Senior Program Manager - Albuquerque, United States - LinQuest

Description

LinQuest is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our team in Albuquerque, NM. An active DoD Secret clearance is required.

The Senior Program Manager manages the cost, schedule and technical performance of contracts under his/her portfolio.

They must be able to provide guidance, direction, and execution management of these contracts to include working closely with functional leaders within the Corporate matrixed organization to ensure the program is properly staffed with personnel that have the right skill sets and behaviors.

The Program Manager will also be responsible for supporting overall business growth with LinQuest.

The Program Manager oversees the functions and team members of a program, including, responsibility over daily operations, financial results, program execution within the business units, compliance with contract terms, regulations, and internal policies.

The Senior Program Manager shall possess project manager experience, including experience in personnel supervisory and/or personnel resource allocation experience and/or contract management.

They will support the Government in execution of program management functions (i.e., development of Statements of Work (SOWs) and Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Acquisition Strategy, etc., for various contract efforts.

Responsibilities:
Serve as the face of the company to our government customer
Lead teams, including subcontractors in the execution of multiple projects simultaneously
Interface with government leadership to obtain and clarify contract requirements; maintain responsibility for the daily control and supervision of all contract members
Analyze Performance Work Statement (PWS) and ensure all contract members are keenly aware of required support to the government client as laid out in the PWS
Ensure all Contract Data Requirements Lists contained in the PWS are executed to the highest quality and completed as directed by the contract
Ensure all contract financials are executed per the contract and reported per contract direction
Conduct interviews and assist in making hiring decisions
Participate in business development and proposal writing
Lead the strategic and tactical initiatives on the assigned program
Manage the day-to-day operation of the program
Manage program resources to ensure program performance to contract expectations
Manage key relationships with government program management
Manage the evaluation of program performance
Manage and guide sub-contractors to ensure contract performance
Manage and implement innovation initiatives
Coordinate across company verticals to share best practices
Ensure company leadership has visibility to any program issues that may affect company reputation, branding, relationship, and CPARS results
Manage, administer, and evaluate programs, policies, and procedures in the required program areas.
Collaborate with leadership to ensure alignment with company policies

Manage issues, risks and opportunities, assisting team members in removing roadblocks and communication to management about issues that cannot be resolved.

Manage the program schedule documenting detailed tasks for each functional area, responsibility for the task, begin and end dates, and percent complete
Document critical path and supervise weekly to ensure schedule is maintained, and document actions to recover programs that are behind track
Support business development activities to increase use of the task order ceiling
Create project descriptions; identifying problem sets with associated solutions to the customer
Multiply and grow funding opportunities with the customer
Provide technical support and leverage technical background to contribute to each project


Required Skills and Experience:
BS/Masters in STEM field from accredited institution(s)
Must have current program/portfolio management experience

10+ years of relevant experience relating to Aerospace and Defense projects, such as major weapons systems or major programs (e.g., Acquisition Category (ACAT)).

Ability to multi-task and prioritize activities by levels of importance and suspense dates
Firm understanding of execution year dollars
Ability to multi-task and prioritize activities by levels of importance and suspense dates
Ability to work with a team of multi-disciplined specialists
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels, including a matrixed environment
An active DoD Secret clearance


Preferred Skills and Experience:
Nuclear weapon system experience


Benefits:
LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more For additional information please visit:

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers' portfolios.

Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.

LinQuest's corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.

Our employees' creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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