Project Manager - CPE Mission Autonomy Support

Job Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground (On Site) | Job Type: Full time | Travel Requirement: Up to 25% | Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

About the role

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Project Manager to support the US Army's CPE (Capability Program Executive) Mission Autonomy efforts. This is a hands-on ownership role: you'll manage a multi-million dollar prime contract with subcontractors, serving as the single point of contact who keeps budget, scope, schedule, and customer satisfaction on track. We're looking for someone who demonstrates strong leadership and project execution skills, communicates effectively across a wide range of stakeholders, and operates with a clear commitment to ethics and integrity. You'll work in a team environment that is diverse and possibly remote, collaborating across multiple business areas to accomplish Sherpa 6's goals.

About Sherpa 6: At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle of assigned projects
• Provide a single point of contact for assigned projects
• Interface with all stakeholders including Contracting, Financial, Legal, Security, Senior Staff, Executive Staff, Customers, End Users, Engineering, IT and Team Members
• Participate in Business Development activities including networking, program capture and proposal development
• Develop project artifacts including detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates (Estimates at Completion, or EACs), resource plans, and status reports based on contractual requirements
• Conduct project meetings virtually and/or in-person
• Perform project tracking and analysis
• Ensure adherence to quality standards
• Manage and review project deliverables
• Ensure all project contractual obligations are being satisfied
• Provides analytical guidance to project team
• Recommend and/or direct the analysis and solutions of problems
• Perform staffing and workload forecasting
• Work with Project Controllers to satisfy project financial requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Program Management or other related field.
• Five (5) years of experience managing/supervising technical teams/projects related to the role
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance

Skills

• Ability to build trust and confidence with customers, engineers, technicians, program management, and product line management to achieve program and business objectives
• Demonstrate leadership by example, building trust and inspiring people through a shared vision where people feel valued, empowered, and fulfilled
• Ability to independently lead and support technical meetings with customers, teammates, program management and leadership
• Experience executing projects with Agile methodology
• Experience with DoW related contracts
• Experience with proposal