Program Manager – Government

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Provide leadership and guidance across a multi-organizational management team overseeing various workstreams and functional areas.

• Define program priorities, objectives, and performance metrics that align with customer needs and organizational aims.

• Lead and coordinate efforts across different teams to ensure the successful delivery of program results.

• Develop, implement, and uphold work standards, policies, procedures, and performance expectations.

• Assign, schedule, monitor, and evaluate work activities to guarantee quality, timeliness, and compliance with contractual obligations.

• Communicate organizational goals, policies, and objectives to subordinate managers and staff members.

• Act as the primary liaison between the Government and contractor teams.

• Cultivate, maintain, and enhance relationships with senior Government officials, sponsors, and other external stakeholders.

• Regularly interface with Government management personnel, technical staff, contractor support staff, and external partners.

• Proactively address customer concerns and ensure high levels of client satisfaction.

• Facilitate collaboration among stakeholders to achieve mission objectives and effectively resolve issues.

• Take responsibility for financial performance across a significant segment of work involving various teams and task areas.

• Oversee administrative and operational functions essential for successful contract execution.

• Manage staffing, workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, professional development, and training initiatives.

• Direct contract administration tasks, including task management, subcontract management, performance reporting, and deliverable tracking.

• Ensure adherence to contractual obligations, organizational policies, customer requirements, and relevant regulations.

• Monitor program budgets, expenditures, resource allocations, and cost controls to achieve financial targets.

• Establish and uphold program quality management processes and performance metrics.

• Ensure that work products comply with contractual, technical, and regulatory standards.

• Identify and mitigate program risks, issues, and performance challenges.

• Implement corrective actions as necessary to guarantee program success and promote continuous improvement.

• Oversee compliance management activities and support audit preparedness efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Customer Specific Clearances (#clearable).

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field; relevant equivalent experience may be considered.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is mandatory.

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience managing communications services contracts, including oversight of large-scale, multi-disciplinary teams.

• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple projects, task orders, or contract activities simultaneously.

• Proven capability to lead geographically dispersed teams and coordinate efforts across various organizational boundaries.

• Experience in managing contract performance, budgets, schedules, staffing, and program risks.

• Strong understanding of business operations, quality management, compliance management, and subcontract management practices.

• Experience working directly with Federal Government clients and executive stakeholders.

• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to travel up to 25% to customer and contractor locations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage.

• 401(k) plan.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays).

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Paid Caregiver Leave.

• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law requires may be available but is unprotected.

• Adoption Reimbursement.

• Disability Benefits (short term and long term).

• Life and Accidental Death Insurance.

• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal.

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Extensive employee wellness programs.

• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available), and AT&T wireline phone.