Program Manager (Senior Lifecycle Acquisition)

Assertive Professionals is in search of a Program Manager to support our National Security Customer at Springfield, VA.

The salary range for this position is $140,000-$150,000. There is an additional $1,200 annual corporate compliance bonus. This position also offers either a $5,000 sign-on bonus or up to $5,000 in reimbursable relocation expenses.

This is a great opportunity to work for an employee-centric, fast-growing small business. We are rated a 4.9 on Glassdoor, our CEO is rated 100%, and we were rated 608 with a growth of 769% on the Inc. 5000, Fastest Growing Private Companies in America list for 2020. Additionally, we offer an excellent benefits package, including PTO, 401k Match at 5%, Profit Sharing, Company paid Life Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and two options under a national medial plan with employee contribution. 

Responsibilities 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. 

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with ability to pass CI Poly


• 12 years of total work experience


• 8 Years of demonstrated specialized experience as a Program Manager in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk management


• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business or a related field such as Economics, Accounting, or Finance


• Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques

Additional Desired Experience and Qualifications:

• 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 with demonstrated 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).