Project Manager/Business Management Specialist

ICF is looking for a Project Manager/Business Management Specialist to support a mid-size Infrastructure Support Contract. If you are looking for an opportunity to help inform and direct IT investment decisions; and develop and manage architectural targets and standards for our client, then this is the job for you. Join our team if you are looking to use and further perfect your IT management and project management skills. This position will work remotely for a Federal client in Arlington, VA.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing leadership and highly specialized support and technical guidance for an infrastructure modernization project.

• Assessing and applying multiple organizational and management improvement techniques in a government environment.

• Developing, reviewing, and analyzing project management documents, which include, but not limited to, Transition Plans, Project Charters, Project Management Plans, Risk Management Plans.

• Ensuring transparent and effective communications between Business and Information Technology to support project planning, change management, and issue resolution.

• Provide Agile program/project management processes that will be contributors to successes and/or challenges, including planning and scoping the IT project. Manage IT project collaboration and communication, implementing an effective task and milestone review process that shows actual progress against planned schedule and cost.

• Interacting with all stakeholders to clearly understand objectives and goals, then devising measures and metrics to align with those objectives and goals.

• Work hand and hand with our clients Project Management Office (PMO) and best practices and guidelines when managing and delivering projects.

• Ensure proper reporting and that cost, and time parameters are in line with our project plan.

• Work with the product owner to prioritize our user stories to assure we are focused on the right priorities.

• Validate proposed solutions through user feedback and then develop and manage a product backlog of features, epics, and user stories, which will then be prioritized for development.

• Formulating and defining strategies, business processes, system scope, and objectives for programs and projects through research and fact-finding activities.

• Conducting market research, evaluating product solutions, applying scoring frameworks, and developing financial estimates for product recommendations.

• Applying strategic thinking in recommending process improvement and reengineering methodologies.

• Identifying best practices, documenting and assessing performance measurements, and recommending business and technology solutions to streamline processes.

• Leading cross-functional teams to address business and system problems using solid systems architectural and systems engineering principles.

• Providing assistance with procurement activities.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, computer science, or an equivalent combination …