Program Manager, Senior - DPAE Maritime M & S

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Full Time Arlington, VA, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

At MBC, we believe we can. We believe in working hard to meet our clients’ outcomes. We believe in laughter to help us recharge, draw people together, foster a positive work environment, and boost creativity. We believe in listening to our employees, partners, and clients. We believe in always challenging ourselves, for it is through pushing our boundaries that we achieve our greatest successes.

This mindset propels our employees and our teams to accomplish our goals. That’s where you come in. If you believe in these things too, you’re our kind of person!

We are currently seeking a Senior Program Manager located in the Washington, D.C. area to support a major U.S. Navy ships program.

What you’ll do:

The Senior Program Manager will lead major surface ship modernization, sustainment, and decision-support efforts in support of the U.S. Navy’s DPAE Maritime program. Beyond running the program, this role serves as a trusted day-to-day partner to the government client — listening actively to operational and mission challenges and translating them into data analytics, visualization, and decision-support solution concepts delivered by our internal teams and subcontractors.

You need to be fluent in what modern data analytics, AI/ML, and digital transformation can do for a Navy program office, and how to shape those opportunities into outcomes for DPAE Maritime mission.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee planning, direction, and success of major programs, systems development efforts, and research or technology initiatives. (Programs are typically large, multi-year efforts divided into several sub-programs or tasks.)
• Define, organize, and direct short- and long-range program plans, including formulating, guiding, and directing the technical approach, and defining and negotiating for necessary resources.
• Establish and control technical milestones, schedules, budgets, and costs.
• Plan internal and external engagements, including meetings, conferences, and events.
• Assist in the development of briefing material and drafting documents in accordance with Navy Correspondence Manual guidelines.
• Coordinate, monitor, and execute data calls to gather inputs from both internal and external stakeholders. Consolidate and communicate information from data calls to government leadership for further action.
• Evaluate operational deficiencies, recommend improvements, and coordinate their implementation
• Attend meetings and program reviews, assist with compiling presentations, written materials, and/or electronic communications as required
• Serve as a trusted, day-to-day partner to DPAE Maritime leadership and staff — building the durable client relationship that surfaces emerging needs and opportunities in the course of routine engagement, before they become formal requirements
• Translate government mission and operational challenges into data analytics, visualization, and decision-support solution concepts; shape and steward those concepts with internal teams and subcontractors through delivery
• Champion digital transformation and innovation aligned with Department of the Navy and DoD direction, including the push toward AI-enabled workflows, data-driven decision-making, and audit-ready analytics — helping the client separate operational value from hype
• Ensure delivered analytics and decision-support products meaningfully inform how DPAE Maritime leadership makes decisions — not simply satisfy a task order deliverable
• Travel domestically and internationally, provide in-person support at…