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Program Manager

Program Manager

CompanyLeidos
LocationArlington, VA, USA
Salary$72150 – $130425
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Must have an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
  • Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently under stringent timelines
  • Experience with captures, including business development, customer relations, and proposal management/writing
  • Experience with agile scheduling
  • Experience with financial systems and managing program budgets
  • Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, external stakeholder networks, and teaming partnerships
  • Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of prior relevant experience

Responsibilities

  • Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale programs
  • Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements
  • Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule
  • Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables
  • Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs
  • Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely
  • Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures
  • Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards
  • Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope
  • Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables
  • Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of prior relevant experience
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance