Program Manager 3

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. • Los Alamos, NM

9h

About The Position

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Program Manager 3 to support a major national laboratory. This role provides leadership and overall management of an assigned technical or operational portfolio, which may be large or small in total budget and may encompass one or more discrete programs. The Program Manager will broker with customers and individual researchers or research groups/programs to determine what work will be done to meet the customers' needs, general timeframes, and funding requirements. They will develop working relationships that span existing internal and/or external institutional missions and extend into new opportunities as policies, missions, and opportunities evolve. Programs are defined as a complex set of related activities needed to produce products or services over time to meet customer requirements within a given mission area. Programs are often ongoing over multiple years and evolve in response to the customers' changing needs. The customer may be an external body, such as a federal agency, or may be an internal organization within the Laboratory.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of management experience
• In lieu of a degree, additional relevant experience may be applicable
• U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q clearance.
• Position requires advanced knowledge of and successfully demonstrated experience in all aspects of program management of technical or operational work, including defining program work scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, and performance milestones; developing cost, scope, and schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk.
• Advanced knowledge of the technical or operational discipline of the assigned portfolio(s).
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory and Laboratory requirements related to programmatic work of assigned portfolio(s).
• Successfully demonstrated experience in developing and nurturing effective internal and/or external customer relationships.
• Successfully demonstrated experience in interacting effectively with all levels of internal and/or external personnel; building trust, gaining consensus, and resolving conflicts.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and overall management of an assigned technical or operational portfolio, which may be large or small in total budget and may encompass one or more discrete programs.
• Brokers with customers and individual researchers or research groups/programs to determine what work will be done to meet the customers' needs, general timeframes, and funding requirements.
• Develop working relationships that span existing internal and/or external institutional missions and extend into new opportunities as policies, missions, and opportunities evolve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior