Program Manager

Abacus Technology • Washington, DC

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About The Position

Abacus Technology is seeking a Program Manager to lead and oversee a team of technical professionals providing support for the RDT&E Engineering and Technical Support (RETS) program. This is a full-time position.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience managing, planning, developing, and executing major research, engineering, and development efforts for defense organizations.
• 10 years experience as a lead or deputy Program Manager for major technology programs (or a portfolio of programs) exceeding $100M in value.
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas: System Engineering; Aerospace Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Physical Sciences; Software Engineering; Cyber Engineering; or AI/ML Engineering.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing the entire lifecycle of technology design, manufacturing, integration and testing.
• Proven leadership in managing portfolios of diverse technology development programs.
• 5 years experience leading and operating within highly classified environments, including SAP and SCI.
• 5 years experience with the DoW’s Defense Acquisition System DoD 5000 series.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DoW organizational structure and experience collaborating with R&E program managers.
• Strong communication skills, essential for leading cross-functional teams and briefing senior stakeholders.
• Must be a US citizen and hold a current Top Secret clearance with SCI access (TS/SCI) and SAP eligibility.

Nice To Haves

• 10 years experience managing support services contracts of comparable size, scope, and complexity to this task order desired.
• 10 years experience establishing and maintaining strong, collaborative working relationships with stakeholders across the DoW preferred.
• 5 years experience and foundational knowledge in the field of Electromagnetics and Radio Frequencies (EM/RF) preferred.
• Able to organize, prepare and discuss concepts and technical issues in an appropriate manner with senior-level staff.
• Knowledge of government budgeting and resource allocation procedures; and the ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems.
• Experience with MS Office and Project.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staffing, formulate and enforce work standards, create personnel schedules, review work discrepancies, and communicate Government policies, purposes, and goals to employees.
• Utilize key performance parameters to monitor work performance, measure results, ensure delivery of contracted services, support management and decision-making, and facilitate communications.
• Advise the Government immediately of any operations, maintenance, logistics, training, or management problems affecting the contractor's performance or impacting mission accomplishment.
• Identify risks, resolve problems, and verify effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Implement and maintain a process that ensures problems and action items discussed with the Government are tracked through resolution.
• Track actions taken to improve performance and conduct lessons learned as appropriate to improves processes and methods.
• Establish and maintain processes for administering all TO efforts with an emphasis on cost-efficiency, schedule, performance, responsiveness, and consistently high-quality delivery.
• Identify potential cost reduction/mitigation initiatives, efficiencies, and process improvements on a continuing basis and address their progress during Program Management Reviews (PMRs).

What This Job Offers

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