Project Manager - Leidos
Bethesda, MD 20810
About the Job
Are you ready to join Leidos all-star team? Through training, teamwork, and exposure to challenging technical work, let Leidos show how to accelerate your career path.Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager with data science and system engineering experience supporting the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) under our 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract.As the Project Manager, you will support a team that is delivering cutting edge data science capabilities to advance national security objectives, swiftly produce and analyze results, disseminate findings, and contribute to publications and presentations with actionable intelligence insights
As a demonstrated leader, skilled at achieving cross functional collaboration in a dynamic and fast paced environment, you will work closely with a tight-knit team of data scientists, as well as a larger team of software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts
You also will interact directly with customers (e.g., end-users, system owners, stakeholders, etc.) and support a variety of management activities and practices.While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely
Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.As an integral member of the team, you will work closely with DTP Program Management, Task Order Leads, and senior DTP data scientists on the following key tasks:Provide management oversight and coordination of a team of data scientists.Work with senior data scientists to identify, collect, and manage customer technical and analytic requirements.Serve as POC for stakeholder requests and other communications.Manage project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.Monitor team progress and develop status reports for the customer.Attend customer meetings to provide status and communicate risks/roadblocksCreate and maintain core program documentation and update cost estimates.Work with DTP colleagues to manage contract issues and support compliance with security constraints.Facilitate meetings to help move the team forward on tasking and help remove blockers.Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer.Provide support to Program Management Office (PMO) as needed, including:Creating customer and internal Leidos presentations including program roadmap, program review, staffing plan, etc.Updating and maintaining program risk registerHelping to facilitate and participate in Program Increment (PI) PlanningSupporting task order lead and IDIQ PMO with any PM related activitiesSupporting Project Financial Analyst on cost forecasting, estimates to complete, and estimates at completionTo be successful in this role you need these skills (required):BS in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in data science, software development, system engineering or related fieldMust have an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with PolygraphMinimum 5 years of experience leading technical IC teams and missionsExperience with SAFe agile practicesExperience with people managementExperience with project schedule and cost managementExperience with customer interaction and gathering requirements and customer prioritiesExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detailSelf-motivated, creative, organized, and able to accomplish tasks under limited supervisionAbility to work in a dynamic, fast paced environmentKey technical skills include a high proficiency in Microsoft Office products and SharepointYou will wow us even more if you have some of these skills: Russian AOR experiencePMP certificationScaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)Website and platform deployment experienceSoftware development/coding experience with programming languages such as R or PythonExperience dealing with at least two of the following data classes: open source, publicly available information (PAI); forensic media (i.e
DOMEX); measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT); or cybersecurity and cyber forensicsExperience with Knowledge Graphs and KG tech such as neo4Experience with predictive algorithmsFamiliarity with social network analysis, supply chain analysis, forensic accounting, pattern of life, natural language processing, social media analysis, classification algorithms, and/or image processingExperience blending analytical methodologies and leveraging existing COTS/GOTS/OS tools in an unconventional mannerFamiliarity utilizing virtualization and distributed field systems, such as Hadoop (or similar distributed file systems) in development and deployment environmentsFamiliarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologiesExperience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S)Familiarity with hardware platforms, e.g., CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.Original Posting Date:2024-08-28While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $108,550.00 - $196,225.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary
Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.SummaryLocation: Bethesda, MDType: Full time
As a demonstrated leader, skilled at achieving cross functional collaboration in a dynamic and fast paced environment, you will work closely with a tight-knit team of data scientists, as well as a larger team of software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts
You also will interact directly with customers (e.g., end-users, system owners, stakeholders, etc.) and support a variety of management activities and practices.While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely
Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.As an integral member of the team, you will work closely with DTP Program Management, Task Order Leads, and senior DTP data scientists on the following key tasks:Provide management oversight and coordination of a team of data scientists.Work with senior data scientists to identify, collect, and manage customer technical and analytic requirements.Serve as POC for stakeholder requests and other communications.Manage project priorities, deliverables, and deadlines.Monitor team progress and develop status reports for the customer.Attend customer meetings to provide status and communicate risks/roadblocksCreate and maintain core program documentation and update cost estimates.Work with DTP colleagues to manage contract issues and support compliance with security constraints.Facilitate meetings to help move the team forward on tasking and help remove blockers.Foster an environment of collaboration with the different team members in the goal of providing quality service and product to our customer.Provide support to Program Management Office (PMO) as needed, including:Creating customer and internal Leidos presentations including program roadmap, program review, staffing plan, etc.Updating and maintaining program risk registerHelping to facilitate and participate in Program Increment (PI) PlanningSupporting task order lead and IDIQ PMO with any PM related activitiesSupporting Project Financial Analyst on cost forecasting, estimates to complete, and estimates at completionTo be successful in this role you need these skills (required):BS in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in data science, software development, system engineering or related fieldMust have an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with PolygraphMinimum 5 years of experience leading technical IC teams and missionsExperience with SAFe agile practicesExperience with people managementExperience with project schedule and cost managementExperience with customer interaction and gathering requirements and customer prioritiesExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detailSelf-motivated, creative, organized, and able to accomplish tasks under limited supervisionAbility to work in a dynamic, fast paced environmentKey technical skills include a high proficiency in Microsoft Office products and SharepointYou will wow us even more if you have some of these skills: Russian AOR experiencePMP certificationScaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)Website and platform deployment experienceSoftware development/coding experience with programming languages such as R or PythonExperience dealing with at least two of the following data classes: open source, publicly available information (PAI); forensic media (i.e
DOMEX); measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT); or cybersecurity and cyber forensicsExperience with Knowledge Graphs and KG tech such as neo4Experience with predictive algorithmsFamiliarity with social network analysis, supply chain analysis, forensic accounting, pattern of life, natural language processing, social media analysis, classification algorithms, and/or image processingExperience blending analytical methodologies and leveraging existing COTS/GOTS/OS tools in an unconventional mannerFamiliarity utilizing virtualization and distributed field systems, such as Hadoop (or similar distributed file systems) in development and deployment environmentsFamiliarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologiesExperience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S)Familiarity with hardware platforms, e.g., CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.Original Posting Date:2024-08-28While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $108,550.00 - $196,225.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary
Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.SummaryLocation: Bethesda, MDType: Full time
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