Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SMX Services & Consulting, Inc. is a Government and commercial technology-services organization providing IT staffing, systems engineering, business analysis, project management, software, infrastructure, and technology consulting services. The company is seeking an experienced Analysis of Alternatives Project Manager to lead an objective, evidence-based Federal IT modernization analysis for HHS's OMHA, including requirements development, stakeholder engagement, alternatives evaluation, lifecycle cost and risk analysis, business case development, implementation planning, and executive decision support.
Responsibilities
- Lead overall planning, management, and execution of the Federal Analysis of Alternatives effort
- Establish and maintain project governance, schedules, milestones, action-item logs, decision logs, stakeholder-engagement logs, risk and issue logs, and deliverables tracking
- Lead kickoff activities and development of the project management approach
- Coordinate requirements-development and validation activities for ECAPE and the Customer Portal
- Lead stakeholder interviews, workshops, working sessions, and requirements-validation activities
- Coordinate engagement with OMHA leadership, program representatives, technical stakeholders, operational users, and field-office personnel
- Support development and validation of the Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Lead development of the Initial Capabilities Document, including current-state analysis, desired-state definition, capability gaps, constraints, and performance measures
- Lead development of the AoA Study Plan, including: study scope and purpose; assumptions and constraints; stakeholder governance; alternatives-selection methodology; evaluation criteria; scoring framework; cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness methods; risk-assessment approach; sensitivity-analysis approach; schedule and decision gates
- Manage independent evaluation of modernization alternatives, including the required status quo/no-action alternative
- Ensure alternatives are evaluated against mission effectiveness, operational performance, lifecycle cost, schedule, risk, security/privacy, acquisition feasibility, and suitability
- Coordinate development of lifecycle cost estimates, Rough Order of Magnitude estimates, confidence ranges, sensitivity analysis, and risk analysis
- Lead preparation and delivery of the Final Analysis of Alternatives Report and associated executive leadership briefings
- Support development of the Business Case Analysis after Government selection of a preferred alternative
- Support acquisition-strategy analysis and procurement-source recommendations
- Lead development of the Implementation Roadmap and Notional Schedule aligned with HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle requirements
- Manage Government review cycles, comments, corrections, acceptance activities, and decision gates
- Monitor labor-hour utilization, ceiling burn, staffing allocation, and project performance against the approved plan
- Prepare and oversee monthly status reporting
- Ensure all analyses and recommendations remain vendor-neutral, objective, traceable, and audit-ready
- Ensure compliance with HHS security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and information-handling requirements
- Maintain continuity of operations and knowledge transfer throughout the project
Skills
- At least eight (8) years of Federal experience performing and communicating Analysis of Alternatives study results, or equivalent role-specific Federal analytical experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting Federal IT modernization initiatives
- Experience performing or supporting:
- Analysis of Alternatives
- Alternatives assessment
- Business case analysis
- Investment analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Modernization assessments
- Technology-options analysis
- Lifecycle cost analysis
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Risk analysis
- Sensitivity analysis
- Strong experience developing executive-level, audit-ready decision-support materials
- Experience leading stakeholder engagement with business, technical, operational, executive, and Government stakeholders
- Experience developing requirements, capability-gap assessments, and traceability documentation
- Experience evaluating enterprise systems, workflow platforms, case-management systems, or comparable mission-critical applications
- Experience supporting Federal acquisition planning and IT investment decision-making
- Strong project-management and governance experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to independently organize, facilitate, analyze, and communicate complex technical and business information
- The eight-year experience requirement applies to personnel who lead or substantially perform AoA work
- Nonconsecutive Federal assignments may be combined
- Qualifying experience may have been obtained while working for prior employers
- Experience must be clearly documented and verifiable
- Equivalent Federal analytical experience may be accepted when clearly tied to AoA-related responsibilities
- This position is expected to be primarily remote
- Occasional onsite coordination may be requested by the Contracting Officer's Representative when mission needs require it
- The selected candidate may also be required to:
- Complete HHS security, privacy, and records-management training
- Complete applicable HSPD-12 credentialing
- Obtain and use a Government-issued PIV card
- Use Government-furnished equipment when required
- Sign applicable nondisclosure agreements
- Comply with Government information-handling and incident-reporting requirements
- Federal customer or agency
- Project name
- Employer at the time of performance
- Dates of performance
- Position/title
- Specific AoA or equivalent analytical responsibilities
- Alternatives-analysis activities performed
- Lifecycle-cost, risk, sensitivity, or BCA responsibilities
- Modernization or investment-analysis responsibilities
- Reports or executive briefings developed
- Stakeholder groups supported
- Acquisition or implementation-planning responsibilities
- Résumés should make it possible to verify at least eight years of qualifying Federal AoA or equivalent analytical experience
- HHS or CMS-related program experience
- HHS Enterprise Performance Life Cycle experience
- Federal case-management or adjudication-system experience
- Medicare, healthcare, claims, appeals, or benefits-processing systems experience
- Enterprise architecture experience
- Federal IT capital-planning or investment-management experience
- Lifecycle cost estimating and ROI analysis
- Experience developing acquisition strategies for Federal IT modernization
- Experience facilitating senior leadership decision gates
- Experience producing Government-ready reports, briefings, scoring matrices, and recommendations
- Experience working with multiple geographically distributed stakeholder groups
- Experience managing labor-hour Federal contracts
Benefits
- Primarily remote
- Use Government-furnished equipment when required
Company Overview