Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Duties, Responsibilities, and Tasks:

• Shall be responsible for the successful cost, schedule, and performance of the contract.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), the Government Program Manager, and the Contractor’s senior management.
• Directly contributes to program efforts in several areas, including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
• Ensure proper performance of tasks necessary to ensure the most efficient and effective execution of the contract.
• Utilize expert communication skills needed to direct the skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.
• Allocate resources (staffing, facilities, and budgets) on the contract.
• Review and approve all earned value, Estimate To Complete, Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Report, or other financial reports as appropriate.
• Review and allocate management reserve within contractual limits.
• Ensure cross-discipline integration within the contract to meet Government needs.
• Work with the higher level program manager, if applicable, to provide effective and efficient management of the contractor's effort.
• Review and propose the Integrated Program Baseline (or resource loaded schedule) to the Government.
• Review risk and risk mitigation activities and allocate budgets for the same.
• Prepare program status reviews and other formal reviews to be presented to the Government PM.
• Ensure the timely recruitment and training of program staff -both direct and indirect.
• Review all financial and technical reports before release to the Government.
• Communicate issues and solutions to the Government PM in a timely and transparent manner.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and administrative requirements imposed by the contract in coordination with the Contractor's contracts staff.
• Assist the Government PM by providing input to statutory acquisition reports and responses to Congressional Questions for the Record (QFRs).
• Coordinate the preparation of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and value engineering proposals to the Government PM.
• Provide Contractor input to the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan reviews or Award Fee reviews, as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Citizenship       Due to the nature of this position and the information employees will be required to access, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Clearance         TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Certification     Must have a PMP, FAC-P/PM Mid-Level, or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level 2 certification in Program Management.
• Experience
  • Ten (10) years experience as a program or project manager in managing programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
  • Shall have demonstrated experience in conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting. 
  • Shall have at least one (1) year of demonstrated experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms such as Earned Value Management.
  • Shall be knowledgeable of the guidelines provided by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), DoD 5000 series, and ICD 801 policies.
  • Direct experience in managing multi-task contracts and subcontracts of various types and complexity, as well as experience in leading a multi-vendor environment is required.