About the Role The Program Manager oversees the direction, execution, and delivery of a flagship defense program supporting the U.S. Army. Acting as the primary liaison for U.S. Army customers, you will apply project management best practices to ensure OneArc's VBS-based ecosystems and simulation technologies meet critical contract performance goals. This position leads cross-functional teams and subcontractors across the software development lifecycle, ensuring excellence in cost, schedule, and technical execution.
What You'll Do
- Program & Contract Execution: Manage the execution of complex DoD contract requirements, ensuring cost, schedule, and performance objectives are achieved.
- Customer Liaison: Serve as the daily primary interface with U.S. Army customers and stakeholders, resolving contractual and program challenges to maintain high customer satisfaction.
- Agile Software Delivery: Implement agile project management processes to guide the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to final deployment.
- Financial Oversight: Manage contract budgets (labor, material, travel, purchased services) and deliver accurate financial reporting.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure project compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and internal quality standards.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Provide leadership to cross-functional teams, subcontractors, and suppliers-resolving dependencies, clarifying technical requirements, and fostering collaboration across U.S. and international OneArc sites.
- Risk Management: Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate program risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Executive Communication & Growth: Communicate program status to executive leadership, identify organic growth opportunities on the program, and support follow-on proposals.
- Brand & Culture Leadership: Advance the U.S. Army's Synthetic Training Environment (STE) through effective solution deployment, strengthening the OneArc brand, and supporting team culture and cohesion.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in a technical or management discipline.
- 10+ years of Program Management experience in the Defense/Aerospace industry, including hands-on management of Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time & Materials (T&M), and Cost-Plus contract types.
- Army Training Domain Knowledge: Prior U.S. Army service or direct experience delivering Army training, simulation, or mission command programs.
- Proven Track Record: Demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, and performance on software or simulation programs through development, integration, test, and fielding.
- Contracting & Regulatory Knowledge: Working knowledge of Government contracting, FAR and DFARS basics, contract deliverables, and customer reporting.
- Tooling Proficiency: Proficiency in project planning tools (e.g., Microsoft Project) and agile management platforms (e.g., Jira).
- Clearance & Citizenship: U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
- Location & Travel: Ability to work on-site in Orlando, Florida, with approximately 25% travel to various U.S. Army installations and customer sites.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in a technical or business discipline (e.g., MS in Engineering Management or MBA).
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or DAWIA Program Management certification.
- Deep experience with Army collective training systems (virtual, constructive, or gaming trainers) and familiarity with VBS4 or comparable military simulation software.
- Familiarity with the Orlando modeling and simulation (M&S) community and local Army acquisition organizations (e.g., PEO STRI).
- Experience with commercial enterprise software licensing programs (Enterprise License Agreements) and software sustainment.
- Experience with rapid prototyping acquisitions, such as Commercial Solutions Openings (CSO) or Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements.
- Familiarity with simulation interoperability standards (DIS, HLA) and Agile software frameworks.
Work Environment & Travel
- Office environment based in Orlando, Florida, with regular collaboration across technical labs and customer facilities.
- Approximately 25% travel required to U.S. Army installations, customer meetings, and industry events.
