Sr. Project Manager

Anaheim, CA

Talent Orchard LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business with 8a designation has been contracted by a large defense contractor in their search for a Sr. Project Manager.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning and implementing actions by the program team to define and implement technical baseline and meet quality requirements for a variety of project products and services. You are responsible for assembling the project team, assigning responsibilities, and managing schedules and resources to ensure timely completion of assigned projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop the project schedule and plan to ensure timely completion of the project. Obtain management and client agreement with the project plan and timeline, and advise of any obstacles or resource needs that may affect completion of the project as planned.
• Work with the Application Service Delivery Manager to identify competencies, and assign resources to development tasks appropriate to each individual’s knowledge, skill, and abilities.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and six (6) years or more of related experience; Masters and four (4) years or more experience.
• Current PMP certification.
• Experienced with Agile and DevOps methodology in an enterprise IT environment.
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies.
• Proven ability to understand a customer's needs.
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in commercial and local governments business settings.
• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certification.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow.

Established in 2010, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery.

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