Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Managing, resourcing, scheduling, reporting, forecasting, implementing corrective actions, delivering outputs, and meeting Service Level Objectives (SLO) to ensure efficient and effective execution.
• Monitoring and reporting contract execution and performance.
• Submitting contractual reports as specified by the government.
• Maintaining adequate staffing levels needed to effectively execute contract tasks.
• Managing, assigning, scheduling, and supporting subcontractors, consultants, and other resources supporting this contract.
• Implementing procedures to monitor cost, quality, and schedule performance and identifying metrics to assess and report program/project status to detect and predict deviations from planned or required performance.
• Developing and managing program/project management documents including Organizational Breakdown Structures (OBS), Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Program/Project Management Plans, Risk Management Plans, project SOWs/tasks/schedules, and responsibility matrices.
• Utilizing and managing industry best practices identified in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and ensuring that Project Managers clearly understand the proper level of documentation needed for a given project, including templates that show the required sections, assistance in completing necessary documentation, and historical documents from previous successful projects.
• Managing, tracking, and providing monthly reports on budget burn, burndown charts, project effort and duration to complete, and other key metrics.

Requirements

• BA degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Candidate has knowledge, experience, and demonstrated ability to perform independently in the position of Program Manager.
• Experience or familiarity with planning projects including but not limited to labor, scope, and statements of work.
• Labor forecasting/management experience; familiarity with the use of an RLN, ROM, and other project management tools.
• Familiarity with financial/budget management, including monthly budget reviews and adjustments for EAC planning and controlling costs.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office applications.
• Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies.
• Able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally in informal one-on-one discussions and in group environments.
• Able to work within a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task).

Qualifications

• US Citizen to meet contract requirements.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a SECRET clearance.
• Successfully complete a government background check.
• Flexible to travel as needed to support business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant work experience as a USG DHS contractor Program Manager.
• Active SECRET clearance.
• Management experience in operational IT environments including service desk.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

Pay

The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law.

Schedule

Onsite (Chandler, AZ or Washington, DC)

Benefits

Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.