Project Manager

Position Overview:

Axiologic Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide project management, strategic planning, and operational oversight in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) Common Intelligence Framework (CIF) Joint Program Management Office (JPMO).

This position will support an expanding DIA directorate focused on advancing enterprise intelligence capabilities, improving information sharing, and enhancing operational effectiveness across the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities while supporting the successful delivery of enterprise IT services and mission-critical initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Lifecycle Management

- Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful closure of complex IT projects, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and mission requirements.
- Define clear project goals, deliverables, requirements, and success criteria while managing constraints related to scope, schedule, budget, resources, and quality.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project management plans, including schedules, milestones, resource allocations, budgets, and performance metrics.
- Oversee day-to-day project operations, ensuring activities remain aligned with established priorities, contractual requirements, and organizational objectives.
- Monitor project progress, identify potential delays or obstacles, and implement corrective actions to maintain successful project execution.
- Ensure production schedules and project milestones are achieved while optimizing the utilization of personnel, technical resources, and available systems.

Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership

- Manage relationships with government stakeholders, technical teams, teaming partners, and vendors to facilitate the successful delivery of enterprise IT services.
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams, establishing clear roles, responsibilities, expectations, and accountability for project outcomes.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across project teams, ensuring stakeholders remain informed of progress, risks, challenges, and key decisions.
- Coordinate with technical subject matter experts and organizational leadership to resolve project conflicts, operational challenges, and production-related issues.
- Provide project status updates, performance assessments, and executive-level briefings to government leadership and program stakeholders.
- Foster a collaborative, results-oriented environment that promotes accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Risk Management, Financial Oversight & Quality Assurance

- Identify, assess, and manage project risks, dependencies, and operational challenges, developing mitigation strategies to minimize impacts on project delivery.
- Monitor project budgets, expenditures, resource utilization, and schedule performance to ensure efficient execution and financial accountability.
- Establish and maintain project controls, reporting processes, and performance measures to track progress against established objectives.
- Evaluate project performance, identify process improvement opportunities, and recommend solutions to enhance operational effectiveness.
- Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards, customer expectations, and applicable government requirements.
- Coordinate the resolution of production-related issues and resource conflicts to minimize disruptions to project schedules and mission operations.

Qualifications:

·          TS/SCI with CI Poly (or ability to obtain a polygraph)

·          Minimum of 10 years of experience

·          Masters Degree or Bachelors with an additional two years of experience added to the minimum years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desired.
- Experience managing complex enterprise IT projects within the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or other federal government environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple project priorities, technical stakeholders, and cross-functional teams in a mission-focused environment.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, risk mitigation, resource planning, budget management, and performance reporting.

Travel Requirements:

- Travel will be required within Washington National Capital Region (NCR) on an as-needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.

Level of Responsibility:

- Work includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment concerning matters of administrative/operational needs.

Reporting Chain:

- This position reports directly to Axiologic Solutions’ assigned Task Order Lead.

Level of Supervision Required:

- The supervisor sets the overall objectives and resources available.  The employee plans and carries out the assignment resolves most of the conflicts, coordinates work with others and interpret policy on own initiative. The employee keeps the supervisor informed of progress, potentially controversial matters, or far-reaching implications.

Work Environment:

- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate within a team environment.
- Ability to type, sitting or standing, to complete work functions for hours at a time; ability to move between sitting, standing and walking on a frequent basis.
- This is a full-time position, requiring 40 hours per week on site, Monday through Friday, within the contract hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.