Program Director

GovCIO is hiring a Program Director to lead a large-scale integration effort supporting U.S. Navy communications in San Diego, CA. This is a hybrid remote position requiring limited on-site support with the customer for task-related planning and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Direct all phases of programs from inception through completion, ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Participate in contract negotiation and coordinate preparation of proposals, business plans, work statements, specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms.
• Act as primary customer contact for program activities, leading review sessions to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Develop new business or expand the product line with the customer.
• Establish milestones, monitor adherence to master plans, identify program problems, and obtain solutions (e.g., resource allocation or contractual changes).
• Direct the work of employees from technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
• Manage one or more programs of significant size and complexity, potentially overseeing an operating/field office and supervising professional and technical personnel.
• Maintain aggressive efforts to achieve program objectives.
• Prepare manpower staffing plans, including skill and labor mix, to support contract operations.
• Monitor contract, subcontract, and funding; prepare forecasts of program financial performance.
• Acquire follow-on business and support new business development by leading major proposals or through subordinate program/project managers.
• Provide oversight to teams performing site surveys, system manufacturing, and integration efforts at multiple sites simultaneously.
• Travel (CONUS) up to 25% of the time.
• Develop business relationships with the U.S. Navy, ideally in Navy Region Southwest, and provide operations-level business development support for growth and proposal efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years of relevant experience (or commensurate experience).
• Active SECRET clearance.
• PMP certification.
• Experience supporting NIWC PAC and interfacing with Program Office-level senior leadership.
• Experience managing large-scale integration projects with diverse teams of prime and subcontract labor.
• Understanding of U.S. Navy communications and engineering project execution and standards.
• Experience managing program-level P&L, balancing finances, task scheduling, partner management, resource management, program performance analysis, and risk analysis/reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of U.S. Navy Submarine Very Low Frequency communications.
• Established knowledge of NIWC PAC and LANT relationships, standards, and processes.
• STEM-focused bachelor’s degree.

Pay

USD $170,000.00 – USD $190,000.00 per year.