Program Manager

Position Overview

Riverside Research is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead research and development programs for the Air Force customer. The ideal candidate will manage a large, technically diverse team, foster customer relationships, oversee financials, cost, and schedule, and identify and capture new growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain effective customer relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Supervise and mentor a large, technically diverse team
• Execute independently program management duties including managing day-to-day operations, maintaining work plans and timelines, tracking and projecting program spending, preparing status reports/briefs, and ensuring program status is communicated to all stakeholders
• Work closely with the customer, cross-functional teams, and assigned engineers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, resources, work plan, budget, and schedule
• Collaborate with government customers, contractor partners, and technical leads to develop long-term strategies and prioritize near-term tasking
• Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships with government and contract mission partners across the Department of War (DoW)
• Manage subcontracting, consulting, and procurement activities for assigned programs
• Assess program issues and develop resolutions to meet schedule, quality, and customer goals
• Identify and capture new growth opportunities to expand business portfolio

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI/SAP
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business/Management/Entrepreneurship, or related fields
• 12+ years total years experience and a Bachelors degree (5+ years of relevant experience with the Department of War and 5+ years of program management experience and 3+ years of experience managing a technically diverse team)
• Prior program management experience with a DoW contractor required
• Must have recent experience managing R&D programs
• Proven track record of identifying, capturing, and solidifying new work along with on-contract growth opportunities
• Experience managing financials across a variety of projects and contracts
• Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, and procurement activities
• Demonstrated experience creating and presenting reports, briefings, and program related information to a variety of government and internal stakeholders

Global Compensation

$120,400 - $200,000

This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.