OverviewDecisionPoint seeks a
Program Manager to lead contractor performance for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Digital Capabilities Directorate. The Program Manager will serve as the primary management interface with Government stakeholders and will be accountable for integrated execution across the program.
The Program Manager will coordinate performance across enterprise IT, software development, cloud, data, cybersecurity, and mission-support workstreams while maintaining accurate, real-time visibility into schedule, cost, staffing, risk, quality, and deliverable status.
Candidates in the Dayton, Ohio, area are preferred. Availability during [redacted] Eastern Time core hours and travel or on-site support at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base may be required.
Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe
Program Manager will:
- Serve as the primary Contractor point of contact and coordinate with Government program leadership and technical stakeholders.
- Lead integrated execution across IT, cybersecurity, software, cloud, data, and infrastructure workstreams, ensuring schedule, budget, performance, and contract requirements are met.
- Manage staffing, workload, workforce continuity, personnel transitions, and knowledge transfer to minimize service disruption.
- Lead program reviews and stakeholder meetings and provide timely status, performance metrics, decisions, corrective actions, and contract deliverables.
- Manage quality, technical and program risks, transition activities, and continuous-improvement efforts.
- Coordinate company leadership, subcontractors, and technical personnel while ensuring workforce readiness and compliance with security, training, certification, property, records-management, and other contractual requirements.
QualificationsClearance Requirement:Must hold an active Secret clearance. Eligibility for or prior access at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level is preferred.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field. A master's degree is preferred.
Experience: - Minimum eight years of progressively responsible program or project management experience supporting complex IT, cybersecurity, software, cloud, data, or engineering efforts.
- At least five years of experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams, including personnel, schedules, budgets, risks, quality, and deliverables.
- Experience managing federal or Department of Defense contracts and working directly with Government program leadership.
- Experience managing firm-fixed-price work and performance-based service requirements strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting classified, mission-critical, or research-and-development environments preferred.
Technical Knowledge: - Working knowledge of enterprise IT infrastructure, software development, cloud platforms, data management, cybersecurity, and IT service delivery.
- Familiarity with performance metrics, quality-management plans, transition plans, risk management, configuration management, and contract deliverables.
- Ability to interpret PWS requirements, security obligations, schedules, staffing needs, and performance standards and translate them into executable plans.
Certifications: - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
- ITIL, Agile, Scrum, Lean Six Sigma, or related management certifications preferred.
Skills: - Strong leadership, personnel-management, and customer-engagement abilities.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive-communication skills.
- Strong planning, organization, risk-management, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and integrate multiple technical workstreams.
- Ability to make timely decisions and represent the company effectively with Government stakeholders.
- Ability to support Eastern Time core hours and travel to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or other locations as required.
