Program Manager

TISTA Science and Technology is seeking a Program Manager to join our growing team.

At TISTA, you’ll do meaningful, mission‑driven work that improves lives alongside teammates you trust and leaders who are transparent and supportive. We invest in your learning and internal mobility so you can build a career that keeps advancing. We’re proud to serve and hire Veterans, and we put people first in everything we do.

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, Professional development reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

• Ability to effectively communicate project status and expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Ability to develop and track progress against detailed project plans including schedules, technical and business requirements, cost estimates, resources plans, communication plans, risk mitigatiRon plans, issues resolution and capacity planning.
• Act pro-actively to maintain progress and minimize risk.
• Maintain effective project controls; Prepare and submit cost estimates and calculate cost savings.
• Lead and manage project teams, products, and processes across the lifecycle of the project.
• Evaluate, determine, and document specific requirements related to projects and translate those requirements into resource and deliverable based roadmap with target release dates for accomplishment.
• Provide routine reporting of project milestones, risks, impediments, and escalation requirements.
• Oversee the development of internal and external communication processes and materials.
• Develop effective communication strategies.
• 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.
• Conducts cross-organizational coordination as required in support of project delivery.
• Expedite and coordinate services to assist in managing complex projects.
• Manage assigned tasks to completion within the schedule, budget, and scope of the project.

• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Previous experience in project management of large-scale deployments, upgrades, and migrations of technology services across a large enterprise.
• Proficient in the use of MS tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
• Proficient in the use of project management tracking tools, preferably MS Project.
• Experience and understanding in data center infrastructure, including power and cooling.
• Experience and understanding in data center IT hardware, including servers, storage, and networking.
• Working knowledge of server operating systems, primarily Windows and Linux, and server virtualization.
• Working knowledge of Cloud services and migrations.
• Working knowledge in IT security tools and technologies.
• Working knowledge of applications development life cycle, UAT testing, and applications upgrade process.

Education:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Systems, Business, or equivalent PLUS 15 Years of experience.
• Ten (10) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.

Clearance: 

• The ability to pass a Tier 2/Moderate Background Investigation. 

Location:

• Remote, USA.
• Monday - Friday (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM CST).

Pay Range:

• The pay for this position ranges from $88,730 to $102,500.
• The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses.
• TISTA associates are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits plan! More information can be found here: https://tistatech.com/working-at-tista/.