Senior Project Manager 

McClellan Park, CA

@Orchard is supporting a growing Federal contractor with expertise in surveillance and cyber security. We are seeking a skilled Senior Project Manager to be presented as a key personnel for an upcoming rebid for a contract supporting the Army.  As the Senior Project Manager, you will provide technical expertise and project management support to ensure successful delivery of projects for the ITO. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute your skills in Project Management to a company with well-established relationships within the DOD. If selected, you will be asked to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI). 

As the Senior Project Manager you will: 

• Develop methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts
• Aid the government in managing project cost, scope, and schedule and serves as a project interface between the CIO and Government customers.
• Coordinate with Government project leads, stakeholders and other contractors to deconflict schedules and ensure project success.
• Be responsible for managing small to moderate-risk projects (composed of either a single project or a coordinated effort of multiple related projects with a common technical or customer objective).
• Manage the integrated project team to define baseline project scope and quality requirements for project products and services.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of procurement function in addressing information security requirements and supply chain risks through procurement activities and recommend improvements
• Ensure all acquisitions, procurements, and outsourcing efforts address information security requirements consistent with organization goals
• Act as a primary stakeholder in the underlying IT operational processes and functions that support the service, provide direction, and monitor all significant activities so the service is delivered successfully
• Manage the internal relationship with IT process owners supporting the service, assisting with the definition and agreement of operating level agreements (OLAs)
• Ensure supply chain, system, network performance, and cyber security requirements are included in contract language and delivered
• Review or conduct audits of programs and projects

• Additional Tasks:
  • Perform needs analysis to determine opportunities for new and improved business processes
  • Provide advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes
  • Provide enterprise cybersecurity and supply chain risk management guidance for development of Continuity of Operations Plans
  • Provide ongoing optimization and problem-solving support
  • Provide recommendations for possible improvements and upgrades
  • Resolve conflicts in laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures
  • Develop and document supply chain risks for critical system elements, as appropriate
  • Coordinate and manage the overall service provided to a customer end-to-end
  • Ensure that appropriate SLAs and underpinning contracts have been defined that clearly set out for the customer a description of the service and the measures for monitoring the service
  • Gather feedback on customer satisfaction and internal service performance to foster continual improvement
  • Review service performance reports identifying any significant issues and variances, initiating, where necessary, corrective actions and ensuring that all outstanding issues are followed up

Requirements: 

• Active Secret clearance
• 10+ years of experience supporting complex, large-scale projects or equivalent education & experience
• IA Cert Level (DoD 8570.01): DoD 8140.3 Cyber Enabler – 802 IT Project Manager Advanced
• Requires 1 of the following DoD 8140 cyber-related certifications:
  • Rocheston Certified Cybersecurity Engineer (RCCE) Level 1
  • Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
  • Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • CISSP-Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
  • CISSP-Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP)
  • Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) PM Advanced
  • Federal IT Security Professional – Auditor (FITSP-A) or Manager (FITSP-M)
  • GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies (GFACT)
  • GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC)
• Experience supporting complex, large-scale projects, to include those with financial investments greater than $10M.
• Specialized experience in Risk Management Framework (RMF) preferred
• Specialized experience in MS Project required
• Active PMI certification required
• Requires Bachelor’s Degree (minimum)