Appian Project Manager

Summary

Join Centeva as a Project/Program Manager to contribute to the success of strategic projects for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). You will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of client support, including program/project management, risk management, and client communication. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, an analytical mind, and a drive to exceed expectations. The position is contingent upon Centeva being awarded a contract, with notification expected in December/January 2025. You will work as part of a team, developing innovative solutions to complex business challenges and serving as the primary point of interaction with the client. Success in this role hinges on your ability to manage projects, personnel, and deliverables while ensuring quality support to the agency and stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5 years in IT Project Management and Application Development with Appian project management experience
• 3 years working with Appian
• Appian certification (Appian Certified Analyst or above)
• Bachelor’s degree
• Formal training or certification in Agile software development methods
• Demonstrated experience in using an Agile development framework to gather requirements, estimate tasks, distill business requirements into incremental features, and demonstrate new functionality to product owners
• Demonstrated ability to orchestrate and communicate the management of technology scope and risks
• Demonstrated experience utilizing an Agile project management tool such as Jira to plan, execute, and measure projects
• Demonstrated experience ensuring that the technical expectations of deliverables are met thru Agile processes; additionally, support the continuous improvement of those processes
• Demonstrated experience with management, adequate staff utilization, and supervision of employees (including subcontractors) of various labor categories and skills. Specifically, managing teams that will coordinate with the Government and work with other contractors to support an Agile environment with small teams of developers, managing the transformation and consolidation of systems in support of improving efficiency, data quality, and service delivery
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, including experience in presenting material to senior Government officials
• Managerial and leadership experience skills

Responsibilities

• Assist in the coordination and management of strategic projects
• Influence PMO best practices and processes
• Coordinate inputs to, and facilitate, routine and ad hoc meetings and reports
• Assist in the key project management stages to include: project planning, project tracking and reporting
• Coordinating project-related communications among many stakeholders
• Refining, developing, and monitoring metrics to assess the success of projects
• Manage various activities and develop tools in support of periodic data collection, analysis, consolidation, and presentation
• Manages project personnel and deliverables to ensure quality support is provided to the agency, its customers, and stakeholders
• Develops and manages task assignments for other project team members
• Support Strategic Communications and Organizational Change Management
• Provide risk and issue management support
• Understand and recommend solutions to improve stakeholder experience
• Establish standard operating procedures
• Provide required reports, project plans (PP), work breakdown structure (WBS), corrective action plans (CAP), risk assessments (RA) and other project management documents requested by the COR
• Respond to ad hoc requests
• Assess “As Is” and “To Be” processes and documenting gaps
• Assist in knowledge management activities related to strategic projects
• Define project scope with client input

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance; 80% of all plan member premiums are paid by Centeva
• Employee Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• PTO and all 10 Federal Holidays as paid days off
• 401(k) with up to 4% employer match
• Paid gym membership*
• Professional certification course and examination reimbursement*
• Professional development and training*