Technical Program Leader, Senior Manager

About the role

You know that program managers touch every single part of a business and wear multiple hats: from caring for the customer and their meaningful project goals to participating in business development and being a key contributor to their employees’ growth. We’re looking for someone like you, a senior program leader that can oversee a diverse portfolio of research and data science initiatives supporting Army customers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of data engineering, data science, research, and enterprise platform IT operations.
• Guide a team of data architects, data engineers, and data scientists.
• Partner with customers to support operating an efficient and effective analytical or AI platform for critical research programs.
• Drive performance and shape strategy, identify innovative solutions, and support the growth and sustainment of the program within a dynamic research environment.
• Lead the Agile development of a project roadmap, establish project milestones, and implement metrics to track progress of efforts while bringing people together to make a tangible difference.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience planning, directing, coordinating, and managing programs such as data platforms, engineering, data science, enterprise analytics, and solution architecture.
• 12+ years of experience building and sustaining partnerships with government organizations and senior government executives.
• 12+ years of experience with leadership, including leading dispersed cross-functional teams in the areas of engineering, architecture, analytics, and AI/ML, including subcontractors.
• 10+ years of experience leading the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data platforms and analytics.
• Experience leveraging client relationships, market knowledge, and government acquisition best practices to position the Army account and Army customers for continued growth, opportunity wins, and long-term initiatives to advance AI or research, defining scope of work, and developing schedules, plans of action, and ROM estimates to drive successful program execution and risk management.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and their application within complex research and data science environments and data quality standards, governance, and best practices to ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance across analytical and research efforts.
• Ability to manage large programs and interface with senior DoD clients.
• Ability to recruit, hire, and strategically staff high performing teams aligned to mission needs and evolving project demands.
• Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Nice if you have: Experience improving processes and efficiencies in data and team management; Experience with Palantir Foundry; Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including project management using Microsoft Project; Ability to pick up new technologies quickly, including new low-code/no-code software and open-source technologies; Ability to interact with a broad group of clients and staff professionally, and deliver presentations to executives, clients, and professional peers; Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field preferred; Master's degree a plus; Project Management Professional or CompTIA Security+ Certification.

Skills

• Strong operational leadership skills.
• Effective staffing and clear scope definition.
• Consistent delivery of programs.
• Trusted partner to both customers and internal teams.
• Leadership experience with dispersed cross-functional teams.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms and analytics.
• Agile methodologies and their application within complex research and data science environments.
• Data quality standards, governance, and best practices.
• Client relationship management and government acquisition best practices.
• Secret clearance.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $142,900.00 to $266,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.