as an escalation point for customer concerns if/when they arise and identify appropriate resolutions to achieve client satisfaction in a timely manner
• Understand and manage existing processes and identify ways to improve, streamline, and increase efficiency
• Provide support for product teams as it relates to automation, CI/CD, and DevOps and/or DevSecOps
• Manage and coordinate process requirements across various projects
• Collecting, analyzing, managing, and reporting key Product Line execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle
• Support communications, program baseline support, strategic planning and analysis, data collection, quality reviews, risk management, scheduling, and overall management of supporting sub-product line
• Monitor, track, and provide client reports on project schedule, work plan, risks, and budget to ensure the project meets targeted dates and goals
• Ensure capture and monitor action items status, produce, and communicate meeting minutes and drive action to their proper resolution or conclusion
• Support fast turnaround requests for data calls and be able to understand the ask and request data from the appropriate program resource
• Manage the direction of a project through the design, implementation, and testing in accordance with project objectives.
• Understand the client s business issues and data challenges; perform gap analysis and recommend solutions
• Coordinate with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules
• Meet with project managers or stakeholders to identify and resolve issues
• Create project deliverables, including artifacts and ensuring that they adhere to quality standards
• Use source data to evaluate the effectiveness of projects and business processes
• Conduct research, analyze information needs, and perform analysis to support the delivery of relevant artifacts including business process diagrams, reports, and presentations
• Verify data and information and analyze it to suit the direction of a project
• Ability to track, forecast and report on project progress including metrics and challenges

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline
• 15 years of experience; 10 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Strong project management, budget analysis and management, governance, oversight, and reporting capabilities
• Strong analytical and time management skills to support competing priorities, data calls, and ongoing progress reports.
• Understanding of the VA Healthcare IT systems, products, and processes
• Ability to understand, document, and recommend technical management approaches on projects
• Expertise in managing parallel projects under a complex program while also providing program level support cross-functionally
• Experience with creating a strategic roadmap, with alignment to goals and operations plans
• Meet and exceed performance metrics, AQLs, and report progress with justification, recommendations, and an innovative approach
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks concurrently
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Experience in all areas of the software development life cycle
• Strong facilitation and excellent verbal communication, oral presentation, analytical and written communication skills
• Proficient with MS Office, MS SharePoint, MS Teams
• Proficient with Jira, GitHub, SharePoint, and Visio is desirable

Preferred Skills:

• VA-specific project management experience
• Government and VA OIT budget management and analysis
• Project Management Professional PMP Certified
• Certified SAFe
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in DevSecOps environment

LTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.