Senior Program Manager

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking an experienced Program Manager to oversee a contract responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining onsite and cloud-based enterprise IT solutions for a government customer.

The successful candidate will act as the overall Program Manager for a large IDIQ contract effort. In this capacity they shall direct efforts of cross-competency teams spread across multiple efforts to include Cyber, Cloud, Software Development, Customer Support, SOC/NOC, and AI. The Program Manager will serve as the primary liaison and POC with Government representatives on technical and project issues.

The ideal Program Manager should possess a strategic mindset, strong leadership skills, and an ability to adapt to emerging and dynamic requirements. A quality candidate should also have a strong desire to be highly involved in advancing the growth of the program through competitive task order awards.

Additional Responsibilities include:

• Oversight and management of contract personnel • Oversight of all technical and operational functions, planning, organization, and control of resources to complete all contract deliverables and services. • Planning and directing execution of the contractual, technical, multi-disciplinary engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative support effort • Monitoring and reporting progress through regularly scheduled briefings to leadership on program status and milestones • Manage acquisition and employment of project resources. • Control financial and administrative aspects of the project • Serve as the primary POC to the customer’s COTR/GTM for contract, cost, schedule, and performance. • Ensure sufficient qualified staffing to achieve timely and successful completion of the efforts described in this SOW. • Be vested with the authority required to meet the responsibilities of PM and have the necessary access within his/her company to obtain necessary project resources on a timely basis. • Coordinate all program management reviews with the Sponsor to discuss contract performance, special topics of interest, and issue resolutions. • Manage SLAs as required by contract Required Education, Experience, & Skills • 12 + years’ experience managing large complex projects with multiple projects • 5+ years of Project Management experience managing complex projects of a similar scope and complexity. • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification • Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, business management, or related field • In lieu of Masters, a bachelor’s and equivalent of 4+ years of experience • Experience in an Intelligence Community, military, or other Government environment performing in a related subject area (e.g. project management, engineering, computer science, etc.)