Staff Program Manager: DoD Programs

Simplesense

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Staff Program Manager: DoD Programs you will play a critical role in cultivating and maintaining DoD relationships, along with delivering, operating, sustaining, and innovating our Installation Resilience Platform across multiple Department of Defense installations. You will maintain communications with our DoD customers and track contract deliverable completion in close partnership with the Strategy, Product, Engineering Development and Operations Capability Teams to ensure our platform remains resilient, secure, and ready for the mission. Work Model: We prioritize candidates in the Denver, CO; San Antonio, TX; and Brooklyn, NY areas, but are open to remote talent. Locals: 2-4 days/month onsite. Remote: Up to 10 x 1-week trips for team or customer meetings.

Requirements

Experience: 15+ years demonstrated success in managing program delivery
Technical Skills: Proficiency in program management methodologies
Domain Knowledge: Extensive experience managing multiple concurrent interrelated projects, preferably in DoD Operational Technology Systems.
Travel: You will be required to travel up to 10 times a year for Deployment Site Visits, Program Management Reviews, and/or Company meetings
Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience communicating with DoD Senior Leaders (O-6 and above) preferably in Base Garrison and/or Installation Mission Support areas
Deep understanding of operational technology systems to include, but not limited to Facilities Systems (Building Automation, Energy Management, Utility Management and Control, etc.) and/or Physical Security Systems (e.g. Intrusion Detection, Video Management, Access Control, C-SUAS, etc.)
Demonstrated use of project management tools for tracking (Jira, Asana, etc)
Awareness of AGILE or SCRUM methodologies used in software development
Familiarity with small business and startup culture is a bonus

Responsibilities

Represent Simplesense to customers, partners, and subcontractors
Clearly distill customer requirements into understandable project concepts
Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define projects
Manage a portfolio of projects that deliver results to the customer
Employ a pragmatic approach to balance deadlines/budgets with capacity
Identify prioritization and staffing constraints; work with leadership to resolve
Identify and manage risk for projects and initiatives across a portfolio
Communicate and report formal program status: schedules, budgets and risks
Collaborate with the Program Team for continuous improvement
Serve as a senior advisor to the Director of Programs and Company Executives concerning Major DoD Customers (e.g. US Army, US Air Force, etc.)