Program Manager

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Program Manager to join our Client's team.

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to support a portfolio of complex projects within a highly regulated national security environment. This part-time position is responsible for overseeing project execution, integrating scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risk, and performance metrics, while serving as a key liaison between leadership, project teams, and client stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong program management expertise, experience supporting federal or national security initiatives, and a proven ability to implement disciplined, repeatable project delivery practices.

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution efforts across multiple projects and task orders.
• Align project scope, schedule, budget, resources, technical objectives, and customer priorities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for client representatives and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, staffing forecasts, budgets, cost estimates, and performance reports.
• Monitor project performance, funding, burn rates, deliverables, risks, and change management activities.
• Identify and elevate issues requiring management or client attention.
• Coordinate activities across technical, finance, procurement, operations, project controls, and security teams.
• Support subcontract and task-order administration, including scope development, funding coordination, work planning, deliverable tracking, and period-of-performance management.
• Prepare executive briefings, dashboards, status reports, and other leadership-level communications.
• Facilitate risk management activities, including identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and tracking.
• Drive process improvements, project governance, and standardization across the portfolio.
• Mentor project support personnel and promote accountability, collaboration, and effective execution.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable contractual, safety, security, quality, and regulatory requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Technical Management, or a related field.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of Program Management experience supporting complex U.S. Government programs.
• Experience managing large-scale programs with P&L responsibility exceeding $40M in annual revenue.
• Demonstrated success supporting federal, engineering, technical, capital, or national security programs.
• Strong understanding of project integration across scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, and performance metrics.
• Working knowledge of:
  Integrated scheduling, Cost estimating and forecasting, Earned Value Management (EVM), Resource planning, Baseline and change control, Performance reporting.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with technical, financial, operational, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executive-level reports and presentations.
• Active Department of Energy (DOE) Q Clearance required.

• Experience supporting DOE, NNSA, National Laboratory, nuclear, or national security programs.
• Certified Control Account Manager (CAM).
• Certified Project Controls Engineer (PCE).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent training.
• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) training.
• Subcontract Technical Representative (STR) certification or relevant experience.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 scheduling software.

The successful candidate is a proactive leader who thrives in complex,…