24-2017: Project Manager

Project Manager
(Onsite)

Job ID: 24-2017
Locations: Baltimore MD
Who We Are:
Since our inception back in 2006, Navitas has grown to be an industry leader in the digital transformation space, and we’ve served as trusted advisors supporting our client base within the commercial, federal, and state and local markets.
What We Do:
At our very core, we’re a group of problem solvers providing our award-winning technology solutions to drive digital acceleration for our customers! With proven solutions, award-winning technologies, and a team of expert problem solvers, Navitas has consistently empowered customers to use technology as a competitive advantage and deliver cutting-edge transformative solutions.
What You’ll Need:
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Business/Public Administration, Design or a related discipline.

Required Skills/Experience:
Project Planning and Management Duties:

• Apply agile principles and methods to regularly deliver business value within the project schedule and budget constraints.
• Create and maintain project plans that are aligned with product roadmaps.
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings.
• Prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues.
• Adjust course based on lessons learned and constituent feedback.
• Define and maintain project governance model(s), including roles, decision authority, and decision processes.
• Introduce and sustain, with program and team participation, initiatives for continuous business process monitoring and improvement.
• Guide delivery teams in making business and technical trade-offs relating to system development, implementation, operations, enhancement and maintenance.
• Manage project content, including policy documentation, business requirements, technical artifacts and code repositories.

Product Strategy and Management Duties:

• Create and maintain product roadmaps. Prioritize and sequence the delivery of product features based on value (expected contribution to eliminating pain points and meeting program goals).
• Manage dependencies between constituent-facing product features and supporting “back-of-stage” capabilities (such as business rules management, content management and identity management).
• Look for opportunities to cost-effectively (re)use capabilities developed by other department/State initiatives.
• Develop and sustain a user research pipeline, create research plans and apply research findings to develop service maps and continuously update the product roadmap.
• Manage a prioritized product backlog in the form of epics and user stories.
• Accept delivered software in accordance with story (business) acceptance criteria.
• Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for deliverables, managing stakeholder communications and managing constituent feedback.
• Support the Product Owner in implementing project governance processes and documenting decisions.

General Management Duties:

• Monitor schedule and budget compliance.
• Monitor deliverable quality.
• Conduct market research.
• Develop Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and support procurement processes.
• Support contract and vendor management.
• Initiate, create, and deliver presentations to project stakeholders to manage expectations, demonstrate the delivery of value, foster cross-agency collaboration, and secure funding.

General Experience Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience as an IT Project Manager and/or Digital Product Manager. Must demonstrate held a leadership role on at least 2 successful projects that delivered measurable value on time and on budget.

Specialized Experience Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of experience doing service/UX design and/or business analysis (including business rules and metric specification).
• At least 1 year of software development experience. Must demonstrate knowledge of database fundamentals and proficiency in SQL.
• At least 2 years of experience leading Agile scrum teams, including researchers, designers, business analysts, engineers (including DevOps engineers), and testers using Agile principles and practices.