Technical Program Manager- Cloud Migration

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities

Octo an IBM company is an industry-leading award-winning provider of technical solutions for the federal government. At Octo we specialize in providing agile software engineering user experience design cloud services and digital strategy services that address government’s most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes.

Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you’ll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you’ll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region’s best places to work multiple times Octo is an employer of choice!

You…

As a Technical Program Manager – Cloud Migration you will lead manage and support various technical infrastructure and data analytics programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ideal candidate will have experience with diverse IT projects both large and small. Must have Project Management experience to be able to manage a portfolio of projects. Must be well versed in full systems development life cycle enterprise wide network engineering strategic information planning business process reengineering structure and management practices. Must be able to identify and mitigate risks to the program. Strongly prefer experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Us…

We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with not for our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client’s missions.

Program Mission…

This program within the Department of Veterans Affairs will work to analyze data from various VA communications and infrastructure platforms surfacing insights aimed at improving efficiency speeding up decisions and enhancing the VA’s capabilities.

Responsibilities…

• Lead and/or support project planning scheduling execution and reporting for a team of 10-20 individuals.

• Provide oversight and direct management of a technical team to meet schedules orchestrate projects and generally lead all initiatives.

• Develop review and/or analyze project management documents (project charter organizational breakdown structure work breakdown structure program/project management plan responsibilities matrix etc.).

• Support program/project requirements through analysis of client strategy and needs documents such as balance scorecard vision and scope documents and program road maps.

• Plan monitor and report on team accomplishments risks and issues related to the project.

• Integrate and use project management methodologies and Agile scrum methodologies as applicable to the project.

• Perform schedule and/or backlog development maintenance and revision/grooming.

• Plan lead and facilitate meetings and reviews (formal and informal).

• Track and report project issues. Monitor progress and key milestones. Identify and mitigate risks and advise senior management about project opportunities and risks.

• Support project requirements scope and change management issues.

• Coordinate and manage documentation presentations and processes in compliance with organization standards.

• Solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways using professional concepts.

• Work on diverse problems requiring analysis.

• Identify key process improvements to help the team work more efficiently.

• Coordinate functional tasking of project team staff.

  Years of Experience: Must have at least 8+ years of related technical program and project management experience. Prefer experience in on-premises and cloud operations.

  Education: A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering Computer Science Systems Business or related scientific or technical discipline required. (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for degree.)

  Location: Remote within the United States.

  Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• See below for experience and educational requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong aptitude to learn and adapt to technology.
• Ability to adapt well to diverse environments.
• Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to lead and work collaboratively within a dynamic team environment.
• Must have technical project or program management. Prefer project management professional certification (PMP).
• Strongly prefer previous experience supporting the Veterans Affairs or other government organizations.
• Prefer experience implementing Agile and/or Lean concepts.
• Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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