Program Manager

ABSC (Absolute Business Solutions Corp.)

Program Manager supporting Department of Defense programs at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Leading program management activities while ensuring compliance with governmental requirements and stakeholder engagement.

Posted 8/2/2026full-timeAberdeen Proving Ground • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $125,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Program Management, including financial forecasting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and quality standards. Proven ability to lead teams, manage resources, and deliver high-quality customer deliverables on schedule.

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Program ManagementFinancial ForecastingRisk ManagementStakeholder EngagementProject Management Professional Certification

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Hard Skills

Program Management Plan DevelopmentInvoicing ManagementQuality Control ProcessesTimekeeping ManagementPerformance ReportingContract-Support Activities CoordinationProject Feasibility AnalysisCost MonitoringDeliverable ManagementPersonnel Management

Soft Skills

Leadership SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsWriting Skills

Tools & Technologies

Deltek SystemsECRAFTE2 ePRUAPG Vendor Reporting

Certifications & Qualifications

Active Secret Security ClearanceProject Management Professional Certification

Industry Keywords

Government ProgramsContractual RequirementsQuality AssuranceStakeholder RelationshipsProgram Metrics

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Estimates at Completion: Work closely with the finance team to develop and maintain accurate program estimates, ensuring financial forecasts align with program funding, staffing, goals, and timelines.
Customer Deliverables: Oversee the delivery of high-quality reports, CDRLs, plans, dashboards, and other customer deliverables, ensuring all submissions meet contractual requirements and customer expectations.
Invoicing Responsibilities: Oversee and manage the invoicing process, including applicable eCRAFT, E2 ePRU, and APG Vendor reporting, ensuring timely and accurate submissions in compliance with contractual requirements and financial policies.
Program Management Plan: Develop, maintain, and execute the Program Management Plan, including the Work Breakdown Structure, schedule, Quality Control Plan, risk-management approach, personnel-management plan, program metrics, and technical-effectiveness processes.
Team Management: Lead and manage program team members, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring each team member effectively contributes to mission and program objectives.
Staffing Management: Monitor recruiting, vacancies, onboarding, retention, training, leave, and backfill activities to maintain workforce stability and uninterrupted mission support.
Timekeeping Management: Manage timekeeping through Deltek systems, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of team hours and program expenses.
PM Assessments: Conduct monthly program management assessments to evaluate program progress, performance, financial status, staffing, deliverables, risks, and alignment with objectives, adjusting as necessary.
Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify, assess, track, and respond to program risks and opportunities, ensuring potential issues are addressed proactively to minimize impact on cost, schedule, performance, and mission delivery.
Financial and Performance Reporting: Maintain accurate financial, personnel, schedule, production, and performance information to support Government and corporate reporting requirements.
Program Oversight: Assign and review tasks, establish priorities, monitor work in progress, verify successful completion of deliverables, and take corrective action when activities fall behind schedule.
Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Engage with Government, corporate, subcontractor, and program stakeholders at all levels, building strong relationships and ensuring ongoing support and commitment to the program.
Quality and Compliance: Ensure program activities and deliverables comply with the PWS, applicable CDRLs, quality-control processes, security requirements, standard operating procedures, and customer expectations.
Corporate Participation: Play a key role in supporting monthly and quarterly business reviews, both remotely and in person at ABSC headquarters in McLean, Virginia, by providing insights and updates on program status, achievements, financial performance, staffing, risks, and challenges. Participate in and contribute to ad hoc corporate meetings, ensuring program perspectives are represented and integrated into broader company strategies.
Growth & Recompete Support: Assist ABSC's Growth team with proposal development, capture activities, and recompete planning, as needed. Provide program insights, performance data, staffing information, customer and mission context, past-performance inputs, and other content needed to support compliant and compelling submissions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret security clearance.
Bachelors degree.
Minimum of 14 years of experience managing Government programs, including at least one year of supervisory experience; OR Minimum of 10 years of experience managing Government programs, including at least one year of supervisory experience, for candidates possessing a Project Management Professional certification.
Experience organizing, directing, and coordinating the planning and implementation of contract-support activities.
Experience interfacing with Government personnel and managing contractor personnel, subcontractors, teaming partners, deliverables, cost, schedule, staffing, quality, and customer requirements.
Experience formulating and reviewing project feasibility, determining costs, monitoring performance, and ensuring conformance with established work standards.
Ability to interpret organizational policies, purposes, and goals and communicate them effectively to program personnel.
Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to take ownership of tasks, drive them to completion, and deliver results on schedule with minimal supervision.
Excellent writing skills, including the ability to prepare professional reports, plans, briefings, presentations, and meeting minutes.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with Government leadership, program personnel, subcontractors, teaming partners, and corporate stakeholders.
Ability to provide on-site program management at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland full time until program is transitioned in and steady state; and then at least two days per week, with additional on-site support based on mission requirements.
Ability and willingness to obtain the Project Management Professional certification within six months if not already certified.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
Retirement Planning 401k Fully Vested with Match
Tuition Assistance Program
Annual contributions to help you pay down your loans
Annual Health and Wellness Allowance buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
Career Development 5,250 Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
Volunteer Time Off Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
Charitable Match ABSC matches up to $250 of an employees donation to a qualifying charity
Paid Parental Leave Employees receive 3 weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay
Referral Program We pay for internal and external referrals!
LOV Awards Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program