Transition Project Executive

Peraton is looking for a Transition Project Executive to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will support a state agency in a client-facing role. The qualified individual will lead a project team comprised of both technical and process resources to meet scheduled deadlines per client requirements to successfully complete transition of an in-place Service Delivery project to Peraton from the incumbent supplier.

This position is remote.

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilties:

Organizes, tracks and manages transition project action items, risks and issues.
• Ensures that transition project management and execution are performed according to established guidelines.
• Coordinates project activities throughout the established customer project management process.
• Reviews transition project status reports and is accountable for transition project performance.
• Updates transition project information in the portfolio management tool.
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects
• Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients, and other stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or an Associates degree and 14 years of experience or a High School diploma and 16 years of experience.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Minimum of 12 years IT project management experience
• Understand Agile (Kanban and/or Scrum) and Waterfall Project Management methods.
• Superior verbal and written communication, including executive-level briefing experience
• Must have experience in MS Project
• Microsoft Office suite expertise experience
• Experience leading Operational transition to new tooling is essential
• Certifications:
  • Must have a PMP certification
  • ITIL Certification is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in ServiceNow
• Experience with JIRA

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.