Senior IDIQ Program Manager

Overview

Nakupuna Companies is looking for a Senior IDIQ Program Manager to lead our team of talented consultants providing professional services to a federal law enforcement customer. This position will support the administration and oversight of dynamic and broadly dispersed teams providing professional, business operations, and administrative support in a high visibility environment. The ideal candidate excels in task and time management, possesses strong leadership skills, and brings depth supporting senior-level officials in the federal government.

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Serve as the senior program manager responsible for overall execution of the IDIQ and all awarded task orders.
• Lead and motivate a cross-functional team to ensure effective collaboration, clear communication, and a shared understanding of project roles and responsibilities.
• Manage the contract requirements of the PWS, including responsibility for contract deliverables.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for government customer leadership, contracting officer, contracting officer’s representative, and technical points of contact.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define program goals and align them with the organization’s strategic objectives.
• Identify potential risks and challenges that may arise during the program’s lifecycle and develop mitigation plans and contingency strategies to address risks and ensure program success.
• Support deliverable development and project implementation across functional areas and client offices.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, dashboards, reports, and responses to Government data calls. Proactively provide status updates, progress reports, and address concerns or inquiries.
• Engage with key stakeholders, clients, team members, and partners through consistent and proactive communication.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality Control Plan (QCP), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), and security, ethics, and training requirements.
• Execute all financial aspects of assigned projects, ensuring adherence to allocated budgets and compliance with financial regulations. This includes developing budgets, monitoring execution, managing variances, and forecasting expected results (e.g., EACs).
• Manage cost, schedule, staffing, quality, and performance across multiple task orders, to include subcontractors, invoicing support, and contract modifications.
• Serve as primary supervisor to the team to include hiring processes, timesheet approvals, and performance reviews.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate is familiar and has experience with the following technical knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Experience managing large teams, upwards of 100+ employees, across a variety of duty locations and schedules (on-site, hybrid, and remote), to include recruiting, hiring, training, and performance management of direct reports and task leads.
• Experience directing staff, tasking activities, and supervising assigned technical and administrative staff, including subcontractors.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, impeccable character, and the ability to motivate and inspire teams to achieve objectives.
• Experience collaborating with clients to coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, and solve problems.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work with different stakeholders and devise innovative solutions for customer challenges.
• Self-motivated and self-monitoring, exceptional oral and written communications, and ability to…