Project Manager

Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both. Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers’ most difficult problems—and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee. We are “All In.” We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together. We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team. And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed. 

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth. A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart. Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us. 

Ardent is seeking a Project Manager to join our team.  

This is an onsite position located in Tysons, VA. Remote/hybrid work is subject to the discretion/needs of the customer.

Position Description:

Ardent is seeking a detail-oriented and results-driven Project Manager to lead federal government contracting projects. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects while ensuring compliance with government regulations and contract requirements. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, a deep understanding of federal contracting, and the ability to manage cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope, and on budget.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• The Project Manager will lead development teams in close coordination with the Program Manager, ITPMs, and the Product Owners.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree
• Eight (8) or more years of relevant project management experience in an Enterprise software development environment, including experience in the application of methodologies related to software lifecycle management and agile.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
• Experience with requirements tools and tracking such as JIRA.
• Experience coordinating activities with multiple stakeholders including technical stakeholders well with others.
• Experience defining all project activities and milestones required to meet objectives and deliverables, properly sequencing tasks and estimating effort with project team members doing the work, determining the critical path, and proposing alternatives to meet project schedules in coordination with other stakeholders.
• Experience monitoring project execution to identify obstacles and deviations from the plan and take corrective action as needed.
• Experience conducting continuous risk assessment and management including developing measures to reduce risk in project execution.
• Experience developing metrics and reports for tracking project execution.
• Proficient in the development of plans, assigning tasks, monitoring performance, communicating progress, resolving conflicts, and escalating issues.
• Experience with all aspects of configuration management planning including configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, configuration audits, configuration documentation

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government-issued background investigation process.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.