Data Networks, Inc (DNC), a subsidiary of ASRC Federal Holding Company, is currently recruiting for a Change Management Lead to work alongside the federal Project Manager to support a federal government agency located in Silver Spring, MD.

This position requires hybrid skill sets covering technical, analytical, project management, organizational change management, IT business analysis skills, combined with stellar communication skills. The candidate must possess strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, strong critical thinking, complex problem solving, appropriate judgment, and decision-making skills to thrive in a highly detailed, matrixed, demanding, and collaborative environment.

This is a remote position for a client based in Silver Spring, MD. Work hours will be based on the Eastern Time Zone.

The duties for this role may include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as liaison between NOAA/NESDIS FMDS Project Management (the government client) and the DNC team.

• Develop plans/strategies associated with enterprise transition management activities, creating actionable deliverables (e.g., program/project management plans, transformation plans/strategies, incremental annual performance goals and strategic integrated goals, etc.) to ensure adequate transition from a current-to-future state enterprise transformation

• Integrate and collaborate with teams to streamline change management activities within a project plan, evaluating and ensuring user readiness, risk assessments, business processes, and workforce management strategies and plans for enterprise transition.

• Work closely with integrated project teams (IPTs) across the enterprise

• Interface with stakeholders and maintain stakeholder relationships, recommend modifications and updates.

• Develop presentation materials and facilitate stakeholder engagement initiatives

• Assist with business process reengineering and analyze processes down to the third taxonomy level to ensure documentation, validation and devaluation of current state "as-is" business processes are complete

• Document "to-be" business processes, include procedures, diagrams, business issues, etc.

• Develop SOPs and work side-by-side with cross-function and multidisciplinary teams to achieve "to-be" state of enterprise transformation

• Provide support to multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams, as needed and required for successful enterprise transformation

• Advise teams on an as-needed basis as a Subject Matter Expert

• Track progress weekly/monthly and report to senior executives and team leads, as needed

Requirements :

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 12 years' experience in project management or systems development. Master's degree preferred.

Essential Skills:

• Experience implementing all steps and processes within standard project/program management.

• A proven history of IT and organizational change experience, with specific focus on handling a large ERP portfolio of programs and projects

• A proven track record of end-to-end complex ERP implementations and large scale transformational efforts working across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders

• Comfortable in working across multiple stakeholders and groups, while managing multiple competing priorities

• Highly organized and punctual.

• Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects in a high pace working environment.

• Ability to understand and prioritize customer needs.

• Skill in using discretion and tact when dealing with all levels of seniority.

• Ability to initiate action independently after having been given general guidance/direction.

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, with presentation and/or public speaking experience.

• Ability to adapt well to change.

Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of the Federal Government budgetary and Financial management processes.

• Demonstrated ability to be a trusted advocate for the customer.

• Knowledge and expertise in Smartsheet, Jira/Confluence (Atlassian), and/or Google Suites a plus

• Familiarity with NOAA processes and organizational structures a plus.

• Existing knowledge of NESDIS satellite portfolio a plus.

Client Overview:

The successful candidate will join an existing team of civil servants and contractors at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS). NOAA/NESDIS provides secure and timely access to global environmental data and information from satellites and other sources to promote and protect the Nation's security, environment, economy, and quality of life.

NESDIS Headquarters provides programmatic, technical, and budgetary oversight of major satellite programs, as well as satellite ground development, operations, and science. Its executive team is responsible for balancing the needs of a diverse set of programs, while making efficient use of taxpayer dollars, and meeting the observational needs of its main customer, the National Weather Service. NESDIS HQ also provides coordination and support to the NESDIS financial management centers (FMCs), line offices, data centers, and missions, which include major satellite programs like the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite -- Series R (GOES-R), and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, the Office of Systems Architecture and Advanced Planning (OSAAP), the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO), the Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis (OPPA), and the Office of Satellite Ground Services (OSGS), among others.

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.