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Senior Program Manager
Ad Hoc LLCAd Hoc seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead program delivery for Veterans Affairs. Manage program performance, customer relationships, and team success in government contracting.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPMP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- As a Senior Program Manager, you are the primary decision maker for the program or portfolio of programs.
- You will collaborate with business unit leadership in shaping the strategic direction of the program/portfolio and managing customer relationships.
- A Senior Program Manager is a people manager, leader and mentor that effectively manages team members in support of delivery success.
- You will have extensive experience in implementing structured project management/process methodologies in order to meet scope, schedule and budget requirements.
- You will successfully lead through direct reports, and effectively communicate and execute against program and organizational objectives.
- Manages all aspects of program performance (i.e. technical, contractual, administrative, financial) and coordinating program activities across multiple projects.
- Experienced in the ability to manage planned contract revenue, billable utilization, and gross margin achievement.
- Cultivates strong customer relationships to understand needs, maximize customer satisfaction, and communicate overall project status, as well as drive innovation.
- Communicates with stakeholders to address changes to program scope, timeline, or budget. Advanced experience with change management best practices.
- Exhibits extensive influential skills to translate customer vision and drive project activities to successful outcomes.
- Extensive ability to shape customer success outcomes and metrics.
- Employs a "big picture" strategic vision; organizing people, technology, culture, and operations to drive solutions to significantly complex business problems.
- Extensive ability to manage contractual obligations and oversee and manage output of sub contracting partners.
- Proactively recognizes issues and conflicts and problem solve solutions, strategically turning barriers into opportunities.
- Manages effective communication workflows, leveraging Project Managers (if applicable) to communicate information effectively.
- Negotiates outcomes and agreements that benefit the project and company.
- Extensive ability to partner with practice and growth leaders to identify and drive organic and new growth opportunities.
- Extensive ability to develop strategic program plans that benefit the organization over the long term.
- Effectively identifies program risks, implements, and manages mitigation techniques in a timely manner.
- Extensive knowledge of and adherence to ISO and CMMI quality standards.
- Trusted ability to achieve CPARS ratings above Satisfactory.
- Superior organizational and time-management skills, as well as communication skills.
- Extensive ability to earn trust and respect from team members, and influence decisions that need to be made to make the project successful.
- Extensive experience with Agile project management methodology and project management tools and software.
- Prior government or government contracting experience.
- Responsible for hiring, performance management, timecard reviews, PTO management and team development.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's and 9+ years of program or project management experience in federal IT contracting or similar complex delivery environments
- Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end program performance in Prime and Subcontractor environments, including customer relationships, delivery outcomes, staffing, financial oversight, and navigating contract scope and priorities.
- Proven experience managing budgets, forecasting, and delivery performance in T&M and/or fixed-price environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading teams of 25+ personnel, including subcontractors and matrixed resources, across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Experience applying Agile project management methodologies and project management software tools.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification strongly preferred.
- Agile certification strongly preferred, such as PMI-ACP, AgilePM Foundation, ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist, or equivalent.
- Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Brings a strong product sense, with the ability to translate customer needs into delivery priorities, align teams around outcomes, and balance technical execution with user and mission value.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementproject managementbudget managementchange managementrisk managementAgile project managementcontract managementperformance managementfinancial oversightstaffing
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem solvinginfluential skillscustomer relationship managementstrategic visionteam developmenttrust buildingnegotiation
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)Program Management Professional (PgMP)Agile certificationPMI-ACPAgilePM FoundationICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)Certified Scrum Master (CSM)SAFe Agilist