Program Manager

About the Position

Dexis is currently seeking a Program Manager for a contract to support the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) of the General Staff -8 (G8) in support of the Director of Material. The DCS G-8 is the principal military advisor to the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) and the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA(FMC)) for the Programming phase of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. The DCS, G-8 coordinates with the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)) on all proposed programming and process recommendations related to ongoing and future acquisition programs and science and technology initiatives. The DCS, G-8 coordinates with Army Futures Command (AFC) for program funding for all elements of the future force materiel modernization enterprise.

Dexis is looking for a highly qualified Program Manager to lead a future contract to support DCS G8 with analytic expertise and programmatic support in force development, analysis, integration, information, tactical data systems, and equipment fielding process. Programming will focus on army capabilities integration, prioritization, experimentation, test and evaluation and science and technology. Project tasks include validation, approval sourcing, resourcing, prioritization, analysis, reviews, recommendations, assessment of analytical products, information gathering, stakeholder engagement, configuration management research, strategy development, recommendations, program management and administrative support.

This position is based in the NCR hybrid between client location (at least three days a week) and Dexis offices. The position is subject to client approval and contract award.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day administration of the contract.
• Manage relationship with the client; communicate daily with the COR and be available between 8:00 and 16:30 daily.
• Lead a large dispersed team, ensuring collaboration, coordination and clear internal team communication.
• Ensure deliverables, products, services, and personnel meet government needs and expectations.
• Provide innovative approaches to team management.
• Provide technical support, leadership, and creation of processes in execution of the contract, including development of analytical strategies, designing, and utilizing data, research, and stakeholder collection tools, and making actional data-based recommendations.
• Lead quality assurance and technical excellence of work of the contract and team; ensure deliverables and products are delivered timely and of quality acceptable to both the client and Dexis.
• Track tasks and deliverables across the contract; work to mitigate risk and ensure the high quality of deliverables and manage workloads of team members.
• Keep abreast of trends of Army priorities, analysis, warfighter requirements, and research.
• Maintain positive team morale and culture.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field
• At least 10 years of experience supporting the US government as a contractor
• 5 years of demonstrated program management experience with project planning, execution, and performance including:
  • Delegating and tracking the status of tasks and lines of effort across geographically dispersed teams (spanning highly different time zones),
  • Mitigating risks to completion of tasks,
  • Ensuring deliverables are quality controlled prior to delivery to the government client,
  • Facilitating team collaboration,
  • Anticipating and proactively finding efficiencies and creating new processes when needed
• Specialized knowledge in contract management, work planning, control of budget, task execution personnel management, and supervision of analysts and consultants
• Interdisciplinary skill set of PPBE, DOD acquisition process and procedures, and JCIDS
• Force development skills across the domains of DOTMLPF-P in a fiscally constrained environment
• Experience supporting, reporting, and briefing the highest Army echelons such as HQDA and integrating new equipment into units at battalion levels
• Active Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of management experience, leading multi-disciplined teams of analysts, and other personnel.
• Previous military experience.
• Experience creating stability and security for large teams.
• Strong understanding of Army force readiness expertise and name recognition with key decision makers.
• Demonstrated experience with risk mitigation planning.
• Strategic, big picture thinker.
• DoD Top Secret clearance.