Corporate Federal Program Manager

Veterans Management Services • Sterling, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

VMSI is seeking a Corporate Federal Program Manager to join their team in Sterling, Virginia. This role is responsible for directing and managing a portfolio of VMSI Federal projects, ensuring high-quality delivery of services on time and within budget. The Program Manager will oversee project planning, costing, integration, performance, and monitoring of government solutions contracts and contract vehicles, while also building organizational capabilities. Key responsibilities include managing direct and indirect costs, ensuring adherence to deliverables, schedules, budgets, and contract requirements, and facilitating effective communication across the organization. The position involves interfacing with VMSI HQ, customers, and onsite client-facing employees.

Requirements

• 5 to 8 years’ experience managing a portfolio of government – Professional Services type contracts.
• Ability to multi-task and handle a wide range of challenging project/program management responsibilities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong leadership qualities, to include a sense of vision, ability to motivate and inspire others, high levels of initiative and personal responsibility, a positive attitude, and professional confidence.
• Ability to work as a member of a team and solve complex problems, utilize conflict resolution techniques, and assert influence in continual process improvement.
• A flexible, adaptive, highly interactive, customer-focused, and results-oriented personality.
• Strong experience and capabilities within MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Leadership experience with staff oversight to achieve optimal services and outcomes.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills required for managing group discussion, decision – making processes, including diplomacy, conflict resolution and ability to encourage group participation.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines, flexible with work hours, learns and adapts quickly, enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks, and has a can – do attitude.
• Sense of urgency and pride in work product.
• Strong attention to detail.
• High degree of personal motivation for success.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to writing and assisting with responses to Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Information (RFI).
• Experience in recruiting, interviewing, and vetting top talent candidates to best support contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall management of VMSI Federal client contract deliverables and ensuring that the business requirements, technical solutions, and schedules on the projects are defined and implemented in a timely manner and exceed customer expectations.
• Primary interface with client facing employee staff, Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer Representatives, and teaming partners.
• Planning, organizing, and managing small- to large-sized projects/programs for successful completion and performance consistent with contractual requirements.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of Program Management Office (PMO) and project-specific processes, templates, and documents.
• Establish, maintain, and track project schedules and budgets to ensure compliance with contract requirements and corporate financial objectives.
• Engage extensively with clients and staff in multiple remote locations to ensure flawless customer service and client and employee satisfaction.
• Manage project timekeeping, reporting, and submission of required deliverables.
• Coordinate with the Director of Recruiting to maintain full staffing levels on assigned projects and assist with vetting, interviewing, and coordinating client approval of new candidates.
• Assist in acquiring follow-on business associated with assigned projects and for supporting new business through participation in proposal development, to include writing/editing content, assisting in establishing win themes, and contributing to bid/no-bid decisions for responses to solicitations.
• Travel to client locations across the country to build strong working relationships and rapport (up to 20% travel).
• Perform other management and administrative duties as assigned.
• Create, maintain and update Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Project Plans, Risk Plans, Employee Engagement Outreach Plan, Quality Plans and management of the scope, schedule, and cost of projects.
• Oversee the production of and provide assistance with and overall approval of Monthly Activity Reports for all customers within client portfolio.
• Participate in capture management efforts including proposal writing, teaming meetings, meetings with potential government customers, etc.
• Use tools and templates for the management of scope, change control, schedule, risk and issue management, communications, quality, and governance.
• Proactively seek opportunities for contract growth on all contracts within assigned portfolio.

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package including competitive salary and medical benefits
• 17 days of Paid Time Off (to start!) + 11 Paid Holidays
• Health insurance plans include medical, vision, and dental
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet Insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed