Deputy Program Manager

Position Summary

The Deputy Program Manager supports the Program Manager in the daily direction, coordination, and control of a large, multi-site armed and unarmed security program supporting PFPA facilities throughout the National Capital Region.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Aid the Program Manager with overall contract execution and daily operational control.
• Serve as the Program Manager's authorized alternate when designated.
• Maintain situational awareness of staffing, incidents, vacancies, absences, qualification status, and operational risks across all contract locations.
• Oversee site supervisors, captains, lieutenants, leads, Contract Security Officers, screeners, and relief personnel.
• Ensure all posts are filled in accordance with the Security Post Matrix.
• Coordinate immediate backfill for callouts, extended absences, medical restrictions, military duty, disciplinary removals, clearance problems, and employee turnover.
• Manage daily staffing reports, rosters, schedules, relief assignments, overtime controls, and surge-force readiness.
• Monitor site leadership performance and ensure supervisors consistently enforce post orders, uniform standards, weapons controls, equipment accountability, and reporting requirements.
• Conduct site visits, readiness inspections, supervisor meetings, and operational reviews.
• Support incumbent transition, recruiting, contingent offers, onboarding, licensing, training, medical qualification, physical testing, clearance processing, and CAC issuance.
• Cook up with the Training Manager, Quality Control Manager, Logistics and Equipment Manager, Facility Security Officer, Human Resources, recruiting personnel, and subcontractors.
• Ensure personnel records accurately reflect licensing, firearms qualification, training, medical, physical, drug-testing, clearance, and suitability status.
• Cook up with emergency recall, incident response, active-threat response, surge deployments, and continuity-of-operations activities.
• Ensure deficiencies identified by the Government or the Quality Control Manager are promptly corrected.
• Prepare and review staffing reports, operational updates, incident summaries, meeting materials, action-item trackers, and management deliverables.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the COR, alternate CORs, site representatives, PFPA personnel, union representatives, subcontractors, and corporate leadership.
• Assist with employee conduct, disciplinary, grievance, retention, and labor-relations matters.
• Ensure contractor supervisors do not create personal-services relationships with Government personnel.
• Remain available for after-hours consultation and emergency response as required.
• Perform the duties of the Program Manager when formally designated.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Final, adjudicated Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government Common Access Card.
• Bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice, business administration, public administration, management, emergency management, or a closely related field.
• Current PMP, ASIS PSP, or ASIS CPP certification.
• At least seven years of experience in military physical security, law enforcement, armed-security operations, force protection, or a related field.
• At least three years of leadership experience on a federal security contract supporting the Department of Defense or a military headquarters environment.
• Demonstrated experience supervising complex, multi-site security operations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage staffing, scheduling, incident response, employee accountability, and operational reporting.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, and workforce-management systems.

Highly Desired Experience

• Experience supporting PFPA, the Pentagon, or another high-security DoD headquarters.
• Experience managing a large armed-security workforce.
• Experience with unionized guard forces and Collective Bargaining Agreements.
• Experience managing incumbent employee transition and retention.
• Experience with state armed-security licensing in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
• Experience managing security-clearance, CAC, firearms, medical, physical fitness, and training requirements.
• Experience coordinating relief and emergency surge forces.
• Experience performing as an alternate PM on a federal security contract.

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a United States citizen.
• Must successfully satisfy all Government suitability, background, access, and security requirements.
• Must be able to work on-site in the National Capital Region.
• Must be available for emergencies, after-hours incidents, and urgent Government consultation.
• Must consent to use of the candidate's resume and execute a proposal commitment letter.
• Employment is contingent upon contract award, Government approval, and verification of all qualifications.
• The successful candidate is expected to remain in the position for at least 180 days following Government approval.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Pet insurance
• Annual membership to Costco or Sam's
• 401K

Pay

ESTIMATED: $100,868 per year

ESTIMATED: $108,868 per year

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