Senior IT Program Manager

Ardent Services
US - Washington - Pasco
January 11, 2025

Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both.
Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers' most difficult problems-and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee.
We are "All In." We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together.
We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team.
And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed.

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth.
A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart.
Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard.
If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us.

Ardent is seeking a Senior IT Program Manager to join our team.

This is a hybrid position in the Washington, DC area.Responsibilities:

Organizes, directs, and manages contract operation support functions, involving multiple, complex and inter-related project tasks.
Manages teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations.
Maintains and manages the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization.
Meets with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items.
Ensures conformance with program task schedules and costs.
Establishes and maintains technical and financial reports to show progress of projects to management and customers, organizes and delegates responsibilities to subordinates and oversees the successful completion of all assigned tasks.

Requirements:

An understanding of best practices with respect to IT software development, and systems implementation (Agile);
8+years' experience managing IT team, with experience within Scrum/Agile environment and with Federal background
Experience managing teams (8+) and overall revenue of $5M+
Experience managing Federal Government contracts;
Proactive problem solving, and the ability to work autonomously;
Superb Verbal and Written Communications Skills and client facing experience;
Attention to detail;
Must be able to work independently and in a team environment;
Experience in managing a diverse group of functional activities, subordinate groups of technical and administrative personnel;
Work with client decision makers on particular systems designs within the confines of client-mandated policies and governance;
General finance, project control and project management analysis, budgeting, general accounting, cost accounting, accounts receivable, operations administration and strategic planning;
Working knowledge of the project control disciple with the ability to complete difficult assignments.
The successful Project Manager candidate must possess and apply expertise of multiple complex work assignments which are broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
The successful candidate must have the ability to apply a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
The successful candidate must be able to plan and lead major technology assignments.
The successful candidate will also be responsible for evaluating performance results and recommending major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
The successful candidate will function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments and supervise others.

Education:

Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in related field (Masters Degree ++)
PMP Certification required

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be a U.S.
Citizen willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer.
We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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