Program Manager Technical Focus
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- Serve as the primary point of contact with the Government's COR, KO, and Technical Points of Contact (TPOCs)
- Provide leadership and oversight for all contract activities, ensuring delivery of program objectives, milestones, and deliverables per the Performance Work Statement (PWS)
- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary technical team, including solution architects, software engineers, cloud administrators, and test engineers
- Collaborate with technical teams to optimize system performance, ensure cybersecurity compliance, and implement software enhancements.
- Oversee compliance with Army and DoD cybersecurity requirements (e.g., Risk Management Framework, STIGs, IAVA, ATO maintenance)
- Manage scope, schedule, risks, and resources, using Agile and iterative project management practices
- Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, cloud optimization, and solutioning as needed
- Support business development by identifying technical growth opportunities, contributing to proposals, and participating in customer briefings or demonstrations
- Prepare and deliver project status reports, cost tracking, risk mitigations, and progress metrics to internal leadership and government stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to program quality, security, and compliance standards, including overseeing deliverables such as SSP updates, and testing artifacts
- Ensure all personnel meet training and certification requirements (e.g., DoD 8570 baseline certifications)
- Manage all P&L aspects of the project and work with corporate management on risk management and business growth activities
- Responsible for the performance management of all staff
- Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key client stakeholders
- Active Secret Clearance with US Citizenship
- 10+ years of program/project management experience, including at least 3-5 years supporting federal IT systems (Army or DoD preferred)
- Demonstrated experience managing cloud-hosted enterprise systems (preferably AWS GovCloud)
- Proven track record in managing complex government contracts.
- Demonstrated experience successfully managing client relationships
- Demonstrated experience managing employees (performance management and mentoring)
- Strong technical understanding of:
- o Application development frameworks (e.g., .NET Core, Angular, Blazor, JavaScript)
- o Cloud services (AWS EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3)
- o Cybersecurity compliance (e.g., DoD RMF, ATO, STIGs, IAVA)
- PMP certification (or equivalent)
- DoD 8570 baseline certification (e.g., Security+, CISM, or CISSP) or ability to obtain within 6 months
- Experience working within Agile, Scrum, or similar delivery frameworks
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders, lead customer interactions, and prepare executive-level briefings
- Prior experience in a technical leadership role (e.g., Solutions Architect, Lead Engineer) in addition to management
- Previous Aberdeen Proving Ground experience desired
- Experience contributing to federal proposals or business development activities
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Git repositories, and automated CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with DoD data privacy, FOIA, and records management requirements
- AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect)