Description
We are seeking a forward-thinking, dynamic, and insightful Manager to join our Finance Integrated Program & Delivery (FIPD) team. In this role, you will lead high-impact strategic initiatives that are transforming how we work in Finance. You will serve as a central point of orchestration for a portfolio of high-priority, complex initiatives across the Finance organization.
General Responsibilities:
- Develop concise decision-oriented updates for senior leaders, providing clear understanding of progress, emerging issues, key decisions, and areas requiring leadership intervention
- Drive clear, consistent, and timely communications across the portfolio, translating complex program information into audience-appropriate messaging
- Identify connections, overlaps, competing priorities, and opportunities across initiatives to ensure work is managed through an enterprise lens
- Proactively identify risks, dependencies, capacity constraints, and potential delivery challenges; drive mitigation plans and escalate issues before they impact critical outcomes
- Establish clear mechanisms for capturing decisions, identifying decision owners, defining required inputs, and ensuring decisions are made at the appropriate level and translated into action
- Translate strategic priorities into executable plans, helping teams move from broad objectives to defined outcomes, workstreams, milestones, and measurable success criteria
- Look beyond current milestones to anticipate upcoming needs, decisions, risks, and organizational impacts, helping leadership stay multiple steps ahead
- Develop a strong understanding of the team's current processes and workflows to proactively identify opportunities where AI can simplify work, automate manual activities, improve insights, or enhance how the team operates
- Provide critical visibility into the AI portfolio, utilizing standardized reporting to track adoption, resource demand, and project health
- Evaluate how work is managed today and introduce new tools, AI capabilities, automation, and operating practices that make program delivery faster, simpler, and more effective
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or Military experience
- At least 5 years of Project Management or Program Management experience, including experience leading business transformation projects
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's/MBA degree
- Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies in a technical or data-driven environment
- SAFe certification
- Experience with AI or GenAI-enabled projects, including familiarity with risk governance or AI model lifecycle management
- Strong familiarity with Finance/Accounting operations and the challenges of legacy data ecosystems
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive consensus across disparate teams
Salary Information:
- McLean, VA: $151,900 - $173,400 for Manager, Project Management
- Richmond, VA: $138,100 - $157,700 for Manager, Project Management