Project Manager (ISR Acquisitions)

Assertive Professionals•Springfield, VA

4d•$120,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Assertive Professionals is seeking a Project Manager to support a National Security Customer in Springfield, Virginia. This open position requires an in-depth understanding of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations and strong communication skills. The role involves close collaboration with senior government officials and foreign dignitaries. The position requires regular onsite work at a government/customer facility. The employee must be able to access and work at the designated facility on the required schedule; perform essential duties using government/customer-furnished computers, systems, equipment, and approved peripherals; access, review, enter, and communicate information through required customer systems and applications; and comply with customer security, technology, facility-access, and equipment-use requirements. Accommodations involving customer facilities, systems, equipment, software, or technology may be limited to those authorized and available in that environment. Assertive Professionals considers reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals in accordance with applicable law. The salary range is $120,000–$130,000, based on meeting the position requirements. Employees are eligible for a $1,200 annual corporate compliance bonus for time and attendance compliance, as well as either a $2,000 sign-on bonus or up to $2,000 in relocation cost reimbursement. The compensation model incorporates an annual paid-leave allocation of 140 hours, accrued throughout the year, plus 11 federal holidays. Paid-leave accruals vary by contract and are established according to customer requirements and contractual level of effort.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Willingness to submit to a CI Polygraph.
Eight years of total work experience, with stated alternatives of seven years with a master's degree or six years with a doctorate.
Bachelor’s degree in a business- or engineering-related field.
Six years of demonstrated specialized experience with NGA, DoD, or other Intelligence Community agency acquisition processes and procedures.
Six years of demonstrated specialized experience in program/project management.
Ability to meet the onsite work requirements at a government/customer facility.
Academic degrees may be substituted for years of experience, and years of experience may be substituted for academic degrees at a rate of two years of school for one year of experience. Specialized-experience substitutions must be in the career field of the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated specialized experience applying systems engineering processes, particularly requirements analysis, interface definition, or detailed implementation planning for large, complex systems or enterprises and enterprise-wide interoperability.
Demonstrated specialized experience with program integration, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics development and analysis, Earned Value Management, verification and validation test activities, and commissioning, turnover, and acceptance activities.
Understanding of the four pillars of Activity Based Intelligence (ABI).
Understanding of multi-INT data fusion, analytic modeling, big data analytics, alerting, and data visualization.

Responsibilities

Support the National Security Customer in the Project Manager role.
Work closely with senior government officials and foreign dignitaries.
Perform essential duties at the designated customer facility using customer-furnished systems and equipment.
Access, review, enter, and communicate information through required customer systems and applications.
Comply with customer security, technology, facility-access, and equipment-use requirements.

Benefits

PTO, including 140 hours of paid leave annually, accrued throughout the year, plus 11 federal holidays; accruals vary by contract and are based on customer requirements and contractual level of effort.
401(k) match at 5%.
Profit sharing.
Company-paid life insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Two options under a national medical plan with employee contribution.
$1,200 annual corporate compliance bonus for time and attendance compliance.
Either a $2,000 sign-on bonus or up to $2,000 in relocation cost reimbursement.