RD&E Program Manager

Prescient Edge • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Prescient Edge is seeking a RD&E Program Manager At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes: A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities. Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage. A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking. A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged. Description Provide strategic leadership and direction within the operations team to support organizational objectives and goals. Actively engage as key personnel in bid efforts for the DIU RAINS, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and objectives. Oversee and participate in all phases of proposal development, including planning, coordination, content creation, and review. Lead proposal preparation activities, ensuring quality, compliance, and timeliness. Serve as a senior program leader within the Research, Development, and Engineering (RDE) division, providing mentorship, guidance, and feedback to analyst and program management staff. Facilitate effective team communication and collaboration, promoting best practices and operational efficiencies. Build and maintain strong relationships with current customers, identifying opportunities for project expansion within the gizmo program. Pursue and develop new customer relationships, focusing on contract growth and securing new business opportunities. Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure proposal and program management activities align with organizational goals. Drive continuous improvement within the program, leveraging insights and data to optimize performance and outcomes.

Requirements

• Management experience for large-scale contracts.
• Experience as the PM of a FEDSIM contract.
• Leadership experience.
• FAC PMM Level III Government Career Path.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Initiative Act (DAWIA) experience.
• Within the last 15 years, possess a minimum of 10 years of experience working on DoD service-specific and/ or Joint-Service projects.
• Within the last 10 years, possess a minimum of 5 years of experience managing projects that are of a similar scope and complexity.
• One of the projects managed must have included intelligence or special operations support elements.
• Possess a current certification in at least one of the following at time of proposal submission and maintain the certification throughout the life of the task order: Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional or PMI Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Possess a minimum of 5 years of experience managing a geographically dispersed workforce.

Nice To Haves

• Air Force experience, especially with AFRL or AFSOC.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• 10 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above, or a master’s degree and 8 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above.
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership position overseeing a team of at least 5 subordinates in the execution of technical, engineering, or intelligence tasks.
• Preferably a Master’s degree from an accredited university.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction within the operations team to support organizational objectives and goals.
• Actively engage as key personnel in bid efforts for the DIU RAINS, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and objectives.
• Oversee and participate in all phases of proposal development, including planning, coordination, content creation, and review.
• Lead proposal preparation activities, ensuring quality, compliance, and timeliness.
• Serve as a senior program leader within the Research, Development, and Engineering (RDE) division, providing mentorship, guidance, and feedback to analyst and program management staff.
• Facilitate effective team communication and collaboration, promoting best practices and operational efficiencies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with current customers, identifying opportunities for project expansion within the gizmo program.
• Pursue and develop new customer relationships, focusing on contract growth and securing new business opportunities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure proposal and program management activities align with organizational goals.
• Drive continuous improvement within the program, leveraging insights and data to optimize performance and outcomes.

Benefits

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees