Program Management Office Lead: HSV-26126
About The Position
deciBel Research has an immediate opening for a Program Management Office Lead in Huntsville, AL. We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to provide contractor support to a government organization in establishing and maintaining a Program Management Office (PMO). Key responsibilities include providing PMO support to help ensure consistent program execution and governance. This role involves defining and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to improve coordination, transparency, and operational effectiveness. The lead will develop and standardize workflows for planning, intake, prioritization, and execution across stakeholders, and help define and support governance frameworks, including review cadences, status reporting, and decision-making structures. Additionally, the role requires centralizing program documentation and implementing configuration management and control practices for key artifacts, including the software specification. Maintaining structured decision logs and action item tracking to support accountability and traceability is crucial. The lead will oversee issue and defect tracking processes, including intake, prioritization, and resolution workflows, and assist in managing and standardizing release coordination processes to ensure controlled and predictable updates to the specification. Optimizing and administering enterprise tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, or equivalent) to support workflow management, reporting, and transparency is also a key function. The role involves coordinating across internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clear communication, and providing structured reporting to senior government stakeholders, including status, risks, and key decisions. Finally, the lead will support continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and program effectiveness over time.
Requirements
- 10+ years of program management experience, including supporting or establishing PMOs.
- Proven experience implementing governance models, operational processes, and program controls.
- Experience developing SOPs, standardizing workflows, and implementing mechanisms such as decision logs, action tracking, and configuration management.
- Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise tools such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalent platforms.
- Experience overseeing issue/defect tracking and release management processes.
- Strong understanding of SDLC concepts sufficient to manage software-related processes (e.g., bug tracking, versioning, release control).
- Experience interfacing with senior government stakeholders and delivering clear, actionable reporting.
- Active Secret security clearance and eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting federal, state, or local government programs.
- Working knowledge of defense acquisition, agile software development, and integrated air and missile defense.
- Background in process improvement, or operational excellence initiatives.
- Familiarity with configuration management practices for controlled documents or technical specifications.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication, organization, and process design skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide PMO support to help ensure consistent program execution and governance.
- Define and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) to improve coordination, transparency, and operational effectiveness.
- Develop and standardize workflows for planning, intake, prioritization, and execution across stakeholders.
- Help define and support governance frameworks, including review cadences, status reporting, and decision-making structures.
- Centralize program documentation and implement configuration management and control practices for key artifacts, including the software specification.
- Maintain structured decision logs and action item tracking to support accountability and traceability.
- Oversee issue and defect tracking processes, including intake, prioritization, and resolution workflows.
- Assist in managing and standardizing release coordination processes to ensure controlled and predictable updates to the specification.
- Optimize and administer enterprise tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, or equivalent) to support workflow management, reporting, and transparency.
- Coordinate across internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clear communication.
- Provide structured reporting to senior government stakeholders, including status, risks, and key decisions.
- Support continuous process improvement to enhance efficiency and program effectiveness over time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
