Req ID: RQ218498
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1)
Job Family: Program Delivery and Execution
Skills:
Leadership,Program Management,Project Charters,Strategic Planning
Certifications:
Project Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Institute (PMI)
Experience:
15 + years of related experience
Job Description:
GDIT is seeking a Scientific Program Manager to support the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). NHLBI provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives. GDIT provides its clients at the NHLBI with project management support.
You will work with federal senior leadership and the GDIT team to directly support the mission of the NHLBI Project Management Office (PMO) to enhance the Institute's project management skills by supporting high-priority, trans-NHLBI programs; developing project management tools and templates; developing training and guidance materials; designing structures and processes that create the conditions for effective interpersonal and team dynamics; and providing advice and consultation on the development of strategic scientific planning processes to project leads, as needed.
This is a Remote position, but will require onsite work as needed in Bethesda, MD
Responsibilities:
Coordinate daily activities and deliverables of the assigned program(s) and manage relationships with scientific program leads and key program stakeholders.
Collaborate on the development of project charters, project plans, and schedules and provide overall PM support to federal senior leadership.
Support senior-level working groups and meetings, including agenda setting, meeting minute capture, action item tracking, coordination, logistics, and materials preparation.
Monitor program schedules and budgets, as well as other activities related to the program.
Develop monthly status reports with metrics and analysis to support forward-looking decision-making based on data; coordinate with other entities to ensure status reporting requirements are met.
Monitor and evaluate program activities to determine effectiveness and make recommendations for changes and/or improvements when necessary.
Required Skills:
Bachelor's Degree and 15 years experience or a MS degree and 13 years experience in science-related and/or public health-related field.
Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Minimum of 15 years of demonstrable experience in managing and executing projects of a scientific nature, ensuring they met all scope, schedule, resource, and quality expectations through the entire project lifecycle.
Minimum of 8 years of demonstrable experience in developing project management processes, tools, and templates to strengthen an organization's project management approach.
Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable experience in serving as a team lead / project lead for a project management team.
Understanding of the application of project management principles and techniques and project management work experience in a biomedical, pharmaceutical, biotech, academic medical center, or health-related organization.
Expertise in developing and managing internal and external relationships at all levels within an organization and the diplomacy to work effectively with diverse individuals across functional disciplines.
Ability to obtain an NIH Public Trust
Desired Skills:
Master's degree or doctorate is preferred
Experience supporting complex projects related to project management support at the NIH or similar federal healthcare organization, including experience in interacting with federal leadership and staff
Experience evaluating team members' bandwidth and expertise and delegating work according to their skill set
Ability to establish healthy communication amongst a team and resolve team conflicts.
Ability to work in a matrixed environment.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
The likely salary range for this position is $165,750 - $224,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
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