Location: Richland, Washington/Remote

Title: IT Project Manager (II)

Schedule (FT/PT): Regular Full Time

Travel Required: No

Clearance: Ability to Obtain

North Wind Solutions is a Government contracting small business with operations at military and civilian installations across the United States. The company's focus is facilities operation and maintenance, waste management and radiological services, security control and force protection, and environmental services.

POSITION PURPOSE:

North Wind Solutions (NWSOL) is a government contracting small business with operations at military and civilian installations across the United States. The Richland site project's primary focus is providing mission critical support for the Hanford site in the areas of Cyber Security, IT Infrastructure deployment and management to include network operations, End User Support services, Application Engineering with emphasis on software development and support, Records Management, and Project Management for the execution across the spectrum of provided services.

The Project Management organization is primarily responsible for the management of hundreds of software application projects at the Hanford Site. The North Winds team is in the midst of a major modernization effort towards a more agile methodology. In this phase of the transformation, project managers are responsible to ensure we maintain current software development processes while assisting and encouraging the implementation of new, agile processes alongside them.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This project management position manages multiple small and mid-level software projects simultaneously. These software projects may include both Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) implementations and custom developed software efforts. This role must be capable of managing independently with limited mentor assistance. This position requires rudimentary knowledge of project management professional principles (e.g., PMI) and practices, though the certification is not a requirement. Duties and responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:

Schedule Management:

• Create and maintain project schedules, including resource allocations, with limited assistance or review by assigned project management mentor or management.

• Regularly meet with development team members to ensure balance between demand and capacity, review actual hours worked vs planned hours to ensure deadlines and budgets are maintained.

Estimating and Budget Management:

• Provide rough order magnitude (ROM) estimates utilizing the approved North Wind (NWSOL)/Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) Business Office processes with input from development team and limited assistance or review by assigned project management mentor or management.

• Once approval and funds are received, ensure project costs are tracked throughout project life cycle against the planned schedule and budget.

• Manage any cost variance and report overall project progress and execution within SCIFORMA as required.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills to both internal and external project stakeholders.

• Manage stakeholder expectations, maintain productive relationships, and ensure client engagement during the project life cycle.

Change Control:

• Document change control items per standard project management process, procedures, and best practices; tracking impact to schedule, scope, resources, and cost.

Risk & Quality Management:

• Identify, assess, document, manage, mitigate, and communicate issues and risks throughout the project life cycle.

• Develop and maintain contingency plans based on identified project risks.

• Understand when and where to seek guidance and/or input on the quality requirements from various stakeholders.

DevSecOps & Production Support Process Adherence:

• Ensure your teams adhere to DevSecOps and production support policies and procedures (including contractor specific procedures) related to standard development management, release management, change management, software quality assurance (SQA), and production support.

• Ensure that you are aware of and knowledgeable with all applicable procedures for each contractor project supported.

• Lead and direct your team in a manner that adheres to all sitewide and contractor specific procedures for each project.

Project Reporting, Documentation, and Deliverables:

• Provide weekly and monthly project reporting, within required deadlines, on work performed.

• Ensure that required contract deliverables are tracked to completion, delivered on time, and meets customer expectations.

• Ensure that SQA documentation is created, maintained, approved, and issued per Project Contractor's applicable procedures.

• Document and create Epics, Features, and User stories within the Azure DevOps environment to track customer requirements and priorities.

• Work with development resources on user story estimates and track within Azure DevOps.

• Plan sprint cycles within Azure DevOps that align with application release schedules.

• Provide project status reporting to stakeholders that ensures they have greater insight into the project, improves project tracking, and documents project progress.

Leadership:

• Take initiative to learn from management, project manager mentors, development team, and peers alike.

• Provide effective leadership to development teams and project stakeholders.

Decision-Making:

• Demonstrate decision-making skills by weighing the available options and choosing the best course of action.

• Ability to determine and ask for assistance when critical decisions require careful consideration and consensus among stakeholders and management.

Communication:

• Build a rapport with stakeholders by actively listening to and understanding their needs and concerns to ensure you can address them effectively.

• Ability to communicate effectively and work well in teams while continuously learning from peers.

• Provide clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communications regularly to ensure that all project stakeholders are informed of project status.

• Facilitate all project meetings and create/update/distribute project documentation.

• Participate in project review meetings and complete project status reporting as requested by management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• 1-4 years of experience in IT-related field.

• 2+ year college degree in IT-related field or equivalent years of experience (2 years of related IT project management experience equates to 1-year of college).

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to apply and follow basic project management principles on assigned projects.

• Knowledge of and limited practical experience with Software/IT life cycles. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) knowledge should include both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Requires a firm grasp on how websites, web applications, databases, Microsoft Windows applications, and general business process flows function at a high level.

• Sufficient level of technical IT background enabling project manager to provide credible leadership to software development teams and accurately evaluate project risks and issues on assigned projects.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps and/or other Agile methodology organization tools such as Jira, Asana, or Trello.

Special Requirements:

• Must pass pre-employment background check

• Must pass pre-employment drug screening

• Applicants are required to have REAL ID ACT compliant documentation at time of hire and nothing on record that would prohibit you from gaining access to Department of Energy sites

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be sitting for long periods of time in an office environment (home or site) but will also be required to stand, walk, talk and hear.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

This is a remote position.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The nature of those accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

North Wind offers a competitive pay and benefits package to include health, life, and disability insurance benefits, 401(k) with company match, generous paid leave and tuition reimbursement for eligible employees. As a company, we are committed to employee wellness, professional development, and work-life balance. We value safety, reliability, and commitment to our people! For more information about our benefits or hiring philosophy, visit the North Wind Career Opportunities Page.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The nature of those accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact our Helpline +1.208.528.8718 or use the Request for Reasonable Accommodation (https://northwindgrp.com/careers/request-for-reasonable-accommodation-confidential/) form to get assistance.

North Wind is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, religion, or other legally protected status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Proof of citizenship will be required as a condition of employment.

Candidates may be required to obtain and hold a Secret or Higher US Government Clearance.