Sr. Project/Solution Manager - Military veterans preferred

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

 

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Sr. Project/Solution Manager to join our team in Sterling, VA.

 

You will be a member of the team supporting the Land Border Integration (LBI) program for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program.

 

Responsibilities Include:

• The position will be supporting the various border security efforts of CBP and may include: biometric technologies such as facial recognition, RFID enabled documents, license plate reading technologies, data analytics, IoT, and other border security technologies.
• Manage Agile development activities for one or more projects, oversee large requirements gathering tasks with the client, identified opportunities for follow-on business that bring additional value to the client, i.e. follow-on engagement opportunities include additional services engagements, creating change orders when additional work required outside the original contracted scope of the project.
• Use thought leadership and understand the clients future to design and architect solutions using leading edge technologies.
• Experience with biometrics, RFID, AGILE, Business Blueprints, architectural methods, component-based development, integration of COTS components.
• Reviews project artifacts, solution designs, estimates, sizings, and submitted articles from members of the practice team.
• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with third party companies and presents technology.
• Providing technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
• Establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives.
• Leading analysis of functional business requirements and design specifications for functional activities.
• Leading identification of problems and solutions within existing systems design.
• Leading analysis, design and new construction of next generation IT hardware and software systems.
• Understanding of customer needs and the realities of commercially available IT/hardware products, and creating requirements that will allow implementation by the architecture and engineering team and COTS products.
• Leading client interaction with senior management.
• Provide thought leadership and innovative solution design addressing the client's unique mission needs.
• Perform full system analysis from technical implementation to business process management.
• Manage multiple solution offerings with long term vision for system enhancement, consolidation, and integration.
• Provide technical leadership in terms of delivery, release prioritization, and O&M for multiple systems.
• Provide technical input and solution design for proposals and contract modifications.
• Support engineering development projects (e.g., HW, SW, Agile).
• Serve as a primary technical interface with client related to program solutions.
• Provide strategic technical direction to client. Support related business development and proposal development activities.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience:

 

Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study is required with a minimum of 15 years of experience (or masters equivalent).

 

Required Skills:

• Ability to interface with clients at all levels of their business, to include business operations, financial, technology and management
• Has domain system engineering experience in one or more areas including biometrics, RFID, license plate technologies, mobility, telecommunications concepts
• Must have excellent technical and management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Agile project management skills are requited
• Certified Scrum Master is a plus, or ability to achieve
• Ability to work in team environments across a diverse set of projects with multiple stakeholders
• Proactive approach to problem solving
• Delivery mindset
• PMP Certification is a plus, or ability to achieve
• Must be clearable - CBP BI