Deputy Program Manager

MANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate, career and customer-oriented Deputy Program Manager to join our CNO team in Ft. Meade, MD.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage daily technical execution and contractual compliance, leading cross-functional teams to mitigate program risks and ensure client deliverables.
• Ensure that the technical/financial solutions and schedules in the specific delivery orders are implemented according to program schedules
• Serving as a primary liaison between the Program Management Office (PMO), Government customers, and ManTech leadership
• Organize, direct and coordinate the planning and execution of all activities associated with assigned delivery order projects
• Allocating resources across staffing, facilities, and budgets in alignment with contract requirements
• Reviewing and approving earned value metrics, Estimates to Complete, Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Reports, project costing, schedule performance, and financial deliverables prior to customer submission
• Driving cross-discipline integration to ensure customer objectives are met effectively
• Reviewing and proposing updates to the Integrated Program Baseline or resource-loaded schedules
• Managing risk assessment and mitigation efforts, including budget allocations for risk management
• Oversee staffing management, including recruiting, hiring, direct/indirect personnel training, retention, assignments, teleworking arrangements, and ensuring labor qualification requirements are met
• Oversee technical contract management, including serving as technical lead for sole source Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), value engineering submissions, surge options, etc.
• Oversee subcontracts management, including teaming strategies and financial and technical subcontract execution
• Ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and administrative requirements
• Ensuring quality products and services are delivered

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, engineering, computer science, logistics, or related field with 10+ years of related experience as a program or project manager.
• At least three (3) years’ experience supporting overall engineering integration for complex DoD, other Government Agency or commercial programs or projects
• Strong management skills: including at least seven (7) years’ experience managing teams/programs
• Experience conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, scheduling, and financial monitoring and reporting
• Current certification in PMP, FAC-P/PM Mid-Level, or DAWIA Level 2 in Program Management

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree (or degree/experience in Computer Science or Engineering)
• Fourteen (14) years of experience relating to DoD and major systems or programs
• Experience with Acquisition Management

Clearance Requirement:

• Current/Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as, the copy machine/fax machine/computer/printer.