Project Manager

SUMMARY

The Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project ensuring all work meets internal and external quality standards. Develops and implements resource and production plans to meet customer needs. Monitors project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained. Manages labor and maintains employee relations regarding hiring, terminations and employee resolution.

The Project Manager (PM) supports the Program Manager in planning, integration, execution, monitoring, and control of complex technical projects supporting federal Government customers. The PM provides cross-functional leadership across geographically dispersed and virtual teams and coordinates project activities involving Information Technology (IT), C4ISR/C4I, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, network, desktop deployment, logistics, engineering, quality, safety, cybersecurity, procurement, and other functional disciplines.

The PM helps translate contractual and customer requirements into executable project plans, priorities, schedules, resource requirements, and measurable deliverables. The position integrates technical and business operations across the project life cycle and helps ensure project objectives are achieved within contractual scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and performance requirements.

The PM works closely with the Program Manager, functional and technical leads, subcontractors, corporate support organizations, and Government stakeholders to establish priorities, identify dependencies, resolve impediments, manage risk, coordinate resources, and maintain alignment across the project team.

The PM applies appropriate predictive, Agile, and hybrid project-management frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban/Scrumban, and iterative planning practices, to improve transparency, accountability, workflow, collaboration, and delivery performance. The PM facilitates cross-functional coordination and promotes a team-of-teams operating environment across collocated, geographically dispersed, and virtual personnel.

The PM maintains professional working relationships with Government customers, contracting personnel, technical stakeholders, subcontractors, and internal leadership and supports continuous improvement throughout project execution.

Must be able to obtain and maintain the required customer clearance for access to systems, facilities, equipment and property.

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Business Services, Health, Infrastructure and Engineering, Mission Optimization, Technology and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental – Vision), Company Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(K) Immediate Vesting, Professional Development Assistance, Legal Aid Assistance Program, Family Planning / Fertility Assistance, Personal Time Off, and Observance of Federal Holidays.

As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

The ability to obtain, maintain and access classified information at the Top Secret/SCI level, which requires U.S. Citizenship.

Must possess appropriate level of certifications for this position as required by the contract.

May be required to pass pre-employment screening that includes background and drug testing.

Demonstrated project management experience supporting complex technical, IT, ICT, telecommunications, C4ISR/C4I, infrastructure, or related programs.

Experience leading and integrating cross-functional teams, including geographically dispersed and/or virtual personnel.

Experience coordinating project scope, schedule, cost, resources, quality, risk, issues, dependencies, and customer requirements.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with technical leads, functional managers, subcontractors, corporate organizations, and Government stakeholders.

Experience with project operations and logistics, including resource coordination, material requirements, procurement interfaces, equipment accountability, warehousing, deployment, installation, sustainment, and/or retrograde activities.

Working knowledge of traditional, Agile, and hybrid project-management methodologies.

Experience with Government contracting, Department of Defense programs, or other federal programs preferred.

Supervisory, team-lead, or cross-functional management experience preferred.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Agile certification or demonstrated Agile experience preferred, including Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), SAFe certification, or equivalent.

CompTIA Security+ certification is preferred for projects involving DoD information systems, cybersecurity requirements, or technical infrastructure.

BICSI Registered Telecommunications Project Manager (RTPM) certification preferred for ICT/telecommunications infrastructure projects.

AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) certification preferred for projects involving integrated audiovisual or related technology systems.

Advanced education such as a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Information Technology with a Project Management concentration (MS IT-PM), or related graduate degree preferred.

Prior U.S. military service or comparable experience supporting military/DoD organizations is valued where it provides relevant leadership, operational planning, technical, logistics, or mission-support experience.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

Responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for a moderately complex TECHNICAL program. 

Accountable to oversee results of multi-functional project teams. 

Responsible for safe work practices and implementing company safety programs for all subordinates.

Responsible for the administrative/operational leadership of a project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer. 

Monitors project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained.

Provides financial and operational performance management reporting.

Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received. 

Collaborates with the Program Manager to plan, organize, integrate, execute, monitor, and control technical project activities across the project life cycle.

Provides cross-functional leadership and integration across technical and business functions, which may include infrastructure, networks, desktop deployment, cybersecurity, engineering, logistics, warehouse operations, procurement, quality, safety, finance, contracts, and administrative support.

Leads and coordinates collocated, geographically dispersed, and virtual project teams, establishing communication mechanisms, operating rhythms, priorities, responsibilities, dependencies, and escalation paths necessary to maintain alignment and execution.

Reviews contracts, task orders, statements of work, project plans, technical requirements, proposals, schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, and available resources to support development and execution of project objectives.

Translates contractual requirements and Government priorities into executable project activities, milestones, work packages, assignments, acceptance criteria, and deliverables.

Develops, maintains, and monitors integrated project plans and schedules and coordinates dependencies across functional teams, subcontractors, Government stakeholders, and other project participants.

Applies appropriate predictive, Agile, or hybrid project-management practices based upon project requirements, including Scrum, Kanban/Scrumban, sprint or iteration planning, backlog management, daily coordination, work visualization, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.

Facilitates recurring project-management and cross-functional coordination forums, including project reviews, planning meetings, stand-ups, sprint reviews, risk and issue reviews, and other operational synchronization activities.

Establishes and monitors project performance measures and uses quantitative and qualitative information to identify trends, constraints, risks, resource conflicts, quality concerns, and opportunities for improvement.

Maintains appropriate project risk, issue, action, and decision management processes, ensuring risks and issues are identified, analyzed, assigned, tracked, communicated, mitigated, and escalated when required.

Supports development and maintenance of project schedules, cost information, staffing plans, resource forecasts, status reports, dashboards, and other management-control information.

Performs and/or supports job-cost analysis, budget monitoring, forecasting, resource utilization analysis, and other financial-management activities necessary to maintain project performance.

Coordinates logistics and project operations, including material planning, procurement interfaces, receiving, warehousing, inventory, staging, transportation, deployment, installation support, property accountability, and retrograde activities as applicable to project requirements.

Integrates logistics requirements with technical schedules to ensure equipment, materials, tools, personnel, access, and other resources are available when required to support project execution.

Maintains effective relationships with Government customers and key stakeholders and supports customer satisfaction through transparent communication, responsive problem solving, accurate reporting, and successful execution of contractual requirements.

As authorized, serves as a primary or alternate project-management interface with the Government Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Government project/program managers, functional-area managers, and other designated Government representatives.

Supports preparation, review, administration, and timely submission of contract deliverables and other required data items.

Coordinates technical execution with engineering and functional leadership while maintaining appropriate distinction between project-management authority, functional/technical authority, and Government direction.

Assists with development, implementation, and continual improvement of the project's Quality Management/Quality Control Plan, ensuring work is planned, executed, inspected, tested, documented, and accepted in accordance with contractual and technical requirements.

Coordinates with Quality personnel to monitor deficiencies, corrective actions, rework, inspection results, testing results, acceptance criteria, and lessons learned.

Supports development and implementation of project safety requirements and participates in safety meetings, reviews, and corrective-action activities as required.

Assists the Program Manager with personnel leadership and workforce planning, including staffing analysis, recruiting, interviewing, selection, onboarding, performance management, professional development, succession planning, and workforce transitions.

Evaluates staffing levels and skill mixes against project requirements and coordinates with Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, functional leadership, and subcontractors to identify and address personnel requirements.

Supports subcontractor integration and coordinates subcontractor activities with overall project priorities, schedules, quality requirements, technical requirements, and customer expectations.

Assists with Requests for Proposal (RFP), Requests for Quote (RFQ), Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) proposals, task-order responses, estimates, basis-of-estimate development, staffing models, technical approaches, schedules, and other business-development or contract-growth activities as assigned.

Implements and continually improve project-management tools, methodologies, standard operating procedures, workflows, dashboards, lessons learned, and management controls.

Promotes collaboration, knowledge sharing, cross-training, accountability, and continuous improvement across functional and organizational boundaries.

Performs project responsibilities with progressively greater independence while keeping the Program Manager appropriately informed of significant risks, issues, customer concerns, contractual matters, resource constraints, and decisions requiring higher-level authority.

Mentors, trains, and coaches contract partner staff on effective project management.

Documents, records, analyzes, and escalates risks, issues, decisions, and recommendations to USG customer and internal or external stakeholders.

Closely works with corporate shared services to ensure timely and effective support to corporate employees and customer demand signals.

Documents and collaborates with contract partner team to record test results, meeting minutes, monthly status reports, and other contract deliverables to satisfy customer demand signals in accordance with published guidance and statement of work.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Management, or a related field and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant project-management experience, preferably supporting federal Government, Department of Defense, IT, C4ISR/C4I, ICT, telecommunications, or technical infrastructure programs; or an equivalent combination of relevant education, professional certification, military service, and progressively responsible experience.

Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple functional disciplines and leading personnel through direct, matrixed, cross-functional, subcontractor, and/or virtual team structures.

Preferred:

Advanced education and professional credentials are highly desirable and may include an MBA, MS in Information Technology/Project Management or related master's degree; PMP; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or comparable Scrum/Agile certification; SAFe Agilist certification; BICSI RTPM; or AVIXA CTS.

Relevant military leadership and technical experience may be considered as part of the candidate's overall combination of education, leadership, operational, logistics, technical, and project-management experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work is primarily performed in an office environment. Regularly required to sit. Regularly required use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms to handle objects and operate tools, computer, and/or controls. Required to speak and hear. Occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  Exposed to general office noise with computers printers and light traffic.

Work may be performed in a factory, machine shop or construction environment.  The job may require the use of protective equipment such as hard hats, respirators, aprons, gloves, special clothing, safety shoes and safety glasses.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

EOE including Disability/Vet

CNI offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: 

• Medical 
• Dental 
• Vision 
• 401(k) 
• Family Planning/Fertility Assistance 
• STD/LTD/Basic Life/AD&D 
• Legal-Aid Program 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – (11) Federal Holidays 
• Training and Development Opportunities 

Your application submission will be considered for all potential employment opportunities with Chickasaw Nation Industries (CNI).

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