The ideal candidate demonstrates a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. The candidate must have excellent communication skills and can engage project stakeholders, functional teams, and both internal and external customers to achieve project goals. The candidate shall be committed to ethics, integrity, and innovation while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
Responsibilities include the following
Directs all phases of assigned CDLP Program by providing leadership, oversight, and mentoring to the project managers managing the individual projects from inception through completion.
Develop and ensure adherence to budget baselines including conduct of Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies and tools, when required.
Responsible for the cost, schedule, hardware delivery, and technical oversight of assigned program.
Participates in the negotiation of contract proposals and contract modifications.
Supports the preparation of proposals, statements of work and specifications, and financial terms/conditions of the contract.
Acts as primary customer contact for program/contract activities, leading program status review sessions with internal management and customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Establishes project milestones, monitors schedules, identifies project risks and manages risk mitigation or solutions.
Ensures that contract requirements are met by directing, requesting, motivating or in other ways effecting desired action by all participating functional organizations and vendors or suppliers which are necessary to meet program requirements.
Ensure that each functional organizations planning is complete, consistent and realistic, considering staffing, skills, tooling and facilities consistent with that of other functional organizations and properly supported by the resources of each participating organization.
Anticipate customer needs and develops strategies to fulfill those needs and or realign customers’ expectations.
Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.
Ensure adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years, or Master’s and 6 years’ experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries (An additional 4 years of applicable work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree).
Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager.
