Risk Compliance & Governance Manager

(Job Id W339947)
Posted on 6/28/2010
Location:

Washington, DC


Job Type:

Contract


Salary: $60.00 to $65.00/hr , $125000.00 to $135000.00/year
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Job Description
Subject Matter Expert - Risk Management, Compliance, Policy & Governance related to major IT implementations including IV&V for full Software Development Life CYcle.

Description

Performs senior-level management and systems reviews of the performance management process and performance metrics reported within the transformation initiatives. Responsible for establishing performance measures, defining the metrics, and conducting the initial measurement efforts.
Expected to report performance measures as needed.

Minimum Education and Experience
Masters Degree or equivalent, with 15 years of experience in defining performance metrics and performance management processes. Expected to have participated on a major ERP implementation. Demonstrated experience designing approaches for gathering performance metrics and presentation dashboards. Experience defining measures for Federal financial control, supply chain logistics, or personnel management processes.

Roles and Responsibilities
Performs risk review, analysis, and management in programmatic, functional, and technical aspects. Performs IV&V assessments including, but not limited to: systems design, system configuration best practices, system architecture, feasibility studies, risk assessment/management, quality assurance, measurements/metrics, project planning and monitoring, implementation planning, risk issues and the corresponding impacts.
Assess and analyze all aspects of testing the solution, including: test planning process, test plans, requirements traceability, test process weaknesses and risks, test scripts, expected results, regression test planning, UAT.
Experienced in the IV&V operational environment focused around risk analysis and mitigation. Understands and has a working knowledge of the processes and standards based on IEEE 1012-2004. ISO 9000-2000, and CMMI (level 3 and above), can perform risk management within the context of IV&V assessments.

Preferred Skills
Prior experience conducting IV&V assessments and authoring subsequent findings, analysis, and recommendations.
Full understanding and practical experience formulating and running software implementation test plans.
Experience in the risk analysis of IT work products and deliverables both functional and technical. Experience with Risk Radar Enterprise is desired.
Ability to determine deficiencies or weaknesses when reviewing project work products and deliverables and propose mitigation strategies in future iterations of that work, or similar work to be performed.
Experience in quantifying and fully documenting identified risks to create a clear understanding of the risk itself, its impacts and the actions that must be taken to mitigate it. Experience with ERP risk management is desired.
Experience with IEEE 1012-2004, ISO 9000-2000 and CMMI (level 3 and above) based processes and standards on large IT projects.
Strong written and verbal skills for communications to vendors and the Army.
Experience conducting assessments of program status to include identifying relevant data, performing insightful analysis, and presenting cogent findings and experience-based recommendations for improvement.