IT Project Manager

Description

Leidos is a Fortune 500 information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 34,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018.

The Leidos Defense Group has an exciting Project Manager opportunity, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Communications and IT Services III (CITS III) offers an opportunity to work in a full spectrum enterprise IT service delivery environment in locations across Africa and Europe. CITS provides a unique opportunity to support the Warfighter forward while having the ability to strengthen your IT skills and grow your career with a world class company.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Provide overall management of specific project to ensure that the technical solutions, schedules, and budgets are implemented in accordance with the project specifications.
2. Deliver & consistently report on project timelines, risks, constraints, cost, schedule and performance targets of multiple programs with matrixed resources and ‘agile’ priorities.
3. Work with customer and program teams to ensure milestones and tasks are delivered on time and within budget.
4. Leverage strong proficiency with MS Office suite to develop and maintain functional project schedules and reports, including custom resource utilization and cost/schedule/performance metrics reports.
5. Perform Risk Management and mitigation.
6. Ensure efficient application of document, change, configuration, release, and quality management processes.
7. Responsible for reviewing processes, and resources and making improvements to increase productivity and reduce costs.
8. Performance and direct project planning and scheduling, cost estimating and monitoring, and reporting required for all assigned projects and requirements.
9. Weekly project or other regular site-level meetings with Government leadership on project performance and deliverables.
10. Support project reviews and briefings; report on issues or related problems and potential risks.
11. Manages project scope, stakeholders, schedule, cost, logistics, and risks.
12. Manage relationships with customers and stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
2. Must hold an active Secret level clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.
3. Certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP).
4. Familiar with DoD IT Service Management (ITSM) in Europe.
5. Experience in a quality assurance environment that includes customer satisfaction tracking and continuous service improvement.
6. Experience leading complex interdisciplinary projects in a Department of Defense (DoD) environment.
7. Experience accessing and evaluating information technology systems and making recommendations to management about incorporating systems into the enterprise information technology environments.
8. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment, and maintain a positive attitude.
9. Critical thinking – ability to visualize and articulate end-to-end systems solutions involving multiple stakeholders.
10. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
11. Possession of excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
12. Capable of travelling to international locations.
13. Knowledge of Microsoft products: Office, Visio, Project, Excel and SharePoint.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Joint, Combatant Command, Service Component, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) staff experience preferred.
2. ITIL certification.
3. Past experience at USAFRICOM, USEUCOM, USAREUR, or USARAF.
4. Industry recognized Information Technology Certifications and Project Management Certifications: Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council), International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Project Management Institute (PMI), etc.

CITS3

Original Posting Date: 2025-01-21

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 – $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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