Overview:
WiSC Enterprises is a mission-focused, veteran-owned small business providing expert support within the Defense and Intelligence Community. We specialize in delivering cleared professionals to high-impact programs, offering agile staffing solutions and operational excellence across a wide range of mission-critical areas.
We are looking for an Expert level Program Manager who will provide:
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Acquisition strategy program management services to senior management.
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Work across NGA directorates to help the Government coordinate development of new and/or modified/enhanced capabilities for operational use.
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Provide technical expertise and assistance to the Government on programmatic matters related to lifecycle engineering.
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Provide program management expertise in service frameworks and models, agile engineering processes, and industry best practices to achieve the customer's GEOINT mission.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical, financial, schedule and risk management expertise and assistance to the project, program or Program Management Office (PMO).
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Provide support to the drafting of interagency agreements and other documents required for the execution of AF9‘s and MIPR’s.
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Provide business executive support in linking Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Budget Planning with Budget Execution and Control.
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Provide programmatic risk assessments, mitigation strategies and risk burn down plans to achieve the desired program results.
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Support coordination of cost estimates and technical work scope with the PMO and appropriate project or program teams.
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Interface with the customer 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.
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Provide program management support to NGA Management in strategic business planning, business development activities, product concept development and Information Technology engineering.
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Ensure programmatic alignment and adherence to the NGA Vision, Planning and Programs, CIOT Priorities and TA Priorities.
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Support the development, coordination and governance management of Request For Change (RFC’s) and Engineering Change Proposal (ECPs) requirements documents.
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Monitor the technical maintenance and configuration management of program and project plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), architecture diagrams, and other key program documents.
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Provide decision support analysis, leveraging techniques, tools and models, to influence the definition and delivery of GEOINT Services priorities and objectives.
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Support the preparation of briefing packages for the Acquisition Governance Process and other related governance boards.
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Support the coordination of program management between the Engineering Divisions, CIO-T Offices, Planning and Programs Office, customer Directorates and Associate Directorates.
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Support IC Steering Groups, Advisory Groups and Governance Boards.
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Support Enterprise Release Planning.
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Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA’s) and / or Assessments.
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Support cross functional/cross geographical team meetings.
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Maintain PMO artifacts using customer approved software, tools and processes.
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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.
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Monitor validation and verification of various engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality and traceability to requirements.
Required Qualifications:
Education & Experience:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business or a related field such as Economics, Accounting, or Finance.
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15 Years of demonstrated specialized experience as a Program Manager in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk management.
Certifications:
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Project Management Professional (PMP), DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques.
Security Clearance:
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Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain and maintain a Polgraph
Desired Qualifications:
- Demonstrated specialized experience in Cost/ Price analysis, cost estimating or financial management.
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Demonstrated specialized experience in Department of Defense (DoD) and or NGA acquisition processes.
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Demonstrated specialized experience with the development and/or review of cost estimates and the associated technical work scope necessary to achieve stated objectives.
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Demonstrated knowledge of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the Intelligence Community.
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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.
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Demonstrated specialized experience in lean six-sigma, Agile or SAFe methods with demonstrated results.
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Demonstrated specialized experience tailoring and using both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies to support acquisition planning, execution, integration and transition to operations.
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Demonstrated specialized experience with the identification of technical issues and proactive communication of possible impacts.
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Demonstrated specialized experience in performing validation and verification of various engineering results and deliverables to ensure the highest quality results against customer requirements.
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Demonstrated knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Intelligence Community (IC) Configuration Management (CM) processes.
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Demonstrated specialized experience with developing and validating system roadmaps, project plans and mission capabilities.
