Program Manager IV

Summary Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions, LLC., a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Program Manager to lead a 15-person professional team to provide Program Management and Implementation Support (PMIS) services to DOT, including organizational management, financial analysis, and communications services support to various parts of OST. The successful candidate will have knowledge of the customer environment and will be able to interact effectively with the customer to ensure that the programs are meeting contract requirements. The Program Manager operates as a Strategic Business Unit partner reporting directly to the President of ChESS. The Program Manager must have the prerequisite program administration and management background to exercise total responsibility and authority for program execution and customer satisfaction. Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, and determination to innovate scalable solutions for our clients.   Responsibilities Hiring Manager and team leader for 26 project managers, scrum masters, analysts, and others. Knowledge and experience with organizational management, financial analysis, and communications services. Provides services in a highly complex and constantly changing organizational environment, with a high degree of internal and external visibility and stakeholder interest. Manages and controls schedules and cost to reduce project costs, reduce project risks, better estimate staffing needs, better estimate project costs and resource needs, and improve project quality. Apply and comply with governing policies, standards, guidelines, procedures for project management methodology and processes, as well as the systems and methods for measuring successful progress and completion of overall programs and projects. Provide the guidance and oversight to the Agile Delivery Teams and ensures overall alignment with business goals and priorities. Exhibits strong leadership skills and builds rapport with key stakeholders. Provide senior program management for the contract and team. Work with customers to ensure the contract provides the highest quality individuals, resources, and results. Provide recommendations and feedback regarding the functional and technical scope of the contract and organizational methods for achieving its goals and objectives. Act as the primary point of contact for all contractual deliverables, information requests, and staffing action items. Support and engage in meetings and conferences as necessary and resolve performance-related issues quickly and discretely as needed. Supports Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project management methodologies. Implement Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology. Subcontractor management Develop and follow a Transition-In Plan that provides the government with a detailed approach the contractor will take to ensure continuity of operations for all tasks required during performance Transition-in plan within 10 days of start Quality Control Plan within 10 days of start Other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in accounting, public policy or administration, business administration, information technology or related field. A minimum of 10 years work experience in managing multimillion-dollar IT programs. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification SAFe Agile certification desired ServiceNow, SharePoint, experience preferred Adept at presenting clear, concise, factual support free from political conclusions or any judgment of individual(s). Ability to pass Public Trust / MBI background investigation Experience providing program management services for federal government contracts. Must have demonstrated experience providing direction for operations and ensuring compliance with all management policies, plans and procedures. Must have strong leadership skills and experience working with Federal executives. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Writing meets college Baccalaureate degree standards for English grammar, spelling, and composition Ability to prioritize and work on tight deadlines. Attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to interact with a variety of individuals in a courteous and professional manner. Teleworking Permitted? Yes