Are you a Program Manager wizard eager to wield your expertise for the betterment of millions? If the answer is yes, an exciting opportunity may be on the horizon for you.

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

Lead and manage project teams, products, and processes across the lifecycle of the project and the FFSS contract
• Responsible for program deliverables
• Evaluate, determine, and document specific requirements related to projects and translates those requirements into resource and deliverable based roadmap with target release dates for accomplishment
• Develop and manages a project risk register for each project
• Provide routine reporting of project milestones, risks, impediments, and escalation requirements
• Present to leadership, stakeholders and/or governance groups, the vision and strategy of the project, the roadmap of planned deliveries, and capabilities to be delivered in each release
• Conduct cross-organizational coordination as required in support of project delivery
• Expedite and coordinates services to assist in managing complex enterprise projects
• Manage assigned tasks to completion within the schedule, budget, and scope of the project

• Project Management certified (e.g., PMP, CAPM, CPMP, APM) Preferred
• Ability to Run project across the full lifecycle of the project
• Experience in managing Stakeholders
• Innate/documented ability to translate project activities into executive-level reports, correspondence, and presentations
• Proficient in the use of MS Word, Excel, Visio, Project, Service Now, SharePoint and PowerPoint
• Proficient in the use of various project management tracking tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences' cross multiple levels of the organization to include managing through cross-functional organizations
• Experience with leading, coordinating, and facilitating meetings to review project status with core project team members, key stakeholders, and corporate team members
• Experience in developing and tracking progress against detailed project plans including schedules, technical and business requirements, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, issues resolution and capacity planning for multiple, simultaneous projects
• Highly flexible with appropriate sense of urgency and commitment for critical deliverables

Education:

• Master's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, or related scientific /technical discipline and 15 years' Experience
• Ten (10) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education (25 years total)

Clearance:

• The ability to pass a Tier 2/Modest Background Investigation

Location:

• Department of Veteran's Affairs (100% On-site)
• Monday - Friday (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST Time)

• Austin Information Technology Center

  Department of Veteran's Affairs

  1615 Woodward St

  Austin, TX 78741