Deputy Program Manager

Parsons Corporation•Annapolis Junction, MD

25d•$134,100 - $241,400

About The Position

Parsons is looking for a Deputy Program Manager (DPM) to join our team. In this role you will support leading a highly skilled cybersecurity workforce focused on defending evolving and emerging threats to critical U.S. systems with the common goal to prevent and eradicate those threats. This includes management of a team of software/systems/test engineers, data scientists, and cyber threat analysts. This is a high impact role in a deadline-driven, demanding mission space.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Intelligence, Management, Business or related field.
Current Program Management/Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Fifteen plus (15+) years’ experience working as part of a Program Management Office (PMO) or supporting execution of a government contract.
Background leading high performance technical teams.
Strong verbal and written communications skills.
Experience supporting government proposal efforts.
U.S. Citizenship
Active TS SCI w/polygraph security clearance

Nice To Haves

Background in defensive cybersecurity mission space is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Support Program Manager (PM) in day-to-day program operations ensuring production schedules, mission deliverables, and performance standards are consistently met.
Work with PM in the coordination of program functional support areas including Contract Management, Subcontract Management, Finance, and Security.
Collaborate with mission customers including leadership and technical points of contact to ensure transparency and alignment of program execution with government requirements.
Support program staffing requirements including writing job requisitions, posting requisitions via internal and external facing tools, and interfacing with corporate recruiters and subcontractor staffing partners.
Join interviews with potential candidates ensuring proper feedback loop. Implement actions to coordinate next steps to add candidates to the program team and support all onboarding activities.
Support mitigation of program risks to ensure timely and accurate solutions that support mission success.
Review contract modifications and support the preparation of program financial outputs including labor burn assessments and delivery of estimates to customer.
Provide input and/or provision program reports, briefings, quarterly reviews, performance assessments to both internal corporate senior leadership and customer/contracts leadership.