Program Manager / Training Program & Business Management Lead (Secret Clearance)

Location: Linthicum, MD
Clearance: Active Secret required
Employment: Full-time
Program Status: Contingent upon contract award

Target Salary: $145K-$165K

Position Summary

MKS2 Technologies is seeking an experienced Program Manager / Training Program & Business Management Lead for an anticipated Department of Defense program supporting enterprise training operations and business management.

The Program Manager will serve as the senior contractor leader responsible for integrating a multidisciplinary team providing acquisition lifecycle support, training program/project/portfolio management, business process improvement, data analytics and visualization, and executive-level facilitation and strategic planning.

This position requires a leader who can manage both contract performance and mission delivery across a complex, high-tempo federal training organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership, management, supervision and integration of contract personnel and subcontractors.
• Serve as the primary contractor interface with Government program leadership, COR, Contracting Officer and other stakeholders.
• Lead program, project and portfolio management supporting a workload of approximately 125 training-related projects annually.
• Oversee project management plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource allocation, critical paths, risk and issue registers, action trackers and lessons learned.
• Apply PMI, Agile, ADDIE, Earned Schedule Management and Critical Path Method principles as appropriate.
• Oversee teams supporting acquisition planning and acquisition-package development for as many as 50 requirements annually.
• Integrate acquisition, PMO, business-process improvement, analytics and strategic-support workstreams into a cohesive program-management approach.
• Direct program performance measurement, executive dashboards, status reviews and leadership briefings.
• Lead staffing, retention and workforce-management activities and ensure rapid response to vacancies and changing mission requirements.
• Oversee Management Plans, Staffing Plans, Quality Control Plans, transition plans, Monthly Status Reports and risk-management activities.
• Manage subcontractor performance and ensure all work meets quality, schedule and contractual requirements.
• Lead transition-in activities and maintain continuity of mission support.
• Facilitate senior-level Government discussions and communicate risks, recommendations and corrective actions clearly and concisely.

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Program/Project Management, Education/Training, Systems Management or related discipline.
• 10+ years of federal/DoD program or project management experience.
• At least 5 years leading multidisciplinary professional-services teams or PMOs.
• Demonstrated experience managing a federal services contract/task order or major program with approximately 15 or more personnel.
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects, programs or portfolios.
• Demonstrated command of project schedules, dependencies, milestones, resources, risk management and critical-path analysis.
• Experience working directly with Government CORs, contracting personnel, program managers and senior leadership.
• Experience managing staffing, contract deliverables, quality control, transition and subcontractors.
• Strong executive briefing, writing and client-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Master's degree.
• Direct DCSA experience.
• Experience supporting CDSE, STA, NCCA or another DoD training/education organization.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Experience with FAR/DFARS acquisition support.
• Knowledge of ADDIE and federal training-development environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and ServiceNow.
• Familiarity with Power BI and portfolio-level performance dashboards.
• Experience leading formal business-process improvement initiatives.