About the RoleCulmen International is seeking an Alternate Program Manager to support an Air Force contract.
The Alternate Program Manager is a key member of the AFCAP VI Program Management Office and is fully prepared to act for the Program Manager when required. The position supports contract-wide leadership, task-order execution, rapid-response readiness, cross-functional coordination, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. The Alternate Program Manager helps maintain continuity of operations across globally dispersed activities and supports timely decisions, resource allocation, and issue resolution
What You’ll Do in Your New Role
- Serve as the designated alternate to the Program Manager and exercise delegated authority for contract and task-order matters.
- Support day-to-day Program Management Office operations and implementation of the AFCAP Management Plan.
- Coordinate multiple task orders, Site Managers, functional leads, partners, and subcontractors across dispersed locations.
- Support 24/7 on-call readiness, urgent proposal actions, mobilization, deployment, and mission-response activities.
- Monitor cost, schedule, staffing, quality, safety, security, property, procurement, subcontractor performance, risks, and deliverables.
- Ensure actions and records comply with contract requirements, task-order requirements, Government direction, and applicable laws and regulations.
- Prepare and review program reports, briefings, action-item trackers, corrective-action plans, and decision materials.
- Maintain effective communication with the Contracting Officer, Government Program Manager, customers, Site Managers, and corporate leadership.
- Help verify personnel qualifications, clearances, training, medical readiness, and deployment documentation.
- Assume Program Manager duties during absences or as directed to ensure uninterrupted leadership and contract performance.
Required Qualifications
- Current active Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, construction management, logistics, program management, or a related field.
- At least two years of program management experience within the last seven years.
- Demonstrated expertise in Government appropriations.
- Experience in engineering, construction, services, or commodities.
- Strong knowledge of Government acquisition processes.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple task orders valued above $400,000.
- Ability to coordinate geographically dispersed teams and operate effectively under compressed timelines.
- Strong written, verbal, organizational, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree
- PMP or comparable program-management certification.
- Experience with contingency contracting, expeditionary operations, IDIQ programs, and cost-reimbursable and firm-fixed-price task orders.
