Government Contract Program Manager

Are you an organizer and communicator who thrives on bringing together talented people and enabling them to do amazing things together? Do you want to be part of shaping and growing a wildly successful business, having your input valued on company culture and values, vision and purpose, process, and goals? Would you like to work in an environment where your reward is clearly connected to your performance and contribution, where the challenges are significant but the opportunity is great, and the bureaucracy and bull is put in its place? Finally, can you demonstrate success in running large Government Contracts as a Program Manager?

Then please, keep reading. You will be expected to manage multi-disciplinary consulting and outsourced program division support of 30-80 team members.  As a Xentity Program Manager you will work with Senior executives to achieve definition and delivery of key program delivery and transition milestones.

You will be key to client and team success, effectiveness, and satisfaction. 

• You will challenge your team members and they will challenge you, and you will all benefit from the results.
• You will get the support you need to solve problems, learn and grow and realize your own potential. 
• In the process, you will have an important role in building a business and project management practice.

Responsibilities will include:

• Ensure clear project purpose, objectives, and value proposition with team and client stakeholders
• Proactively manage issues and risks and clear obstacles to team success
• Manage change to balance scope, schedule, budget to optimize results

More specifically, Government contracts will require:

• Generating monthly reports, Helping gather report information from the team, Handling setting up meetings, Reviewing checklists for deliverables, capture notes, document processes, prepare meeting agendas and schedule team meetings, prepare project documentation, coordinate project logistics, and similar forms as a project management assistant.
• Requires strong note taking skills or fast electronic capturing, and supports client-facing information gathering sessions such as stakeholder interviews and other customer interaction.
• Expected to be self-motivated, accountable, and able to handle failure while building upon success.
• ???????Participate in planning and strategy sessions, manage small project tracks (2-3 team members) including coordinating dependencies and define the critical path of a project
• Must be able to lead change while being flexible and resilient with capable conflict management experience.  Problem Solving must be a core capability.
• Technical Management analysts can provide management planning and governance support. 
• Technical management can lead a system definition, design, implementation, modernization, consolidation, or austerity team.
• Can perform SETA or IV&V tasks.
• Can augment support for executive business intelligence.
• Business Management analysts can provide analytical support to planning, strategy, project management, and related technical teams.
• Can also perform technical and business analysis in support of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Business management can lead a transformation, governance, research, communication, or program management office.
• Role can perform specific tasks such as facilitating the Requirements Development Process. Concept Selection Process, Technology Development Process, Core Management Skills & Processes, Risk & Opportunity Management, Market Research (including socio-economic considerations), and Communications Management.
• Provide feedback regarding management strategy and process. Track project metrics and provide feedback for process improvement
• The position must be capable of leading team meetings with clients in project tracks of up to 10 people.
• Communicate and influence at client management and director level to help in proper framing of issues for escalation.
• Support via facilitation a client executive team to through conceptual, vision, and recommendation exercises or presentations
• Lead multiple sub-project teams of up to 20 people
• Must be able to leverage diversity of input and client interactions and help in developing others.
  • Provide strategic direction for project.
  • Be decisive and have entrepreneurship as core competency.
  • Be able to understand political and cultural surroundings, and influence and help in negotiating what is required to accomplish recommendations.
• Demonstrable accomplishments in managing Government Contracts, program staffing, onboarding, supervisory, and transition large programs
• Demonstrate strong Agile PM capabilities to set up project for success (initial plan, all initial meetings with team & client coordinated, etc)
• Successful execution of project plan
• Capability to rapidly grasp and increase on of subject matter specifics working with architects, client, and team

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• at least 7 years of experience relevant to strategy, business, or technical consulting and strong familiarity with client subject matter or domain and have demonstrated deep expertise in strategic visioning for organizations.
• Familiar with Natural Resource Management and Science Mission space - Planning, Policy, Land Management, State and International Issues/Topics with the Federal Government in Natural Resources Management. (i.e. experience in NEPA)
• Preferred to have previous experience supporting high-tech and scientific programs, preferably government related, AND experience in IT Management
• Agile PM experience
• PMP Certification is preferred
• Must have demonstrable accomplishments in managing Government Contracts, program staffing, onboarding, supervisory, and transition large programs
• Strong familiarity with FAR, Compliant Communication, and Supervisory/HR/EEO legal requirements
• Must be able to demonstrate fast, quality typing
• MUST have rapid workshop planning lifecycle experience – planning, logistics, facilitation, vision building, collaboration, and rapid transition planning.
• Must be able to travel 10-20% of the time in US, possible AK/HI
• Must be able to pass basic NACI
• Have a home office  with frequent on-site presence
• Must be able to pass background, drug and reference checks
• No Relocation Assistance, must be local

Benefits: 

• We emphasize a balance of work and life and target 40-50 hour weeks with ample time to refresh with great paid-time off.
• Salary & Bonus Programs - Competitive Salary. Multiple Recognition and Rewards Bonus Programs (Performance Bonus plan reviewed twice annually - total ranging from 2-5% of salary and Business Development Bonus Plan, Employee Referral Bonus Plan, and Company Profit Sharing Plan). 
• Paid Time off - Self Managed Time Off Including 11 Paid Holidays
• Medical Insurance - Coverage for Major Medical and Surgical, Medical Health Care, Dependents’ Health Care with 100% of employees or 80% employee and 50% family. Options to enroll in Dental Insurance, Vision Discount Program, Prescription Discount Program, Group Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Professional insurance advisors to guide employees through these benefits as needed. 
• Solid, managed retirement savings plan including - Multiple 401(k) funds with traditional and Roth options, Company paid fees, Company Match, Third-party Trust Management with personalized retirement portfolio web analysis tools.

We are a fast-growing data consulting and support services firm - focused on large data programs in data types such as geospatial, open, big, and IoT data. Check out www.xentity.com to learn about our focus, services, clients, missions, values as well as our excellent benefits package and career information.

We have high profile clients and projects that our staff really deliver for, as well enjoy knowing they make a large difference.

Xentity is an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) company and SBA certified small disadvantaged business