GC&E Federal is seeking a Project Manager, with a minimum of ten (10) years of active work experience, who is responsible for managing very complex and/or high-risk technical projects. This position needs a person who is a well-versed problem-solver who utilizes their extensive experience, knowledge, and project management skills to ensure the project team has what they need to complete the project on time, within budget, and with results that exceed expectations.
Key Experience and Skills:
- Leads and directs the work of others
- Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects
- Oversees all aspects of projects, leading a team on large projects or a significant segment of large and complex projects
- Create detailed project plans that outlines how to reach the project goals
- Proactively monitor and adjust the plan when needed, while providing guidance and motivation to project team members along the way to successfully accomplish the project
- Analyzes new and complex project-related problems and creates innovative solutions that normally involve the schedule, technology, methodology, tools, solution components and the appropriate resources needs of the project
- Sets and/or adheres to deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors & summarizes progress of project
- Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project, in both formal and informal reporting
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Required Experience:
Preferred Education, Certifications, and Soft Skills/Experience:
- In-depth knowledge of the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with customers, business analysts, developers, engineers, as well as other professional and scientific personnel
- Customer service
- Leadership
- Effective ability to collaborate within a team
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with professional and scientific personnel
- Conflict resolution skills
- Ability to negotiate
- Ability to work well under pressure
Physical Requirements:
- Indoors in a normal office environment and/or partial to full work from home. May require extensive periods of sitting or standing. Frequent computer uses at workstation for several hours at a time. Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.