Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager

Huntsville, Alabama

Job ID: 4631

CALIBRE, an employee-owned Management Consulting and Digital Transformation Company, is looking for a highly motivated Program Manager to join our team supporting a Federal client at the MDA Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as the contractor's primary interface with the Governments Contracting Officer, Government Contracting officer's Representative (COR), and Government Technical Monitor.
• Responsible for formulating and enforcing work standards, assigning contractor schedules, reviewing work discrepancies, supervising contractor personnel, and communicating policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to subordinates.
• Manage the development and preparation of proposals for the program and serve as the primary contact to respond.
• Determines the necessary schedules for proposal submittal, proposal preparation, pricing, and review the proposal for responsiveness to the program's requirements.
• Establishes budgets, forecasts, manpower, equipment, and supply needs for assigned area of responsibility.
• Designs, conducts and/or facilitates the preparation of the efficient and effective program metrics, other reports, and briefings as required.
• Responsible for the overall development life cycle for the environment and the ability to manage complex projects on schedule and within budget.
• Work with customers, senior officials, engineers, and software developers to develop a strategy and road map that provides compelling and value-add innovations and new capabilities.
• Responsible for all staffing decisions, skill mix, and assessments.
• Instill best practices for Agile software development and corresponding documentation, ensure designs meet requirements, and responsible for delivering high-quality services.
• Formulate and enforce work standards, assign contractor schedules, review work discrepancies, supervise contractor personnel and communicate policies, purposes, and goals to the organization.
• Organize, direct and coordinate planning and implementation of all contract support activities.
• Be responsible for the business development within current customer base and/or for new customers.

Required Skills

Minimum education and experience requirements are based on a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in engineering, science, or other field relevant to the support for which the individual is performing.

*Additional related experience may be substituted for degree requirements: four (4) years related experience for Bachelors; seven (7) years related experience for Masters; ten (10) years related experience for Doctorate. Required certifications are included in the GLC descriptions.

• Active Top Secret (SCI) eligible clearance at the time of proposal submission
• At least 3 years of PM experience as a contractor
• At least 15 years of DoD experience in Information Management, Data Management, Cloud Modernization and Migration, Data Center Operation and Modernization, and Cybersecurity
• Excellent oral briefing and writing skills to engage with leadership at the SES or Flag Officer Level
• 5 years of experience with MDA as a contractor or GS/SES
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 15 years of Defense Industry Experience.
• Extensive hands-on technical expertise.
• Deep understanding of DevSecOps, automation and virtualization technologies, cloud architecture, containerization, storage, etc.
• Data analytics focus and firm understanding of digital transformation.
• Strong background of leading projects and teams.
• Strong business and technical vision.
• Deep understanding of a software development team and Agile framework.
• Exceptional customer relationship skills to include the ability to uncover true requirements, recommend alternative solutions and approaches, and lead engineering efforts that meet aggressive timelines.
• Self-motivated and comfortable with independent and team problem solving.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Excellent with Oral and Written Communications.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs that include multiple subcontractors, material vendors, and demanding customers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage costs on a multimillion-dollar design and development program to include estimates at complete (EAC) and other cost accounting methods.

 

Desired Education and Experience

• Master’s Degree
• PMP Certificate

required Experience

CALIBRE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status. For our EEO Policy statement, please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.

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