Senior Program Manager

SYSTEM HIGH CORPORATION•Reston, VA

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About The Position

System High Corporation delivers the most advanced protection and secrecy solutions to secure and strengthen critical missions, programs, operations, and intelligence activities. We are seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our team to help contribute to our success and help us solve problems with innovation through intelligence. This position is being posted in anticipation of a contract award. We are actively interviewing qualified candidates now. Employment is contingent upon System High's successful award of the contract. If selected and the award is granted, you will be offered a start date aligned with contract execution. This Senior Program Manager’s (PM) responsibility is to serve as the primary interface and point of contact (POC) with the Prime contractor and System High leadership on staffing, personnel, and technical program/project issues. The PM primary duties are to provide management, direction, administration, quality assurance, and leadership to the System High team for one or more contracts. This role requires active engagement with workforce and prime leadership at multiple sites, some of which will require travel. This PM will have the full authority to commit the System High Team to all operational functions in support of the contract, and to represent and act for, the company in all matters relative to the execution of the contract.

Requirements

Knowledge of SAP, SCI, and Collateral information required.
Demonstrated experience with flag-officer level briefings and senior-level interface.
Demonstrated knowledge of DoD 5000 series (DoD acquisition).
The candidate shall have the capability and proven successful experience in planning, budgeting, recruiting, directing, coordinating, scheduling, and supervising the activities of professional security personnel to complete tasks relating to the provision of a multi-faceted security program in a classified environment.
Ability to constructively engage and resolve challenging situations.
Available to work before and/or after typical office hours as work may demand.
Independent self-starter, proactive and professionally assertive.
Proven ability to maximize team performance to position and sustain our services to be invaluable to current and new customers.
Proficiency with MS Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Superior verbal, written and interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
Ability to multitask.
Availability to support extensive travel (25-50%).
Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility current within the last five years.
Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph is required, no exceptions
Education & Experience: Possess a BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Security or Management.
Minimum of fifteen (10) years relevant security experience in major security competencies (Information/Personnel/Physical) or Information Technology/Information Assurance.
5-10 years managing all aspects of large DoD/IC contracts.

Nice To Haves

PMP desired.

Responsibilities

Apply the principles of Servant Leadership to coach, mentor, train and develop employees.
Build and manage relationships with workforce, corporate department heads, and external partners to optimize program performance.
Act as a trusted partner; balancing customer needs, employee care and corporate performance in all decisions to provide high quality customer support.
Provide/develop guidance and direction to employees and teaming partners on policies with regards to execution of labor hours, extended work weeks, travel, comp time, etc.
Provide written monthly reports on the execution of the contract to include direct labor hours, direct labor costs; other labor costs and breakdown of ODC funds expended on projects and purchases
Coach, mentor, and lead an Operations Specialist in support of contract requirements.
Manage Profit and Loss (P&L) of assigned contracts and should have experience in managing multiple contract types (CP, FFP, T&M etc.)
Direct company resources and budgets responsibly to contribute to the overall success of assigned contract and company.
Employ and maintain oversight of multiple teams dispersed across the continental United States.
Provide support and assistance to the responsible Operations Vice President as necessary.