Associate Project Manager

SRC•Syracuse, NY

About The Position

SRC, Inc. is seeking an Associate Project Manager to serve as the functional lead for the Program Control Analyst (PCA) team supporting the LIDS program. The role provides day-to-day guidance, quality oversight, and workload coordination, while taking on increasing program management responsibilities across task orders spanning development, production, and sustainment. This is a functional team-lead position and does not include direct personnel-management responsibility. The Associate Project Manager supports program controls and reporting, including schedules, work breakdown structures, cost accounts, cost processing, Earned Value Management, and program status metrics. The position also supports the Program Manager with task-order coordination, deliverables, program documentation, security tracking, and process adherence. SRC is a not-for-profit research and development company working in defense, environment, and intelligence. The position is based in Syracuse, New York, with an anticipated annual salary range of $77,000 to $116,000. Salary varies based on experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and business and organizational needs. Travel is 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as business administration, mathematics, or engineering, with 4 or more years of related experience; an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be used in lieu of the stated degree and experience.
Proficiency in generating and tracking program cost, including EVM, schedule, staff, and risk using corresponding program control tools.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Ability to work under general supervision and exercise sound technical judgment.
Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the level required by the program.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading or mentoring program control or financial analysts.
Experience on IDIQ or multi-task-order defense programs spanning development, production, and sustainment.
Familiarity with EVM cost tools such as Cobra and workforce or programmatic tools such as Tempus.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day guidance to the PCA team, help analysts resolve tasking hurdles, and identify paths forward.
Support onboarding for new hires, including facility introductions and coordination of required program training such as EVM and program tools.
Monitor and balance team workloads, adjust assignments as program needs change, and assess training and development needs.
Develop and maintain project schedules, WBS structures, and cost accounts; set up and manage cost processing, such as Cobra; and apply Earned Value Management techniques.
Maintain and report program status metrics; gather, generate, and present program data for internal and customer program reviews.
Manage CDRL submissions, verify that PCA tasking matches the program RASIC, and co-maintain the PCA Tasking Matrix with the IDIQ Program Manager.
Support the Program Manager with administrative tasking, including maintaining program documentation such as the Program Plan, Communications Plan, RASIC, WBS Dictionary, and Action Item Registers.
Maintain security lists, track and facilitate security training, and monitor program process adherence.
Consolidate process improvements and lessons learned, obtaining Program Manager approval before implementation.