Program Manager

Dahlgren, VA

Bachelor’s Degree in Technical or Managerial discipline (desired)

10+ years in management; at least 5 years in DoD/Navy IT systems

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• Ten (10) years professional management experience, with at least five (5) years in DoD or Navy IT systems.
• Experience with administrative oversight/handling of contractual matters, corporate management, and ability to provide overall technical, schedule, cost direction while serving as liaison between government and COR.
• Must be knowledgeable of DoD contractual processes.
• Support overall planning, direction and success of major programs, systems development efforts, and research or technology initiatives with great significance to Customer needs, including large, multi-year efforts divided into several sub-programs/tasks.
• Responsible for overall program definition, organization, and direction of short- and long-range plans, including formulating, guiding, and directing technical approach and defining and negotiating for necessary resources with Customer.
• Establishes and controls technical milestones, schedules, budgets, and costs.

• Provide sufficient supervision to ensure all personnel work instructions and schedules fall within scope of contract.
• Submit Progress & Status Reports; maintain list of all personnel assigned to contract; provide comprehensive progress reports and comprehensive IT project metrics detailing all aspects of contract execution, project risks, and proposed mitigations.
• Participate in both formal and informal In-Progress Reviews (IPRs) of work being performed; present information on staffing, status of action items, pertinent issues, and financial analysis for review and discussion.
• Submit electronic monthly progress and status reports.
• Hold informal monthly meetings with assigned personnel upon request to discuss ongoing and financial status for each work element.
• Participate in periodic Task Prioritization Meetings with the Customer leadership and Subject Matter experts (SMEs) to address tasking and management strategy and to convey technical program schedules and priorities / identify corresponding task priorities; document minutes of meetings and action items.