Program Manager

Location:Columbia, MD

Type:Hybrid

Travel:15%?

You will lead a high-performing team with direct involvement with project initiation, planning, and successful execution while maintaining a cost, scope, and schedule baseline. Additionally, you will consult with engineers on the project to ensure that the overall solution being deployed meets the requirements of the program and customer.

Job duties include but not limited to:

• Define and document project scope, objectives, deliverables, and functional requirements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and business partners
• Design and implement processes to monitor and control resources, budget, risks, and quality
• Maintain accurate program estimates, timelines, work plans, and status reports
• Plan budgets for material, resources, and vendors
• Perform sub-contractor and supplier management to ensure timely delivery of equipment and services
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Serves as the contractors single contract manager and shall be the contractors authorized interface with the Government Contracting Officer (KO), Government management personnel, and customer agency representatives
• Provide functional management of team including mentorship, performance reviews, conflict resolutions, goal setting, etc.
• Ensure all program activities, across both the technical and business perspectives, are completed under the mission Directors guidance
• Applies significant knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients
• Assists with proposal writing and business development as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• 12+ Years of Program Leadership, Management, or Directly Related Experience in an IT environment, including financial management, schedule management, risk management, scope management, and staff planning.
• Experience managing large DoD contracts ($20M+) and achieving program success
• Experience with leading a team of skilled engineers, architects, and test engineers
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, developing and managing executive-level documentation, reports, whitepapers, proposals, and briefings
• Experience with various system engineering lifecycle methodologies including Waterfall and Agile
• Experience with analyzing program-specific financial metrics to conduct accurate forecasting, projections, and monitoring actuals against plans
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills to lead discussions with various stakeholders to conduct strategic planning, define business objectives, prioritize goals, and mitigate risks
• Proven organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills with a successful record of delivering large scale, complex, enterprise-wide systems, and solutions.
• Strong working knowledge of JIRA, Microsoft Project, MSTeams, and other Microsoft Office Suite applications
• BS/ BA in related field
• PMP certification
• US Citizen
• Active Secret Clearance with an ability to obtain TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications:

Deep experience of Defensive Cyber Operations, cyber technologies, and capabilities includi