Senior Program Manager (Lifecycle Acquisition - Expert Level)

STEMBoard is a technology solutions company that creates smart systems and software solutions for government and large-scale private sector clients. We are growing fast and need passionate, innovative people who love working with technology and are ready to make an impact.

Here’s what you can expect from us:

• You will work with great people who love what they do: our team includes published authors, patent holders, and internationally renowned engineers.
• We care about our employees: we invest in professional development and reward creativity. Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 20 days of paid vacation.
• We invest in the community: STEMBoard boasts a lively education and outreach program that teaches engineering to the historically underserved.

Overall Assignment Description:

Provide Acquisition Program Management to a Government lead and team that:

• Provides acquisition strategy program management services to senior management.
• Works across NGA directorates to help the Government coordinate development of new and/or modified/enhanced capabilities for operational use.
• Provides technical guidance to the Government Point of Contact (GPOC) on programmatic matters related to lifecycle engineering.
• Provides program management guidance in service frameworks and models, agile engineering processes, and industry best practices to achieve NGA’s GEOINT mission.

Duties may include:

• Provide technical, financial, schedule and risk management guidance to the project, program or Program Management Office (PMO).
• Provide support to the drafting of interagency agreements and other documents required for the execution of AF9‘s and MIPR’s.
• Provide business executive support in linking Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Budget Planning with Budget Execution and Control.
• Provide programmatic risk assessments, mitigation strategies and risk burn down plans to achieve the desired program results.
• Support coordination of cost estimates and technical work scope with the PMO and appropriate project or program teams.
• Interface with NGA organizational areas, end users/customers including foreign and domestic agencies to identify and mitigate risks, develop and manage budgets, create and maintain schedules that ensure technical results and program performance.
• Provide program management support to NGA Management in strategic business planning, business development activities, product concept development and Information Technology engineering.
• Ensure programmatic alignment and adherence to the NGA Vision, Planning and Programs, CIOT Priorities and TA Priorities.
• Support the development, coordination and governance management of Request for Change (RFC’s) and Engineering Change Proposal (ECPs) requirements documents.
• Ensure the technical maintenance and configuration management of program and project plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), architecture diagrams, and other key program documents.
• Support the preparation of briefing packages for the Acquisition Governance Process and other related governance boards.
• Support the coordination of program management between the Engineering Divisions, CIO-T Offices, and NGA Directorates and Associate Directorates.
• Support NGA and IC Steering Groups, Advisory Groups and Governance Boards.
• Support Enterprise Release Planning.
• Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA’s) and / or Assessments
• Maintain PMO artifacts using NGA approved software, tools and processes.
• Provide acquisition program management expertise in lean six-sigma strategies and execution; working knowledge of agile methods, practices and execution; or working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methods and applications.
• Provide validation and verification of engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality and traceability to requirements.

Requirements

A combination of twenty (20) cumulative years of experience in which fifteen (15) years are focused demonstrated understanding, knowledge, and familiarity in the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business or a related field. Four years of experience can be substituted for a degree.
• Program Management expertise in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk management.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques.

Desired:

• Demonstrated specialized experience in Cost/ Price analysis, cost estimating or financial management.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in Department of Defense (DoD) and or NGA acquisition processes.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with the development and/or review of cost estimates and the associated technical work scope necessary to achieve stated objectives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the Intelligence Community.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in managing Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Incentive Fee, Cost Plus Award Fee, Firm Fixed Price, Time and Materials or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contracts.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in lean six-sigma, Agile or SAFe methods withdemonstrated results.
• Demonstrated specialized experience tailoring and using both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies to support acquisition planning, execution, integration and transition to operations.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with the identification of technical issues and proactive communication of possible impacts.
• Demonstrated specialized experience in performing validation and verification of various engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality results against customer requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Intelligence Community (IC) Configuration Management (CM) processes.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with developing and validating system roadmaps, project plans and mission capabilities.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA’s).

Benefits

• Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 20 Days Paid Leave
• 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401K Matching
• Training/Certification Reimbursement
• Short term/Long term disability
• Parental/Maternity Leave
• Life Insurance