Project Manager (Remote)

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Project Manager to support the Health Services Portfolio Technical Management and Strategic Solutioning Support (HTMS) program within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information and Technology (OIT). The Project Manager will be a hands-on leader who will support a VA Product Manager with day-to-day oversight providing strategy, process, and implementation consulting services to the Product Team. The Project Manager will be responsible for client interactions and ensuring production of quality work products. The environment is dynamic, and client needs are often evolving; flexibility and forward-thinking views are important for success. This role is a fully remote position within the United States with core hours of operation from Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM ET.

Creates integrated project plans for contract deliverables and new products in development projects. Reviews, manages and controls status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with team members and line managers. Generally reports to a Program Manager.

• Manages the direction of a project through the design, implementation, and testing in accordance with project objectives.

• Defines requirements and plans project lifecycle deployment.

• Schedules tasks and coordinates with various team members to accomplish the results.

• Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.

• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables.

• Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking, analysis and reporting.

• Supports program management, governance, oversight, and executive level reporting.

• Manages competing priorities, address data calls, and provide ongoing progress reports.

• Documents and provides recommendations for technical management approaches on projects/products.

• Creates strategic roadmaps, with alignment to goals and operations plans.

• Documents, tracks, and monitors project, program, system, product, and various performance metrics and report progress with recommendations or innovative approaches for improvement, organizational maturity, and/or optimization.

• Supports fast turnaround requests for data calls.

• Understands the client’s business issues and data challenges; performs gap analysis and recommend solutions.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master's Degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is required, plus 10 years of commensurate work experience, 10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.
• Strong experience with projects which require well organized management, tracking and communications of complex productdevelopment dependencies.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) to relay concise messaging and reporting to all levels of management.
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work independently with minimal guidance/supervision.
• Strong analytical and investigation skills crafting solutions to challenging problems or issues.
• Strong experience in developing presentations and slides for communicating technical and non-technical subjects to both small andlarge audiences.
• Must be able to identify and mitigate risks to the project, and escalate program risks, as necessary.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• PM-related certifications such as PMP and ITIL preferred.
• Experience supporting or leading within the Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology, Veterans Benefits Administration, and/or Veterans Health Administration is a plus.
• Working knowledge of VA enrollment processes (VA Form 10-10EZ, VHA Directive 1601A.02) and/or VHA scheduling processes (VHA Directive 1230, NEAR business rules) highly desired.
• Familiarity with VistA scheduling system, Primary Care Management Module (PCMM), or VA Electronic Heath Record platforms is a plus.
• Proven VA (or similar government agency) IT development track record highly desired.
• Ability to proactively communicate and coordinate with various internal and external project stakeholders, depending on needs.

Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance