Project Manager

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Project Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to The PM will provide overall leadership and guidance for a large, complex international program in a challenging and dynamic environment supporting the Eastern European Proliferation Prevention Program.

The project will work with partner nations on training and equipment as it relates to CWMD and Border Security, project will also include design and construction of a training center for a partner nation's special forces.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible for managing a complex international project with activities in eight different countries to include Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovak Republic

• Establishes relationships with host country stakeholders and participates in meetings and negotiations in support of U.S. Government client.

• Plans, directs, supervises, and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned project.

• Assigns responsibility for executing project plans to key subordinates after careful assessment of how to utilize their qualifications and strengths.

• Provides input to performance reviews and development plans for subordinates. Field responsibilities may include local procurement, management of host country national employees, and payroll operations, etc., if required.

• Responsible for holding quarterly management reviews with the client at international locations. The review shall detail the following, Milestones completed, pending, and forecast; Financial report including current and projected cost at completion; Schedule and status of permits, licenses, and certifications; Technical progress, to include identified problems and an evaluation of their effect on schedule performance; Project organization and personnel; Subcontractor roles, responsibilities, and performance; Schedule status, issues and resolutions, risks and mitigation; Areas of government focus

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical/business field and typically 12+ years of related work experience, with at least 7 years managing international projects for US Government customers.

• Computer proficiency with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, including Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and Visio.  Project Planning skills are essential

• Must be able to live abroad on a Long Term Assignment Agreement

• Must be able to travel to meet client needs

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Ability to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work.
• Experience advising clients and companies management of any such changes.
• Promotes technical and commercial excellence on the project through application of Quality Assurance processes. Monitors and reports to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions, which would affect project cost or schedule. Establishes weekly meeting to review project status and formulate action items.
• Have experience conducting and managing the performance of training courses and exercises.
• Ability to direct and manage team members with day-to-day activities as well as special projects to assure timely completion.
• Ability to manage distributed teams located in foreign countries.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: 

$117,000.00 - $227,900.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

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