IT Program Manager

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** IT Program Manager
*** Belong. Connect. Grow. with K !
*** K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
* ** Innovative Projects:
** K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
* ** Collaborative Environment:
** Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
* ** Impactful Work:
** Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
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* Key Responsibilities:

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* ** Integrating Current and Future Efforts:
** Lead the integration of current and future efforts, ensuring smooth coordination across different technical teams and program initiatives
* ** Stakeholder Liaison:
** Serve as the liaison on technical matters between Sponsor leadership and external stakeholders
* ** Facilitating Cross-team

Collaboration:

** Facilitate collaboration among multi-technical disciplines (data, development, and infrastructure) and Sponsor teams, ensuring that projects align with the Sponsor’s long-term goals and technological standards and ensure seamless project integration
* ** Providing Updates and Solutions:
** Communicate project updates, technical challenges, and solution strategies to government leadership and stakeholders, to enable transparency and effective decision-making
* ** Prioritizing Efforts:
** Assist Sponsor executive team in prioritizing efforts, managing schedules, and making informed business decisions related to maritime technology projects
* ** Infrastructure and Exploitation Platforms:
** Planning and managing multiple projects involving Sponsor infrastructure and exploitation platforms
* ** Data Collection:
** Collect, organize, or create program artifacts, in support of the Sponsor’s data collection requirements
* ** Process Improvement:
** Improving existing processes to enhance operational efficiency and work to ensure timely project completion
* ** Evolving Mission Priorities:
** Managing evolving mission priorities for current technologies, including adapting to changes in mission needs
* ** Presentations:
** Coordinate the preparation of presentations, reports, and other materials for senior leadership
** Work Environment:**
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* Location:

** On-site
* ** Travel Requirements:
** Minimal
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* Working Hours:

** Standard
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* Qualifications:

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* Required:

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* ** Security Clearance:
** Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
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* Education:

** Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering or related field
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* Experience:

** Minimum of 12 years
* ** Cost and Schedule Performance:
** Demonstrated experience serving as the primary point of contact for a program for all technical, cost and schedule performance matters and issues
* ** Program Daily Operations:
** Demonstrated experience overseeing daily operations for a program
* ** Oversight and Reviewing Program Personnel:
** Demonstrated experience managing assigning, providing oversight and reviewing work of program personnel
* ** Programmatic and Technical Artifacts:
** Demonstrated experience ensuring necessary programmatic and technical artifacts required to effectively and successfully manage the program are created, maintained and are accurate
* ** Vendor Management:
** Demonstrated experience consulting with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess needs and mission priorities
** Desired:**
* ** Communication and Coordination:
** Demonstrated experience with communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and leadership teams
* ** Program Management Artifacts:
** Demonstrated experience preparing program management artifacts such as presentations or reports

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and…