Essential Duties
- Performs financial oversight, analysis, management, and cost control for projects. Coordinates with managers on initiatives, priorities and outreach activities
- Manages the project budget to ensure no under spending or cost overruns. Controls changes to the project budget.
- Reviews financial analyses with integrated scope, cost and schedule measures to assess performance.
- Supports the development of annual budget and strategic plan.
- Evaluates cost and schedule variances predicting potential variances and adjusts accordingly.
- Key contact for direct customer support requirements for designated projects.
- Develops, reviews, negotiates designated project resources and milestones.
- Ensures timely submission and payment of invoices.
- Manages distributed teams to ensure goals are accomplished.
- Participates in project awards, kickoffs and debriefs.
- Serves as project monitor for efforts selected by members of the program.
- Provides technical expertise to the business unit and technical management of projects.
- Writes, edits, and presents technical and/or financial reports.
- Reviews and evaluates technical reports and white papers as required.
- Develops work breakdown structures and statements of work.
- Implements risk mitigation plan(s) / corrective actions.
- Provides collaborative leadership, facilitation and interface among supported clients, vendors and users.
- Coordinates, and may lead, technology transfer for projects as assigned.
Additional Responsibilities
- Manages the development and submission of proposals, organizes the proposal and project team, and develops and leads the cost estimating process.
- Supports and participates in the evaluation of new business and market opportunities.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the program and business unit managers.
- Utilize Knowledge Management database tools on consistent basis
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree and five or more year’s related experience or, Master’s Degree and three or more year’s related experience, or equivalent combination of education and applicable experience.
- Minimum of five or more year’s direct experience in the operation, planning and performance of collaborative programs and projects.
- Proven ability to independently handle routine and non-routine assignments.
- Project and process management experience, as well as prior experience in proposal planning and preparation, desired. PMP Certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience as a presenter, technical report writer, meeting planner and facilitator.
- Experience with government programs desirable.
- Experience with a variety of project/program models.
- Experience with software development projects a plus.
- Independent self-directed worker, team player, problem solver and experienced leader.
- Excellent communication skills, including presentations, technical reports, meeting management and work group management.
- Ability to travel periodically to conferences and meetings, including some weekends.
- Strong computer skills including advanced Excel skills, MS Office Suite, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and MS Project. Able to demonstrate advanced Excel skills.