Program Manager

Role Overview

• Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives.
• Serve as the company’s authorized interface with the customer agency and subcontractor representatives.
• Build strategic relationships with key program partners and customers to establish new contract opportunities within the community.
• Work with stakeholders and executive owners to define scope, goals, and objectives for company-wide Strategic Initiatives and (potentially) other major initiatives.
• Manage budget and funding channels for maximum productivity and return on investment.
• Develop program assessment protocols for evaluation and improvement.
• Maintain organizational standards of satisfaction, quality, and performance.
• Document processes and provide continual process improvement.
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout program execution.
• Measure program performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Ensure conformity to all contractual obligations, and ensure the development, maintenance, and implementation of orders, required management plans, and all deliverables.
• Establish procedures and controls to ensure that all contract initiatives are completed in accordance with agreed to standards and time limits specified in the contract.
• Complete key training initiatives within the first 180 days including Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, and internal F3EA training pipeline.
• Understand the tradeoffs of schedule, scope, and quality, making decisions as needed to meet program goals.
• Keep senior management and other key stakeholders informed on program status, key activities, and risks. Escalate as necessary to maintain program velocity.
• Comply with company standard operating policies and procedures.
• Oversee multiple functional project teams enforcing work standards, assigning schedules, reviewing work discrepancies, recruiting, supervising personnel, and communicating policies, purposes, and goals of the organization.

Requirements

• PMP Certification.
• Minimum of five years’ Project Manager or Program Manager experience.
• Minimum of five years’ experience managing multi-disciplinary teams within one or more functional areas.
• Minimum of four years’ experience serving in the military or working as a US Federal employee, or US Federal Contractor.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited university, or an associate’s degree with ten years of relevant experience as a project/program manager.
• Prior experience implementing a new program; including staffing, systems/tools, processes, managing deliverables, and reporting.
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively.
• Previous experience building a business case that results in substantial investment.
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to work at all levels of the organization.
• Proven success completing programs according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
• Ability to use data to drive decision-making and measure results, but also highly proficient in analyzing and articulating at an executive level.
• “Sell, not tell” influence across functions – specifically military training, engineering, sales, and product development.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification (Preferred).
• Previous experience with product and release management (Preferred).
• Military training experience (Preferred).
• Special Operations Forces (SOF) background (Preferred).

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• Must be able to work in office conditions, either remote or onsite as required by PMO Director