Sr Program Manager

Scientific Research Corporation • Fort George G. Meade, MD

4d • $146,800 - $244,650

About The Position

The Sr Program Manager will focus on day-to-day operations for multiple government projects, monitoring and reporting on cost, schedule, risks, and project execution. The role works with key stakeholders to support budget and financial analysis, develop schedules, track requirements, monitor risks, and support operational teams to promote customer satisfaction and project success. The position provides project management support for projects across DCDC J9 and helps the government with planning and oversight activities.

The role involves providing technology recommendations, developing business processes and performance measures, coordinating engineering, integration, testing, and evaluation activities, and using tools such as JIRA to track project requirements and status. The manager reports project requirements, cost, and schedule status; maintains consolidated schedules; conducts risk, issue, cost, and schedule analysis; and coordinates with project offices and Operational Test and Evaluation offices to track issues, meet milestones, and satisfy requirements. Other duties include preparing meeting minutes and monthly status reports, developing rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, gathering stakeholder requirements, coordinating contractor activities in accordance with the PWS, and communicating risks and mitigation recommendations to the government.

Filling this position is contingent upon funding. The position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship. It may require up to 5% travel.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information.
• At least five years of program/project management experience in an Agile environment.
• Certified Scrum Master certification or equivalent Agile certification.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Kanban boards to support workflow, progress tracking, and team collaboration.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and JIRA.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 360, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Nice To Haves

• Ten or more years of program/project management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or managerial discipline.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience using JIRA to develop and track program/project requirements and status for integration into an organizational Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Experience with BigPicture and other JIRA plugins.
• Stakeholder management experience.
• Experience conducting risk analysis and reporting, and issue analysis, identification, and escalation for large-scale DoD projects.
• Experience conducting cost and schedule analysis of multiple ongoing project efforts in support of an organizational-level IMS, including resolving project dependency conflicts.
• Experience with business analysis and decomposing requirements to operational or engineering levels in preparation for capability development or acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational oversight for multiple government projects, monitoring cost, schedule, risks, and project execution.
• Work with stakeholders on budget and financial analysis, schedule development, requirements tracking, risk monitoring, and operational-team support.
• Provide technology recommendations to support business objectives.
• Identify and develop business processes and performance measures to integrate engineering, integration, testing, and evaluation activities.
• Assist the government with project management support and planning activities for multiple DCDC J9 projects.
• Use tools such as JIRA to track requirements and status for programs and projects under the government lead's oversight.
• Report project requirements, costs, and schedules, and provide the command with a consolidated project schedule.
• Conduct risk analysis and reporting, analyze issues, and escalate issues when needed.
• Conduct cost and schedule analysis across project efforts and assist the government with resolving conflicts between project dependencies.
• Coordinate with multiple program management offices to track issues, ensure milestone completion, and coordinate requirements with Operational Test and Evaluation offices.
• Prepare minutes for integrated planning meetings and monthly status reports using inputs from program offices, including JIO, JCC2, and UP.
• Develop Rough Order of Magnitude estimates for acquisition capability solutions.
• Gather and track stakeholder requirements.
• Manage project schedules and coordinate contractor activities in accordance with the PWS.
• Communicate issues and risks to the government and recommend mitigation approaches.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance
• Vacation and sick paid time off accruals, with amounts increasing based on role and years of service
• 11 paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed