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Zantech is looking for a talented Project Manager to contribute to the success of our upcoming Technical Infrastructure and Platform Support project for an On-Site role based out of Arlington, VA.
The Project Manager will play a crucial role in providing:
- Project Management (single point of accountability for all technical tasks)
- Project Management Plan (PMP) and Technical Roadmap
- User Adoption and Training Plan
- Transition-In / Transition-Out Plan
- Personnel Requirements (staffing plan, Key Personnel manning and replacement)
- Agile portfolio and release management using a Government-provided tracking tool (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps)
The Project Manager serves as the Government's single point of accountability for the entire IT Support Services effort, integrating project management and technical execution across data ingestion, analytics, and cloud platform sustainment. Directly accountable for schedule, risk, and quality of all tasks.
Impact: Underperformance in this role puts execution of project all areas at risk.
Responsibilities include, but will not be limited to:
- Serve as single point of accountability integrating all technical tasks
- Deliver and maintain the Project Management Plan (PMP) and Technical Roadmap (CDRL A002), including the Future-Proofing & Tech Horizon Parity Plan
- Manage stakeholder requests and prioritize the analytical and technical backlog
- Execute a structured Agile continuous-delivery model; plan, package, and deploy releases per the Government-approved roadmap
- Retain sole responsibility for supervision, task delegation, performance management, and administrative control of Contractor personnel (non-personal-services contract)
- Deliver the User Adoption and Training Plan and coordinate a minimum of one training session per quarter
- Lead the 30-day Transition-In and the Transition-Out plan and execution
Required Experience or Knowledge of the following technologies/functions:
- Ten (10)+ years managing Department of War (DoW) IT service contracts, including direct oral and written communication with senior-level Government and military personnel; prior experience as Project Manager on at least one contract valued over $5M annually or with a team over 15 personnel that explicitly included cloud infrastructure, data analytics, and Agile software development components.
- Skills Required:
- Agile/Scrum program management and backlog prioritization across a portfolio of dashboards and applications
- Stakeholder management with senior Government and military leadership
- Risk, schedule, and quality management for cloud infrastructure and data analytics programs
- Proficiency with Government-provided tracking tools (Jira, Azure DevOps)
- Supervision, task delegation, and administrative control of a multi-disciplinary technical team
Required Education/Certifications:
- Education Required:
- MA/MS degree and 10+ years of experience (Senior/Lead tier)
- BA/BS with 12+ years of experience is an accepted substitute
- Education Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field
- Additional Agile/Scrum certification (e.g., PMI-ACP, SAFe Program Consultant)
- Certifications Required:
- One of: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or SAFe Agilist (SA) (PWS Section 5.1)
- Certifications Preferred:
Required Security Clearance:
- US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret or higher clearance, per contract requirements.
“Outstanding Performance…Always!”
Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a vacation package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment. Come join our team!
Skills Required
- 10+ years managing Department of War (DoW) IT service contracts, including direct communication with senior Government and military personnel
- Prior PM on at least one contract valued over $5M annually or with a team over 15 personnel including cloud infrastructure, data analytics, and Agile software development
- Agile/Scrum program management and backlog prioritization across a portfolio of dashboards and applications
- Stakeholder management with senior Government and military leadership
- Risk, schedule, and quality management for cloud infrastructure and data analytics programs
- Proficiency with Government-provided tracking tools (Jira, Azure DevOps)
- Supervision, task delegation, and administrative control of a multi-disciplinary technical team
- MA/MS degree with 10+ years experience (or BA/BS with 12+ years as accepted substitute)
- One of: PMP, CSM, or SA certification
- US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret or higher security clearance
- On-site work in Arlington, VA
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field
- Additional Agile/Scrum certification (e.g., PMI-ACP, SAFe SPC)
What We Do
Zantech was founded in 2007, by Zia Islam with the vision of building an organization, highly skilled at developing technology-oriented solutions for information systems requirements, for Federal Government customers. Zantech was created based on high quality standards, integrating lessons learned from GM as well as incorporating CMMI ML3 DEV and Six Sigma methodologies for quality and adaptive agile principles for efficient, timely performance. In this way, Zantech is taking the rigorous methodologies that are used in commercial sectors and applies them to reduce waste while improving accuracy and efficiency in our government contracts. Our focus on continuous process improvement has guided Zantech to ensure that we have consistent, reliable service across all geographic sites while recognizing and meeting the specific requirements. Zantech is one of the fastest-growing IT solutions and business strategy Government Contracting firms. We apply state-of-the-art methodologies to develop total systems solutions that meet mission-critical requirements and develops customer-specific solutions for enterprise information systems. Zantech has successfully executed more than 75 prime contracts with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, NASA, and many other Federal departments and agencies. Zantech provides high quality, cost effective, state-of-the-art holistic solutions to satisfy and exceed customer requirements. Zantech is focused on providing “Outstanding Performance…Always” to our customers.
