Manager Programs 1

Responsibilities

• Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
• Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
• Establishing a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
• Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
• Making presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
• Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test
• Creating, reviewing, and finalizing the program Statement of Work
• Distributing, tracking, and completing program requirements
• Establishing and managing program and subordinate baselines
• Utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools to manage budget baselines
• Allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
• Managing Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
• Managing suppliers to meet program objectives
• Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities
• Developing and adhering to master plans and schedules
• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience OR a Master’s degree and 3 years of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries; 4 additional years of related experience in lieu of Degree.
• Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
• Secret security clearance level