Program Manager

Sherpa 6 • Springfield, VA

50d

About The Position

We are seeking a candidate that clearly demonstrates strong leadership and project execution skills to ensure project success in budget, scope, schedule and customer satisfaction. They have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate must demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity. They will have the ability to operate in a team environment that is diverse and possibly remote as well as collaborate across multiple business areas to accomplish Sherpa’s goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Program Management or other related field.
• Five (5) years of experience managing/supervising technical teams/projects related to the role.
• Experience with DOD related contracts.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Must pass a background check and drug screening.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Customer Account Manager, CAM, experience.
• Ability to build trust and confidence with customers, engineers, technicians, program management, and product line management to achieve program and business objectives.
• Demonstrate leadership by example, building trust and inspiring people through a shared vision where people feel valued, empowered, and fulfilled.
• Ability to independently lead and support technical meetings with customers, teammates, program management and leadership.
• Experience in systems engineering and/or software engineering.
• Experience executing projects with Agile methodology.
• Experience with proposal effort coordination, including estimating, bidding, narrative writing, risk identification, and technical leadership.
• Ability to grasp complex issues, independently formulate analysis and proposed solutions, lead people, manage complex activities, manage risks and opportunities, brief issues and represent the company well to the customer.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle of assigned projects.
• Provide a single point of contact for assigned projects.
• Interface with all stakeholders including Contracting, Financial, Legal, Security, Senior Staff, Executive Staff, Customers, End Users, Engineering, IT and Team Members.
• Participate in Business Development activities including networking, program capture and proposal development.
• Develop project artifacts including detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates (EACs), resource plans, and status reports based on contractual requirements.
• Conduct project meetings virtually and/or in-person.
• Perform project tracking and analysis.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Manage and review project deliverables.
• Ensure all project contractual obligations are being satisfied.
• Provides analytical guidance to project team.
• Recommend and/or direct the analysis and solutions of problems.
• Perform staffing and workload forecasting.
• Work with Project Controllers to satisfy project financial requirements.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan.
• We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy.
• This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.

What This Job Offers

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