Deployment Manager

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

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The deployment manager oversees planning coordination and execution of hardware, software unified communications or system deployments.  Responsibilities include managing the deployment schedule, collaborating with cross-functional teams and troubleshooting during rollouts. Employs strategic planning, offers team leadership and manages complex deployment projects.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Contractor Deployment Manager shall work with the Government Deployment Manager during coordination of large office moves, opening of new facilities, relocations and refresh activities.
• The Deployment Manager shall be willing to travel and have strong project management and supervisory skills.
• The Deployment Manager shall manage the Contractor deployment IT staff and review/evaluate their work.
• They shall serve as the primary point of contact (POC) for deployment activities and be responsible for implementing deployment plans.
• In addition, he/she shall ensure task order deployment staff attend weekly OIT Facilities calls, ROC calls, deployment calls, release management calls and ASC calls to ensure IT requirements are provided for these moves, openings and relocations.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Plans and leads major technology assignments.
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments
• May supervise others 
• Bachelor’s degree or higher required
• 4-9 years overall related experience and 3-5 years deployment experience
• PMP or equivalent
• ITIL certification
• Infrastructure background
• Knowledgeable of IT service desk environment

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods

All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm’s overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.