Senior Program Manager

Integration Innovation • Huntsville, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

i3 is seeking a Senior Program Manager with an extensive Department of Defense background to support multiple Army Project Offices on Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. The role leads the overall development life cycle, manages complex projects to schedule and budget, and works with customers, senior officials, and engineers to develop strategies and road maps for valuable innovations and capabilities. The Senior Program Manager oversees staffing decisions and skill mix, promotes tactical software-development practices and documentation, ensures designs meet requirements, and delivers high-quality services. The position also oversees contract support activities, contractor personnel and schedules, work standards, and business development with existing and prospective customers.

The role requires leadership of complex software development teams and programs, management of program costs and profit and loss across multiple contract types and funding sources, and effective customer and subcontractor relationships. An active Secret clearance is required. The regular schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; additional hours may occasionally be required. Regular and punctual attendance is required.

i3 is a team member-owned mid-tier integrator founded in 2007, headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, with offices in Orlando, Florida, and the National Capital Region. The company has more than 800 employee-owners and works across national defense disciplines including systems and software engineering, modeling, simulation and training, cybersecurity, digital engineering, enterprise IT, and manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 20 years of Defense Industry experience.
• Extensive experience with Air and Missile Defense (AMD) systems, Project Offices, Test & Evaluation, and Systems Integration.
• Extensive experience leading complex software development teams and projects.
• Strong business and technical vision.
• Deep understanding of software development teams and the Agile framework.
• Ability to independently manage profit and loss across multiple contract types and funding sources.
• Exceptional customer relationship skills, including uncovering requirements, recommending alternative solutions, and leading engineering efforts to aggressive timelines.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to solve problems independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent organization skills and oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs involving multiple subcontractors, material vendors, and demanding customers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage costs on multimillion-dollar design and development programs, including EAC and other project control methods.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Knowledge of office administration and procedures.
• Exceptional judgment and relationship-management skills.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and client-service skills, including clear and tactful written and verbal communication and feedback.
• Ability to interact professionally and courteously with diverse customers and staff.
• Ability to work independently and be accountable for accurate and complete results.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, communicate effectively, analyze information, respond appropriately, manage time, prioritize tasks, provide superior customer service, multitask, and work well under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall development life cycle and complex projects to meet schedule and budget.
• Work with customers, senior officials, and engineers to develop strategies and road maps for innovations and new capabilities.
• Make staffing decisions and manage skill mix and assessments.
• Promote best practices for tactical software development and documentation, ensure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality services.
• Promote i3’s culture and embody its core values.
• Formulate and enforce work standards; assign contractor schedules; review work discrepancies; supervise contractor personnel; and communicate policies, purposes, and goals.
• Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and implementation of contract support activities.
• Conduct business development with current customers and/or new customers.
• Manage program profit and loss across multiple contract types and funding sources.
• Manage program costs, including estimates at complete (EAC) and other project control methods.
• Build customer relationships, identify true requirements, recommend alternative solutions and approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines.
• Manage complex programs involving subcontractors, material vendors, and demanding customers.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance; work additional hours on occasion as required.

What This Job Offers

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