Program Management Support

Job Description

The Red Gate Group is seeking a Program Management Support (International Acquisitions) Specialist to join our team supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in St. Louis, Missouri. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting international acquisition activities across the full program lifecycle—ensuring mission success through expert program management, acquisition support, and stakeholder coordination.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to program leadership, providing expertise in cost, schedule, performance, acquisition, and readiness to strengthen NGA’s international partnerships and mission outcomes.

Responsibilities

As a Program Management Support Specialist, you will:

• Provide program management support across the acquisition lifecycle, including Source Selection Proposals, Task Order Proposals, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and Requests for Change (RFCs).

• Advise the Program Manager on Certification and Accreditation (C&A) activities for new system initiations.

• Monitor and track program issues, risks, and opportunities with focus on cost, schedule, and performance.

• Deliver input to ECPs, budgets, and other program documentation in support of mission requirements.

• Support the development of system CONOPS, architectures, requirements, and technical documentation.

• Facilitate coordination and technical exchanges between prime contractors, stakeholders, and NGA segments.

• Participate in technical exchange meetings (TEMs), readiness reviews, and program management reviews.

• Provide SME-level input at design, development, testing, and operational reviews.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure requirements are properly integrated into enterprise solutions.

• Support international partner engagement, assessing opportunities for participation in future NSG capabilities.

• Assist with Certification and Accreditation activities in coordination with NGA security and OCIO.

• Plan, coordinate, and support test activities, validation, and transition of new capabilities into operations.

• Prepare detailed technical reports, briefing materials, and recommendations to support program leadership.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance (CI Polygraph preferred).

• 8 years of total experience with at least 6 years specialized in program management or acquisition.

• Proven experience supporting government acquisition programs.

• Strong understanding of program lifecycle management, readiness, and performance monitoring.

• Ability to work collaboratively with government, contractors, and international stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) mission and contributions to the Intelligence Community.

• Familiarity with NGA processes, systems engineering, acquisition, configuration management, readiness, and security.

• Understanding of NGA requirements processes for Non-State Entities (NSEs) and Crisis Action Teams (NCATs).

• Experience with NSG and ASG architectures.

• Familiarity with NGA ISP/ASP Model and NGA/TI Programs.