Project Manager

Title: Project Manager

Location: Hybrid, Columbia MD

Company Background:

A P Ventures, LLC (APV) is an innovative Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing services to Government customers at the federal and state levels in three key focus areas: High-End IT Consulting, Emerging Technology and Training Solutions, and Human Capital Services. Established in 2007, APV has completed 70+ prime contracts and currently oversees 25+ task orders, consistently achieving high client satisfaction, CPARS, and customer accolades. Our success is fueled by our skilled and motivated workforce, reflected in our impressive employee retention rate exceeding 90%. APV has a wide portfolio of contracts and “Best-in-Class” contract vehicles, including GSA MAS, OASIS Small Business, and 8(A) Pool 1, CIO-SP3 SB & 8(a) across all functional areas, HCaTS, and several other industry-specific BPA and IDIQs.

APV is a mature company dedicated to quality and exceptional delivery to meet its clients’ missions. We understand personnel are an essential part of this. We hire the best and take care of the people who come to work for us. We continue to maintain employee satisfaction and have a high retention rate, well above the industry average for our small business peers. We do this through our corporate practice that emphasizes employee satisfaction through the three “C’s” – Culture, Compensation, and Career Development.

Role:

The Project Manager will serve as the main Point of Contact (POC) and work in close collaboration with the COR and other Federal and Contractor Project Leads for complex federal information technology projects at an HHS agency.

Duties: The Project Manager will:

• Serve as the Main Point of Contact (POC) and work in close collaboration with the COR and other Federal and Contractor Project Leads and team for complex federal information technology projects at an HHS agency.
• Maintain consistent knowledge of the latest updates on project status; field project-related questions from key internal stakeholders and senior leaders, providing clear information and directing questions as appropriate to the right staff person.
• Track and report on project milestones, issues, test results, documentation, and gate review status following the HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) project management framework.
• Collaborate with multiple Federal staff and contractor vendors to ensure documentation, test cases, test results, and other deliverables meet requirements.
• Facilitate and/or attend project team meetings, daily scrum meetings, and other meetings with staff and/or contractors associated with the project.
• Reconcile reports received from external sources with division records and report on same to management.
• Oversee and advise project management support staff.
• Maintenance of Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) documents
• Tracking and reporting data for performance metrics
• Record meeting minutes
• Project Schedule Management
• Project Delivery Management
• Internal & Client Project Status Reporting
• Risk Management
• Ensure industry best practices are followed

• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies to keep project on track.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology/computer science or related
• 10 Years of Project Management Experience in Software Application SDLC and/or Agile processes.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of project management experience managing and advancing multi-disciplinary I.T. project team

• Experience leading a team of web developers and overseeing a massive website.
• Experience writing SOPs, meeting minutes, etc

• Experience working on projects related to large data repositories (warehouses, lakes, etc.) and cloud architecture.
• Experience with Scrum.

• Experience in a comparable Government project is preferred, especially with experience in similar technologies and platforms.
• Knowledge of Tools and Technologies: Jira, Confluence, and any other collaboration tools for project management

• Advanced familiarity with IT system development and cloud architecture.
• Able to use standard MS Office Suite tools (Outlook, Word, Excel), and MS Visio, and be capable of quickly learning, JIRA, and other systems in use at the HHS agency, as needed.
• Ability to interface with both technical and administrative staff, including Federal Division and Branch directors.
• Ability to translate and report technical jargon into plain language suitable for a non-technical audience.
• Able to create professional-looking reports suitable for consumption by senior-level staff.
• Ability to clear background investigation process.
• Skills in engaging with client daily requiring a high level of business acumen and negotiation
• Demonstrated leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution.
• Excellent communication skills and correct grammar are essential.
• Experience working with Target Life Cycle (TLC) project management framework (Preferred)
• 2 Years of experience working within the HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) project management framework (Preferred)
• Experience with agile software methodology such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification preferred
• Project Manager Professional (PMP) (Preferred)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Preferred)

About A P Ventures

A P Ventures is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status. Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability candidates are encouraged to apply. Qualified military veterans are encouraged to apply.