CALIBRE Systems, Inc., an employee-owned management consulting and digital transformation company, is looking for an IT PROJECT MANAGER to support our client at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in Bethesda, MD. NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) whose wide range of applications serve more users and more data than any other US Government Agency. NCBI provides free access to petabytes of biomedical and genomic information with scientists all over the world using NCBI products, including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, GenBank, RefSeq, and ClinVar.
We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to coordinate the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a scientific environment, including defining technical and functional requirements, quality control planning, implementation, upgrades, and integration with existing NCBI systems through Agile Process methodology. Position includes daily coordination of complex technical projects dealing with scientific and genomic data. Participate in and provide technical and administrative expertise to software development projects. Responsible for software/system design and specifications, system implementation and integration, and testing.
Principal responsibilities include the following:
- Track milestones, and producing deliverables
- Balance risks, schedules, and resources
- Coordinate cross-functional teams of various sizes with diverse technical skills sets
- Advise senior management on technical issues
- Communicate project issues to stakeholders and senior management
Required Skills
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of project management experience
- 5+ years of experience developing software and/or managing software development
- Experience managing software development projects using Agile methodology
- Strong technical knowledge of software application development
- Experience in delivery of complex enterprise level software development projects
- Experience managing external vendors and vendor contracts
- Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and departments
- Effective verbal and written communications
Desired Qualifications:
- Master’s degree preferred
- Experience with scientific or biological data
- Experience as software development technical lead
- Experience working with large databases, statistical analysis, and clinical data
- Experience in a research and development (R&D) environment with demonstrated ability to analyze problems and propose multiple solutions
- Experience with large distributed systems and cloud computing
Other Information:
- This position will begin with working remotely until it has been determined by the NIH that workers can return to the NIH campus. Any telework will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- Position contingent on obtaining an NIH Public Trust and badging.
- Vaccination Status: All CALIBRE employees agree to follow any additional health and safety mitigation policies that may be required at the workplace.