Senior IT Program Manager

Summary

Join Ardent, a company committed to both impactful work and employee well-being, as a Senior IT Program Manager. This hybrid position in the Washington, DC area requires managing complex IT projects, teams, and client relationships within the Federal Government. You will be responsible for overseeing budgets, schedules, and deliverables while ensuring compliance. The role demands strong leadership, technical expertise, and experience with Agile methodologies. Ardent offers competitive benefits and professional development opportunities in a collaborative and flexible environment.

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
• 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
• Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in related field (Masters Degree ++)
• PMP Certification required
• All candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process

Responsibilities

• Organize, direct, and manage contract operation support functions involving multiple, complex, and inter-related project tasks
• Manage teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations
• Maintain and manage the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization
• Meet with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items
• Ensure conformance with program task schedules and costs
• Establish and maintain technical and financial reports to show progress of projects to management and customers
• Organize and delegate responsibilities to subordinates and oversee the successful completion of all assigned tasks
• Work with client decision makers on particular systems designs within the confines of client-mandated policies and governance
• Evaluate performance results and recommend major changes affecting short-term project growth and success
• Function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments and supervise others

Benefits

• Highly competitive benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Exceptional culture that embraces flexibility
• Exceptional culture that embraces innovation
• Exceptional culture that embraces collaboration
• Exceptional culture that embraces career growth