Salary: $150,000-$180,000

Location: Hybrid in Arlington, VA

Job Type: Full Time

Our client is looking for an experienced Information Technology Program Manager to join our growing team in Northern Virginia. You will manage a portfolio of existing projects as well as support the pursuit of new customers and workstreams. 

The ideal candidate will have a diverse background managing technology projects for Federal customers and the ambition to build a portfolio of increasingly challenging technical projects.

Candidates transitioning from the military or federal agencies are encouraged to apply.

Location: Hybrid remote in Arlington VA

 The successful candidate will be accountable to:

• Manage all aspects of a diverse array of existing and new projects for our government customers

• Identification and retention of talent; oversee development of junior staff and working with Human Resources to developing internal advancement pathways

• Ownership of contract performance and customer relationship to include Profit & Loss

• Act as Transition Manager for new projects; oversee the transition period upon award to include cooperating with incumbent personnel and creating transition documents for customer review and acceptance (Phase-in Plan, OPSEC SOPs, etc)

• Primary point of contact for the customer regarding portfolio performance

• Managing all contract activities including requirements, operations, personnel, budgets, justifications, and reporting; this includes technical initiatives of varying timelines and scopes

• Ensure completion of deliverables and quality performance against program requirements

• Perform risk management

• Create and implement long-term strategies, roadmaps, and monitor execution

• Manage program budget

• Consults and advises internal leadership and external stakeholders

• Leading internal team meetings and customer updates

• Ensures stakeholders have actionable and timely information

• Ensures all team members maintain DoD IT/security-related training requirements within first 30 days of award and annual thereafter

• Leading a collaborative team including senior federal officials to deliver solutions

• Collaboration with the Growth Team; participating and contributing to business development endeavors such as RFP/RFQ reviews, proposal development, drafting concept and white papers and other efforts as directed

• Development of new capabilities based on observed market and client gaps, particularly in the areas of RPA, Data Analytics, and Cloud Optimization

• Identification of organic business development opportunities

What you bring

 Experience, Education, and Training

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field

• PMP (required)

• Minimum 5 years federal contracting experience directly managing IT program operations and personnel

• 10 or more years of overall IT leadership experience within a federal contracting framework

• Demonstrated experience leading teams of 50 or more team members

• Demonstrated ability to develop & retain work force

• Experience leading multi-component project teams (e.g., Systems, Web services, Cybersecurity, Helpdesk)

• IAT Level II certification is strongly preferred (e.g. CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA Security+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP)

• Superior verbal and written communication skills

Clearance Requirements:

Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for potential access to classified information. Accordingly, US Citizenship or Green Card is required.