IT Program Manager

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IT Program Manager

Belong. Connect. Grow. with K !

K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work:
  Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

• Integrating Current and Future Efforts:
  Lead the integration of current and future efforts, ensuring smooth coordination across different technical teams and program initiatives
• Stakeholder Liaison:
  Serve as the liaison on technical matters between Sponsor leadership and external stakeholders
• Facilitating Cross-team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Facilitate collaboration among multi-technical disciplines (data, development, and infrastructure) and Sponsor teams, ensuring that projects align with the Sponsor’s long‑term goals and technological standards and ensure seamless project integration
• Providing Updates and Solutions:
  Communicate project updates, technical challenges, and solution strategies to government leadership and stakeholders, to enable transparency and effective decision‑making
• Prioritizing Efforts:
  Assist Sponsor executive team in prioritizing efforts, managing schedules, and making informed business decisions related to maritime technology projects
• Infrastructure and Exploitation Platforms:
  Planning and managing multiple projects involving Sponsor infrastructure and exploitation platforms
• Data Collection:
  Collect, organize, or create program artifacts, in support of the Sponsor’s data collection requirements
• Process Improvement:
  Improving existing processes to enhance operational efficiency and work to ensure timely project completion
• Evolving Mission Priorities:
  Managing evolving mission priorities for current technologies, including adapting to changes in mission needs
• Presentations:
  Coordinate the preparation of presentations, reports, and other materials for senior leadership

• Location:
  
  On-site
• Travel Requirements:
  Minimal
• Working Hours:
  
  Standard

• Security Clearance:
  Active TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering or related field
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 12 years
• Cost and Schedule Performance:
  Demonstrated experience serving as the primary point of contact for a program for all technical, cost and schedule performance matters and issues
• Program Daily Operations:
  Demonstrated experience overseeing daily operations for a program
• Oversight and Reviewing Program Personnel:
  Demonstrated experience managing assigning, providing oversight and reviewing work of program personnel
• Programmatic and Technical Artifacts:
  Demonstrated experience ensuring necessary programmatic and technical artifacts required to effectively and successfully manage the program are created, maintained and are accurate
• Vendor Management:
  Demonstrated experience consulting with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess needs and mission priorities

• Communication and Coordination:
  Demonstrated experience with communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and leadership teams
• Program Management Artifacts:
  Demonstrated experience preparing program management artifacts such as presentations or reports

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at K . Let's shape the future together.

K  offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with…