Program Manager 2 - Deputy Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.
• Develop new business opportunities through long-term strategic planning, capture planning, and proposal/business development.
• Lead and direct cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical performance objectives.
• Measure and report program performance.
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management, and other program stakeholders.
• Participate in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
• Create design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration, and testing.
• Identify, distribute, track, and complete program requirements.
• Establish and manage program and subordinate baselines.
• Utilize Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools to establish and manage budget baselines.
• Identify, allocate, and manage program resources, including workforce planning.
• Manage Government/customer-supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.).
• Manage suppliers to meet program objectives.
• Adequately adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
• Ensure program team understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board activities.
• Develop and adhere to master plans and schedules.
• Conduct thorough risk and opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation, and realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience OR a Master’s degree and 6 years of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries.
• Demonstrated success leading teams/organizations to achieve a common goal.
• Active Secret security clearance level at time of application and the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret and SCI clearances.
• Demonstrated ability to obtain SCI.
• Experience in leading new product development (hardware and software).
• Proven record of sub-contractor management and overseeing multiple vendors.
• Experience managing various contract types to include CPFF, CPIF, FFP.