Program Manager Level 3

About the role

The Aeronautical Safety Office provides global aeronautical geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives including safety of navigation (SoN), international obligations, and joint military operations. They prepare, compile, publish, distribute, and maintain all related Aeronautical GEOINT databases, products, and services as mandated by U.S. law and International Treaties (SOLAS).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate programs performance across the organization and make comprehensive recommendations to the Government.
• Provide expertise and advice to plan, manage, and execute programs and projects.
• Provide the Government advance and objective insight into program issues, execution risks, and corrective actions.
• Draft, review, and, after Government approval, publish program reports required by statutes and regulations.
• Support programmatic activities with development contractors.
• Review and revise management and governance policies, instructions, standards, and best practices.
• Develop and plan tailored contract oversight and scope verification activities consistent with NGA program and financial management policies and plans.
• Review and assess working documentations and changes.
• Participate in NGA planning activities with Mission Partners, and development contractor sponsored Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and working groups.
• Develop and update program business plans, advocacy briefings, and program schedules in accordance with agency policy.
• Develop and coordinate Program Plans and program approval documentation.
• Incorporate program metrics, analyst progress/performance metrics, resource management, project milestones and timelines in online capabilities where possible.
• Organizes, directs, and manages contract operation support functions, involving multiple, complex and inter-related project tasks.
• Manages teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations.
• Maintains and manages the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization.
• Makes meetings with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items.
• Ensures conformance with program task schedules and costs.
• Responsible for large projects\programs or significant segment of a large complex project\program.
• Leads team on large projects\programs or significant segment of large complex projects\programs.
• Translate customer requirements into formal agreements and plans to culminate in customer acceptance of results or have acceptance in the targeted market, while meeting business objectives.
• Works with client to identify business requirements and develops the proposal. Subsequently leads a team in the initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing tasks of a project\program or segment of a project\program to produce the solution deliverable.
• Executes a wide range of process activities beginning with the request for proposal through development, test and final delivery.
• Formulates partnerships between customer, suppliers and staff.
• Anticipates potential project\program related problems.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting and problem identification.
• Demonstrated experience in utilizing techniques for identifying, eliminating or mitigating solution, project\program and business risk.
• Demonstrated experience in managing personnel and data workflow.
• Project\program objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in meeting project and program objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing new enhancements or improvements to program procedures or processes.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing new and complex project\program related problems and creates innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.

Qualifications

• Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) Security Clearance
• US Citizenship

Skills

• Aeronautical field experience is desired.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Long and short-term disability
• Flexible work schedules
• Cash bonuses
• Access to technology
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k

Pay

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications

Schedule

• Full-time