Program Manager - Department of War

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of accountability for assigned Department of War program execution, customer engagement, and contractual obligations.
• Support executive leadership by providing operational continuity, program oversight, and coordination across Government Solutions initiatives.
• Manage the full lifecycle of government contracts, including deliverable tracking, milestone management, contract modifications, option year activities, and performance monitoring.
• Cookordination with legal, finance, security, product, and technical teams to ensure contractual compliance and successful program execution.
• Develop and maintain program schedules, status reports, action trackers, risk registers, and customer communications.
• Conduct funding analysis, monitor program financial performance, and identify potential budget or resource risks.
• Support pricing activities, budget planning, forecasting, and financial reviews for Government Solutions programs.
• Lead onboarding activities for new personnel supporting Government Solutions programs, ensuring operational readiness and successful integration.
• Cookordinate security clearance processing activities with internal security personnel, government security offices, and customer stakeholders.
• Maintain clearance tracking records and proactively manage investigation, renewal, and upgrade requirements.
• Support implementation and onboarding of new customers, program offices, and defense organizations as Fortress expands its Government Solutions portfolio.
• Establish and maintain program documentation, operating procedures, stakeholder maps, and customer engagement plans.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between delivery teams, program managers, product teams, and executive leadership.
• Monitor program risks, dependencies, and issues while developing mitigation plans and escalation paths when necessary.
• Develop, maintain, and mature standard operating procedures that improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability across Government Solutions programs.
• Prepare executive briefings, customer presentations, status reports, and operational updates using advanced Microsoft Office tools.
• Utilize AI-enabled productivity tools to improve reporting, planning, documentation, analysis, and operational efficiency.
• Represent Fortress professionally in customer meetings, planning sessions, reviews, and other program-related engagements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program or project management experience supporting U.S. Government customers or government contracting environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing federal contracts, task orders, or programs operating under government acquisition frameworks.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, stakeholders, and deliverables.
• Experience supporting contract administration, compliance activities, and customer engagement efforts.
• Experience coordinating personnel onboarding, operational readiness, or security-related administrative activities.
• Strong financial acumen with experience supporting budget tracking, funding analysis, forecasting, or pricing activities.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, government customers, and technical teams.
• Intermediate proficiency with AI-enabled workplace productivity tools.
• Expert-level proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and related collaboration tools.
• Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret minimum).
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Program Management, Public Administration, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Benefits

• Remote and Hybrid working environment
• Competitive pay structure
• Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families
• Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave

Employment Perks

• We provide each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Employee Referral Programs
• Company Sponsored Events

Pay Range

$110,228 - $170,241 per year