Junior Program Manager
About The Position
IPT Associates (IPTA) is seeking a Junior Program Manager to support EDP2 program activities. The position supports the Program Manager across technical, financial, staffing, quality, security, and administrative functions. The role involves tracking program information, analyzing performance, preparing reports and briefings, coordinating with Government and contractor stakeholders, and supporting program processes and meetings. The position is based primarily at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or other approved locations, with occasional travel and work outside normal duty hours as mission needs require. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the actual job description may vary based on specific contract requirements and organizational needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in program management, business, information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, finance, or a related field.
- Two or more years of project or program support experience.
- Experience tracking schedules, budgets, staffing, risks, issues, actions, deliverables, and performance metrics.
- Ability to analyze program data and produce accurate reports, dashboards, briefings, meeting records, and management documentation.
- Working knowledge of project-management tools and practices.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, collaboration, and time-management skills, with sound judgment and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Active Secret security clearance and ability to maintain required Government facility, system, and information access.
- Ability to work primarily at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, travel when authorized, and occasionally support mission needs outside normal duty hours.
Nice To Haves
- Federal Government, Department of Defense, Air Force, information technology, software, cloud, cybersecurity, or research-and-development experience.
- Familiarity with Federal contracting, Agile, ITIL, quality, risk, configuration, records, or IT service management.
Responsibilities
- Support the Program Manager in coordinating EDP2 technical, financial, staffing, quality, security, and administrative activities.
- Track schedules, budgets, staffing, contractual requirements, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, and decisions.
- Maintain accurate program data and prepare plans, status reports, dashboards, briefings, meeting materials, and required deliverables.
- Coordinate with Government stakeholders, contractor and subcontractor personnel, technical leads, and functional teams to resolve resource, schedule, and performance issues.
- Support budget monitoring, forecasting, cost analysis, staffing actions, onboarding and offboarding, access tracking, and training status.
- Analyze and report program and service performance, including task completion, reporting timeliness, availability, service-level results, training, software delivery, and cybersecurity metrics.
- Support transition, quality control, configuration management, records management, knowledge management, continuity, and process improvement.
- Prepare and facilitate program reviews, technical meetings, working groups, and customer status meetings; document decisions and follow-up actions.
- Protect Government, proprietary, controlled, and classified information in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or other approved locations and support occasional travel or work outside normal duty hours as mission needs require.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
