Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful cost, schedule, and contract performance.
• Serves as the main point of contact for the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), the Government Program Manager, and the Contractor’s senior management.
• Directly contributes to program efforts in several areas, including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
• Ensures proper performance of tasks necessary to ensure the most efficient and effective execution of the contract.
• Utilize expert communication skills needed to direct skilled technical resources, report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, and write and review technical documents.

Minimum Experience

• Fifteen (15) years of experience managing programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required as a program or project manager.
• Direct experience in managing multi-task contracts and subcontracts of various types and complexity, as well as experience in leading a multi-vendor environment, is required.
• Knowledge of the guidelines provided by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), DoD 5000 series, and ICD 801 policies.
• Must have experience conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting.
• Must have at least three (3) years of demonstrated experience in managing and controlling funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms such as Earned Value Management. Must have a PMP, FAC-P/PM Senior Level, or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA)Level 3 certification in Program Management.

Capabilities

• Allocate resources (staffing, facilities, and budgets) on the contract
• Review and approve all earned value, Estimate To Complete, Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Report, or other financial reports as appropriate.
• Review and allocate management reserve within contractual limits
• Ensure cross-discipline integration within the contract to meet Government needs
• Work with the higher-level program manager, if applicable, to provide effective and efficient management of the Contractor’s effort
• Review and propose the Integrated Program Baseline (or resource-loaded schedule) to the Government
• Review risk and risk mitigation activities and allocate budgets for the same.
• Prepare program status reviews and other formal reviews to be presented to the Government PM.
• Ensure the timely recruitment and training of program staff - both direct and indirect.
• Review all financial and technical reports before releasing them to the Government.
• Communicate issues and solutions to the Government PM promptly and transparently.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and administrative requirements imposed by the contract in coordination with the Contractor’s contracts staff.
• Assist the Government PM by providing input to statutory acquisition reports and responses to Congressional Questions for the Record (QFRs)
• Coordinate the preparation of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and value engineering proposals to the Government PM.
• Provide Contractor input to the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan reviews or Award Fee reviews, as appropriate.
• Communicate issues and solutions to the broader Government management structure as requested by senior Government leaders.
• All tasks of the Level 2 PM not performed at Level 2 due to the size and complexity of the contract.
• Provide guidance and direct tasking for Level 0, 1, and 2 Program Managers if any are assigned to the contract/program.
• Rapidly assemble and execute focused cross-disciplinary Government/Contractor teams to address urgent or unexpected cost, schedule, or technical program/contract issues.