Program Manager - USACE Latin America & Caribbean

Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world.
 
At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.

• Provide strategic leadership and overall management oversight for program implementation and multiple concurrent BPA call orders.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams supporting complex infrastructure, engineering, program management, project controls, acquisition-support, and technical-support requirements throughout Central and South America.
• Oversee program and project management activities across the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, and closeout.
• Develop strategic plans, establish management priorities, coordinate internal teams, and ensure effective integration across program task areas.
• Oversee program performance against schedules, budgets, deliverables, and performance requirements.
• Ensure effective coordination between program management, project controls, acquisition and contract-management support, and specialized technical teams.
• Establish and maintain effective, transparent communication with USACE leadership, the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and other Government stakeholders.
• Identify, track, and manage programmatic, schedule, cost, operational, and performance risks, and oversee development and implementation of appropriate mitigation measures.
• Guide the program's response to multiple, competing urgent priorities and short-notice Government requirements in a dynamic international environment.
• Oversee staffing and deployment of qualified personnel across Latin America and the Caribbean and support the program's ability to scale staffing in response to changing call-order requirements.
• Support coordination of specialized subject matter expertise for urgent requirements, including activities requiring rapid mobilization to foreign, remote, or challenging project locations.
• Ensure program activities and deliverables meet applicable U.S. Government and USACE requirements and quality standards.
• Provide increased leadership and coordination for strategic active call orders or when designated major projects require intensive oversight, including travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico and locations across Central and South America, as required.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Engineering, Business Management, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of twenty (20) years of experience managing large-scale, complex government programs, with demonstrated experience leading a portfolio of projects valued in excess of $1B.
• Direct experience managing Project Management contracts or programs for USACE.
• Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure, engineering, or security assistance programs in Central and South America.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams in high-pressure, short-deadline environments characterized by shifting political, funding, and operational priorities.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Excellent English and Spanish communication skills preferred.
• Ability to travel frequently to Central and South America preferred. 

Benefits

Dexis offers benefits to support employees’ health, financial security, and well-being. The benefits outlined below are for full-time, US-based positions only. These benefits include:

• Medical and prescription drug coverage: A choice of three UnitedHealthcare medical plans, with coverage options for employees and eligible dependents.
• Dental insurance: Dental coverage for employees and eligible dependents, including preventive, basic, major, and orthodontic services, subject to plan limits.
• Company-paid vision insurance: Vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents, with premiums paid in full by Dexis.
• Employer-funded health reimbursement arrangement (HRA): Employees who enroll in the Silver HRA medical plan receive an employer-funded HRA to help pay eligible in-network deductible expenses.
• Company-paid life and disability insurance: Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Optional supplemental insurance: Voluntary supplemental life and AD&D insurance options, including life insurance options for eligible dependents.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Company-paid access to confidential counseling and legal and financial support resources for employees and their families.
• Health and wellness resources: Virtual care, behavioral health resources, and wellness programs available through the medical plan.
• Benefits assistance: Personalized support with benefit enrollment, coverage questions, claims, and finding providers through the Employee Care Center.

Participation, coverage, and employee contributions are subject to applicable benefit plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you? 

If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.