Join the HJF Team!

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

HJF is seeking an IT Project Manager II to provide analytic, project coordination and administrative support to the Foundation's senior leadership in IT, security, and technology in order to facilitate IT operations and project initiatives. Works with IT staff, project leaders and business users on a variety of business process improvement and process automation to manage and help improve the Foundation's G&A operations.

This position will be in support of the Murtha Cancer Center Research Program and the USU School of Medicine.

Responsibilities

Manages the establishment of new IT projects, documents and coordinates with stakeholders to elicit and capture requirements, assess feasibility, define deliverables, and define acceptance criteria.
• Manages required actions and reporting for projects and helps to develop project timelines; monitors and helps ensure timeline status.
• Manages and conducts data collection and analysis to facilitate informed decisions.
• Coordinates with project leaders/participants to maintain project summary information, calendars and high-level status for all active projects.
• Maintains documentation and informational materials, helps prepare presentations, figures, charts and coordinates communications and resource management .
• Coordinates meetings and presentations related to projects. Collects and prepares materials to facilitate these meetings.
• Coordinates communications within the project team, organizing meetings and developing appropriate agendas, preparing meeting minutes and their appropriate dissemination, and following up on action items with responsible parties.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for the role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills to work with a wide variety of personnel of varied technical knowledge
• Experience with IT projects, preferably involving public cloud technologies, including but not limited to Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Azure.
• Experience in software development projects, preferably for data science, biomedical, bioinformatics and/or digital health technology.
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems, including command line skills.
• Evaluates, selects, and implements the most appropriate project management framework for IT projects, including but not limited to Waterfall, Agile, Kanban, and Scrum.
• Provides leadership to assigned IT leads & maintains plans and objectives, including metrics to assess progress, using established standards.
• Monitors milestones and deliverables to identify issues early.
• Develops workarounds and communicates/ escalates to leadership as applicable.
• Provides the team with constructive performance feedback.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required
  • Vocational or technical training or degree preferred
  • Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years experience required

Physical Capabilities

• Ability to stand or sit at a computer for prolonged periods

Work Environment

• This position will take place primarily in an office setting

Licenses and Certifications

• Industry standard PMP certification.

U.S. Citizenship required

Clearance/Background Required

• T3 Clearance (Secret)

Some HJF employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination or an approved religious or medical accommodation will be required.

Employment with HJF is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, which may include, but is not limited to, contacting your professional references, verification of previous employment, education and credentials, a criminal background check, and a department of motor vehicle (DMV) check if applicable. Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)