Director, Operations
TalentWerx
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $153,600 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Overseeing and optimizing the day-to-day operations of multiple programs
- Implementing operational strategies aligned within your Directorate
- Creating and implementing initiatives that optimize processes, enhance productivity, and ensure quality across all operational functions
- Exploring new markets and creating new corporate offerings
- Identifying, tracking, and mitigating portfolio risk
- Managing operational budgets effectively, allocating resources to maximize efficiency while controlling costs
- Identifying areas for cost-saving measures and process improvements
- Meeting/exceeding approved revenue and profit targets
- Ensuring contract and task ceiling and hours are maximized
- Ensuring comprehensive professional development for all assigned employees
- Partnering with HR to execute talent acquisition
- Building and maintaining productive relationships with clients
- Preparing staffing plans to ensure skill and labor mix will support contract operations
Requirements
- Clearance: Secret Clearance
- Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor's (or equivalent) with 12-15 years of relevant experience or a Master's with 10-13 years of relevant experience. At least 4 years in a management capacity.
- 3+ years of experience directly managing software development programs.
- Extensive working knowledge of program management practices to create, track and maintain cost, schedule, performance, and risk metrics
- Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework within the DoD
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office products
- Working knowledge of agile management constructs (Agility, JIRA, Rally, etc.)
- Working knowledge of change management principles and practices
- Outstanding communication, organization, leadership, and problem-solving ability
- Excellent oral communication / briefing skills
- Experience managing Firm Fixed Price contracts and software development efforts
- Demonstrated integrity and accountability
- Focused on the mission to support our nation’s warfighters
- Passion for transformative results
- Courageous decision maker
- Transparent work and communication style
- Desire to learn and grow.
Benefits
- Health and wellness programs
- Income protection
- Paid leave
- Retirement and savings
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
program managementrisk managementcost managementschedule managementperformance metricsrisk metricssoftware development managementchange managementagile managementFirm Fixed Price contracts
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizationproblem-solvingintegrityaccountabilitydecision makingtransparencydesire to learnrelationship building
Certifications
Secret Clearance