Program Manager - Aviation

Akiva Ai•Arlington, VA

4d•Remote

About The Position

AKIVA is seeking a Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of an FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO) safety policy and performance support engagement. You will serve as AKIVA's single point of accountability to the federal program office, own task execution and schedule across a portfolio of safety policy, audit/assessment, and analytics workstreams, manage a multidisciplinary delivery team, and ensure every deliverable, status report, and program review is on time, accurate, and Section 508 compliant.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, Information Systems, Aviation Management, or a related field (equivalent experience may be substituted)
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, current and in good standing
8+ years of program or project management experience supporting federal contracts
5+ years leading multi-task federal task orders, including responsibility for monthly status reporting, financial reporting by contract line item, risk management, and recurring program reviews
Demonstrated experience authoring and executing Project Management Plans, Quality Control Plans, transition-in plans, and transition-out plans
Demonstrated experience as the contractor lead interface with a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and federal program leadership
Excellent stakeholder management, executive-level business writing, and meeting facilitation skills
Proficient with Microsoft Project or equivalent, Microsoft Office Suite, and SharePoint or comparable government collaboration platforms
Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential
Must be authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Master's degree (MBA, MPA, MS in Engineering, or related discipline)
Program Management Professional (PgMP), ITIL Foundation or higher, PMI-ACP, or Certified Scrum Master
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
Prior FAA, ATO, DOT, or aviation-industry program management experience
Familiarity with FAA Safety Management System (SMS), ATO Audits and Assessments, Independent Operational Assessment (IOA), and In-Service Decision (ISD) processes
Experience managing programs with mixed FFP and T&M funding, including segregation of F&E and OPS funds
Familiarity with AI-assisted program reporting, risk-monitoring, and document-generation tools

Responsibilities

Serve as the single point of contractual and operational accountability to the federal program office; own the customer relationship and lead recurring program reviews
Author, maintain, and execute a Project Management Plan covering schedule, milestones, deliverables, staffing plan, and resource rationale across all workstreams
Author and submit monthly status reports covering work completed, in progress, and planned; hours by task and labor category; deliverable status; risk identification and mitigation; and full financial status by line item, including F&E and OPS funding segregation
Develop and maintain a Quality Control Plan that supports the government's Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
Plan, prepare materials for, and run quarterly program management reviews including financial summary, six-month staffing forecast, performance summary, accomplishments, Quad Charts, and action item tracking
Maintain a project schedule aligned to the Project Management Plan with program- and task-level milestones, resource requirements, and deliverables
Author and maintain a quarterly Stakeholder Communication Plan covering communication types, recipients, frequency, medium, and follow-through actions
Lead transition-in (including joint inventory of Government Furnished Property) and transition-out (including final inventory and closeout meeting) activities
Supervise, coach, and develop the delivery team; set performance targets, allocate workload, and conduct regular reviews
Manage program risks, escalations, and corrective actions in coordination with the federal program office
Ensure all documentation and deliverables are Section 508 compliant
Coordinate with AKIVA corporate leadership on subcontractor and teaming-partner management and small-business participation reporting