Program Manager

WWCM has an opening for an Agile experienced Program Manager (PM). The PM will lead a talented team in developing, operating, and maintaining critical national cyber security solutions. The scope of the program includes Agile development, systems engineering, Agile SW development, COTS integration, test and evaluation, implementation, and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities.

WWCM is looking for a PM who will plan, coordinate, and manage the actions taken by the organization to initiate and execute a government contract. The PM will serve as the WWCM single point-of-contact with the program office for management and technical matters and contract-level issues. The PM must effectively negotiate differences that may exist between WWCM, our partners, our vendors, and the customer in order to bring together a cohesive/efficiently running development and maintenance organization. The position will be responsible for managing cost, schedule, quality and risk to ensure contract requirements are met; provide financial reports, collect and analyze project metrics; prepare and participate in informal and formal reviews.  The PM must provide the leadership and have the interpersonal communication skills necessary to inspire, lead, direct, and manage a large agile development program. The PM will interface with senior leaders and directors to help maintain and sustain critical infrastructure. Additionally, the PM will be a single point of contact for the Contracting Officer and the COR.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all financial, technical, administrative, contractual, and personnel aspects of the contract and component task orders. Serve as main point of contact for client leadership, the contracting officer, and the COR. Manage complex, full life-cycle engineering projects from initiation to deployment and implementation. Identify, assess, and resolve complex business problems/issue/risks and facilitates issue resolution and risk mitigation. Ensure contractor back-office support to properly process invoicing and personnel security clearance requirements.
  
• Manages program Agile SAFe®, and DevSecOps deployment and execution
• Ensure that all work on this contract complies with the contract terms and conditions and is approved/coordinated with senior corporate managers
• Coordinate resolution of scope and schedule disputes with government and contractor service delivery teams
• Lead cross project planning for Contractor resources, scheduling, milestones and deliverables
• Expertly manage cross-functional teams responsible for delivering high-quality program capabilities on time and within budget, including Subcontractors and Vendors across multiple locations

Minimum Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship and must have the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related Engineering field
• Certification in Project Management from a recognized credentialing agency (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI))
• 12+ years Project Management experience on large-scale IT Application Development contracts with a total contract value of at least $90M or more
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Demonstrate integrity, respect, and a commitment to excellence, collaboration, agility, and diversity
• Understanding of Lean, Agile, scrum, Kanban, or related concepts and tools for services delivery
• Experience organizing, directing, and managing contract operation support functions involving multiple, complex, and interrelated project tasks
• Experience coordinating multiple large agile software application development teams
• Experience leading Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, and/or MS365/SharePoint
• Experience effectively communicating at senior levels within a customer organization
• Experience meeting with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items, and effectively execute in accordance with approved plans
• Experience with managing multiple projects, including adjusting to shifting priorities and solving problems quickly
• Ability to collaborate with technical staff and customers in forming strategies to improve performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness
• Experience with large scale information sharing between teams across multiple locations
• Experience mentoring staff in order to maintain high levels of performance and positive morale
• Experience managing tools, purchases, and a demonstrated understanding of purchasing systems

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior experience at a tech company
• Ability to break down a product or feature into the technical teams and systems involved and their dependencies
• Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members
• PMP/Scrum Master/Release Train Engineering experience
• Experience building processes, program management, and release schedules
• Experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in software development and familiar with Jira, Github, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, Python, Service Oriented Architectures, and AWS (preferred)
• Ability to communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences