Program Manager
- Program Leadership: Own total lifecycle delivery—initiation through closeout—including scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and stakeholder communications.
- Customer Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact to GVSC; manage customer expectations, cadence reviews, action item closure, and stakeholder alignment.
- Financial Management: Lead program financials, forecasting, and baseline control in partnership with Finance.
- Risk & Opportunity: Stand up and manage a proactive risk/opportunity register; implement mitigation plans and management reserves as appropriate.
- Subcontract/Partner Management: Negotiate SOWs, track performance, approve invoices, manage flow-downs, and ensure supplier quality/timeliness.
- Reviews & Reporting: Lead internal/external reviews (IPRs, QBRs, PMRs, SRR/SDR/PDR/CDR as applicable) and deliver high-quality program artifacts and CDRLs.
- Process & Improvement: Apply PM best practices (PMBOK/DAU) and continuous improvement (LEAN/Agile where applicable); champion lessons learned and corrective actions.
- People Leadership: Build and guide a high-performing cross-functional team; oversee staffing plans, tasking, priorities, and performance development.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10-15 years of progressively responsible program/project management experience in DoD or defense environments.
- Demonstrated success managing cost, schedule, and performance for complex efforts.
- Working knowledge of DoD acquisition processes and contract types (FFP, CPFF, T&M, IDIQ).
- Excellent communication skills with experience briefing senior government stakeholders.
- Experience supporting GVSC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO GCS, TACOM, or other Army ground vehicle programs.
- Active [Secret/Top Secret] DoD clearance
- U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements.
- Master’s degree (MBA, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Project or Program Management) or PMP/PgMP/DAWIA/DAU PM certifications.
- Understanding of ground vehicle systems (mobility, autonomy/robotics, software, powertrain, survivability, vetronics, cyber, AI/ML, modeling & simulation, test).
- Strong subcontract management experience and supplier performance oversight.
- Knowledge of export control/ITAR, cybersecurity requirements (CMMC, NIST 800-171), and configuration/data management.
- Experience leading technical reviews (SRR/SDR/PDR/CDR) and developing CDRLs/SDRLs.
- Prior leadership of IDIQ task orders
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