Position Title: Program Manager
Company: TCS GovCon
Location: On-Site at NSWC Crane
Employment Type: Full-Time. This position is contingent upon contract award.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Clearance Level Required: Active Secret. U.S. Citizenship required.
Job Summary: This position supports an anticipated Department of Defense effort providing acquisition engineering and product support and logistics (PS&L) services to a Navy systems command customer. The work sustains fielded shipboard combat systems across their full life cycle: supply support, technical data, training, reliability and maintainability, data analytics, configuration management, and program support. The Program Manager leads the entire effort and owns the customer relationship.
This is a senior leadership role contingent on contract award. The selected candidate's qualifications will be evaluated against government-defined requirements for the position.
Essential Functions:- Serve as the single point of accountability for cost, schedule and performance across all task areas
- Maintain a visible, responsive presence with the Government program office at NSWC Crane; run recurring status cadences and turn emergent tasking around quickly
- Manage deliverables end to end: monthly status reports, funds and man-hour expenditure reporting, staffing plans and the program management plan
- Oversee the integrated master schedule and plan of action and milestones for assigned projects
- Lead a multi-company team; manage subcontractor performance and integration
- Own staffing across roughly 30 positions spanning logistics, technical data, analytics, configuration management and training: recruiting, onboarding and retention
- Lead contract transition and phase-in without disrupting support to the fleet
- Run program risk management and keep Government and company leadership informed with metrics that hold up
Experience and Skills:- Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) from an accredited college or university in business administration, management, engineering or a related field
- 10 or more years of professional program or project management experience, including at least 5 cumulative years leading complex federal defense contracts of similar size, scope and complexity
- Demonstrated experience managing cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) or cost-reimbursement contracts
- Expertise in earned value, cost and schedule monitoring, risk mitigation and staff resource allocation
- Available during core Government working hours, with local availability for on-site meetings at NSWC Crane
- A demonstrated record of hands-on, present, responsive program leadership
Desired Qualifications:- Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification; a DAWIA program management credential is also valued
- Master's degree in business or management
- Direct experience managing support contracts for NAVSEA, NAVAIR or Naval Program Executive Offices
- NSWC Crane or SeaPort contract experience
- Experience leading logistics or product support programs for fielded Navy systems
- Experience managing Government data deliverables (CDRLs)
- Prior military service
Travel: Minimal. Work is performed on site at NSWC Crane and at the TCS facility near Crane. This is not a remote position; candidates must live within commuting distance of Crane or be willing to relocate.
Benefits:- Comprehensive health benefits, including life, health, dental, vision, short-term disability (STD), and long-term disability (LTD) coverage for eligible employees and family members.
- 401(K) Plan with company match.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO).
- Competitive salaries.
Application Process: We invite resumes from all interested parties.
