Looking for a Project Leader opportunity at a place you can make an impact every day? Discover this great opportunity. You will be part of an 18-person contractor team providing support services to a DHS component’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), with primary support to the Information Technology (IT) Program Management Office (PMO).  Support activities for the contractor team include the review and vetting of new IT capability requests; Program and Project Management support; Systems Engineering support; Quality Assurance, and Test and Evaluation activities; Software License Management; Content / Knowledge Management; and Financial Management support activities to include Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) and Financial Operations (FinOps).

In this position, the contractor will assist government customers by providing project management and FinOps support within the DHS component organization.  Supported projects extend beyond the OCIO into a variety of other organizational elements.  In the execution of your duties, you will work closely with the government customers and other contractor teams supporting the organization. 

In this role, you will:

• Proficient in developing and maintaining FinOps framework and tagging strategy
• Execute FinOps practices enterprise-wide for a government component
• Lead FinOps specific training
• Prepare IT documentation, reports, and presentations.
• Monitor and track the status of cloud spending with alignment to component strategies
• Maintain data in a SharePoint information management system.
• Arrange, organize, schedule, and facilitate project team meetings.
• Prepare meeting summaries and document action items.
• Assist in conducting reviews and assessments of new IT capability requests to address the end-user’s business needs.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to define IT system requirements.
• Evaluate potential technology solutions to address IT system capability gaps and requirements.
• Assist in the development of business process workflows.
• Conduct peer reviews on other contractor team deliverables to ensure quality standards are met.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust
• A minimum of 10 years of customer cloud initiative or information technology related experience
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience performing FinOps and/or cloud support activities
• Ability to demonstrate understanding to converse in technical IT topics
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of products
• Proficient in leading FinOps platforms
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Additional desired experience and skills:

• Master’s Degree in an IT field of study
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Ability to quickly adapt to the customer's changing priorities and objectives
• Ability to manage diverse activities and meet competing deadlines
• Ability to work and collaborate in a virtual environment
• Experience performing project management support activities for IT systems
• Experience performing FinOps support activities for a federal government customer
• Experience supporting a Chief Information Officer (CIO) organization

If you are interested in supporting and working with a passionate Serco team- then submit your application now for immediate consideration.  It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!

In compliance with state and local laws regarding pay transparency, the salary range for this role is $149,000 to $179,000; however, Serco considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. 

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

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