Sr Program Manager

SRC is a contractor for the U.S. Government; this position will require U.S. citizenship as well as a U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level with Top Secret/SCI eligibility. Travel requirements are less than 10%.

About the role

Scientific Research Corporation is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead complex, multi-team efforts for government clients. The role involves direct interface with government stakeholders, supervision of engineering teams, and oversight of system deployments in both classified and unclassified environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee all program efforts to ensure objectives are met on time and within budget.
• Take overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing, outside vendors, and contractual deliverables.
• Directly interface with the Government and communicate objectives, directions, and guidance to the Contractor team.
• Split complex instantiations into manageable pieces and track tasks alongside a team of engineers under your supervision.
• Support medium to large system deployments, including planning, designing, and evaluating software options, selecting operating systems and protocol suites, configuring media, and deriving requirements.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot elements of system networking, including routing and switching, and support special communication methods such as VPN.
• Seek optimum design within customer specifications, quality standards, schedule, and funding limitations.
• Work with site users to deploy and integrate their solutions, offering assistance during initial integration stages or when integration fails.
• Assist in documenting changes and briefing senior management and customer personnel on technical matters, technical research studies, and applications.
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to system infrastructure.
• Assist in selecting and implementing security tools, policies, and procedures.
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution in fielded environments.

Requirements

• 12+ years of related, proven experience in program management overseeing complex, multi-team efforts.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business administration, computer science, engineering, or a related field of study.
• Experience in financial planning, including preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Experience in strategic planning, including contributing recommendations with supporting data and preparing and executing action plans.
• Proven proficiency analyzing, evaluating, and overcoming program risks across multiple project teams.
• Experience managing Government programs.
• Working knowledge of software development and requirements management.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Ability to apply comprehensive technical knowledge across key tasks and high-impact assignments.
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively with others as well as experience working independently.

Desired Skills

• Master’s degree with a focus in business administration, computer science, engineering, or a related field of study.
• 15+ years of related, proven experience in program management overseeing complex, multi-team efforts.
• Industry project management certifications.
• Direct experience with software development and requirements management.
• Working knowledge of cyber testing or training.
• Experience managing remote and distributed teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Life insurance.
• Vacation and sick paid time off accruals, with amounts increasing based on role and years of service.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.