Business Analysis Support Project Manager – Intermediate in Reston, Virginia at Wichita Tribal Enterprise

This position is being recruited in support of a current proposal opportunity and is contingent upon Quivera Enterprises being awarded the contract.

Wichita Tribal Enterprises (WTE), a Quivera Enterprises subsidiary, is seeking an experienced Business Analysis Support Project Manager – Intermediate to support Indian Affairs (IA) and Office of Information Technology (OIT) programs, projects, and operational initiatives.

The Project Manager manages assigned IT projects throughout the project lifecycle and provides project management and business analysis expertise within a federal IT environment. This position coordinates Government, business, technical, security, vendor, and contractor stakeholders and is responsible for managing project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, requirements, documentation, compliance, and delivery performance.

In addition to demonstrated IT project management and business analysis experience, the Project Manager must bring substantive functional expertise in at least one complementary IT delivery discipline: Change & Configuration Management, IT Asset Management, or Quality Management.

Working with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), Federal Task Lead, project teams, vendors, and other stakeholders, the Project Manager manages resources, risks, dependencies, customer relationships, and project outcomes in accordance with task order requirements, federal standards, and Department of the Interior (DOI) and Indian Affairs (IA) policies and procedures.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management

• Manage assigned IT projects throughout the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, deployment, transition, and closeout.
• Apply Project Management Institute (PMI) principles, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) practices, Agile methodologies, Waterfall methodologies, and hybrid approaches appropriate to project requirements.
• Lead and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning activities and associated planning, coordination, and follow-up.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, roadmaps, guides, templates, forms, governance artifacts, decision records, status reports, and other required project documentation.
• Coordinate information collection, document review, approval, version control, and maintenance of project records.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and maintain project, product, and sprint backlogs in alignment with organizational and project priorities.
• Coordinate Government personnel, contractor teams, vendors, technical resources, and other stakeholders required to achieve project objectives.
• Establish and track project milestones, dependencies, deliverables, action items, and performance requirements.
• Monitor project expenditures, compare actual costs against approved budgets, develop projections, and analyze cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Identify, assess, document, track, mitigate, and resolve project risks, issues, dependencies, and impediments.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans and escalate significant risks and issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with technical teams, vendors, CORs, Federal Task Leads, and other Government stakeholders to support successful project delivery and contract compliance.
• Maintain project plans, status reports, decision records, test plans, governance artifacts, dashboards, and other required project documentation.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop project communications plans that support project objectives, decision-making, organizational readiness, and stakeholder coordination.
• Monitor project performance and recommend corrective actions when scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, or delivery requirements are at risk.

Business Analysis

• Elicit, analyze, validate, document, and manage business, functional, technical, and system requirements.
• Analyze and document current-state, interim-state, and future-state business processes.
• Identify opportunities for business process improvement, modernization, automation, and increased operational efficiency.
• Develop user stories, story maps, use cases, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs.
• Develop business and functional requirements, workflows, process models, system models, and other analytical artifacts.
• Translate business and system requirements into clear, measurable, and testable outcomes.
• Develop acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and test cases based on approved requirements and stakeholder input.
• Facilitate requirements sessions, stakeholder interviews, working groups, planning sessions, and other business-analysis activities.
• Coordinate requirements across Government, business, technical, security, vendor, and contractor teams.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, project deliverables, testing activities, changes, risks, and implementation outcomes.

IT Delivery & Functional Expertise

• Provide hands-on functional expertise in at least one of the following areas:
  • Change & Configuration Management
  • IT Asset Management and Software License Management
  • Quality Management
• Apply functional expertise within an integrated project management and business analysis environment.
• Coordinate functional activities with Government, business, technical, security, vendor, and contractor teams.
• Support development and maintenance of processes, requirements, procedures, workflows, dashboards, reports, and governance artifacts associated with the assigned specialty.
• Identify functional risks, process gaps, dependencies, compliance concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure specialty-area requirements and activities are incorporated into overall project plans, schedules, risks, testing, documentation, and delivery activities.
• Support modernization and service-delivery improvements by integrating project management, business analysis, and functional IT expertise.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of five (5) years of project management experience.
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Demonstrated experience managing IT projects through the complete project lifecycle.
• Strong experience with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Hands-on experience leading Program Increment (PI) Planning activities.
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business and system requirements.
• Experience mapping current-state, interim-state, and future-state business processes.
• Experience developing user stories, prioritized backlogs, process and system models, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in at least one of the following IT delivery disciplines: Change & Configuration Management, IT Asset Management, or Quality Management.
• In-depth knowledge of IT project management principles and practices, including those established by PMI and PMBOK.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, boards, backlogs, work items, dashboards, and related project artifacts.
• Knowledge of Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), IT security management, and risk management.
• Knowledge of federal IT investment laws, regulations, and processes, including the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, E-Government Act of 2002, and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA).
• Experience reviewing and analyzing cost, schedule, and performance requirements for federal IT investments.
• Knowledge of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reporting requirements and experience aligning internal reporting with applicable external requirements.
• Experience applying consistent IT portfolio management practices that improve data quality, documentation, governance, and decision-making.
• Experience applying human-centered design methods, including journey mapping, affinity mapping, and storyboarding.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across Government, business, technical, security, vendor, and contractor teams.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain the Government security clearance and/or suitability determination required for the position.
• Must meet all applicable federal contract requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and/or Indian Affairs (IA).
• Experience managing federal IT projects involving asset, software license, property, change, configuration, quality, testing, or release-management activities.
• Experience spanning more than one of the following functional areas: Change & Configuration Management, IT Asset and Software License Management, and Quality Management.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing systems, Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs), Microsoft Intune, or similar enterprise tools.
• Experience using Azure DevOps or comparable Government-authorized project management tools.
• Active Government security clearance.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position primarily involves work in a professional office or remote work environment. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Duties may require prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer, frequent use of standard office equipment, participation in virtual or in-person meetings, and effective verbal and written communication.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Quivera Enterprises LLC and its subsidiaries are 100% tribally owned and SBA-certified Small Disadvantaged Businesses. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

As a tribally owned organization, Quivera Enterprises and its subsidiaries may apply Indian Preference in accordance with applicable tribal, federal, and contractual requirements where authorized by law.

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