Program Manager - COMSEC IT Services w​/TS Clearance

Responsibilities & Qualifications

We are seeking Program Manager - COMSEC IT Services for the COMSEC IT Services contract.

The Program Manager will provide executive leadership and overall management of a large, complex Department of State COMSEC IT Services program. The Program Manager will serve as the contractor's primary management interface with Government leadership and will be accountable for technical performance, staffing, schedule, financial management, quality, risk, contract deliverables, and mission continuity.

This position requires a leader capable of managing highly cleared technical personnel supporting mission-critical cybersecurity, telecommunications, network engineering, cryptographic, software, logistics, and COMSEC operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive program or project management experience supporting complex IT, cybersecurity, telecommunications, network engineering, or critical-infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing large multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing Federal Government contracts or programs.
• Demonstrated experience with cost, schedule, staffing, risk, quality, and performance management.
• Experience developing, monitoring, and reporting program KPIs and performance metrics.
• Experience supporting mission-critical or high-availability IT environments.
• Experience managing subcontractors and geographically distributed personnel.
• Experience with Technology Business Management (TBM) concepts.
• Experience with ITIL-based IT service-management practices.
• Demonstrated experience supporting government agencies, customers, or contracts within federal environments. This includes the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Civil agencies, and military organizations. Prior experience supporting the same or similar contract, with an in-depth understanding of the customer environment, requirements, and operational landscape, is highly desirable.

Certifications

• PMP strongly required for recruiting
• CISSP, CISM, or comparable senior cybersecurity certification strongly preferred.
• ITIL certification preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related field preferred.
• Relevant additional experience may be considered where permitted by the governing Evolve IDIQ requirements.

Clearance

• Active Top Secret clearance required. TS/SCI eligibility/access may be required based on assigned duties.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Department of State experience.
• COMSEC or cryptographic systems experience.
• Classified national-security program experience.
• Evolve or comparable large Federal IDIQ/task-order experience.
• Experience managing 24x7x365 technical operations.
• Experience with Service Now, performance dashboards, TBM, financial reporting, and integrated master schedules.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and management of task-order performance.
• Serve as the primary contractor management interface with the COR and Government program leadership.
• Direct contractor and subcontractor personnel supporting all COMSEC task areas.
• Ensure technical, contractual, financial, staffing, schedule, and performance objectives are achieved.
• Maintain full program visibility into labor utilization, costs, schedules, deliverables, risks, issues, and operational performance.
• Lead staffing and resource-management activities.
• Maintain a qualified, cleared, and mission-ready workforce.
• Manage workforce retention, succession planning, cross-training, and continuity.
• Oversee integrated program schedules and major milestones.
• Manage program financial performance, forecasts, burn rates, and planned-versus-actual performance.
• Lead…