Deputy Program Manager

Prescient Edge; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Healthcare coverage

Retirement plan

Career development

Positive work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to support a Federal Government client in Charlottesville, VA. The role involves managing project and contract operations, ensuring schedules and resources align with contractual requirements, and maintaining strong relationships with customers.

The candidate will oversee cost and schedule performance, identify risks, and help shape program direction while coordinating with stakeholders and NGIC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to the labor category.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in relevant analysis, with recent work within last 2 years.
• Must have TS/SCI with CI Poly (or ability to obtain CI Poly).

Responsibilities

• Manage Project and Contract Operations to ensure production schedules are met and resources allocated effectively.
• Oversee cost, schedule performance and risk identification/mitigation across projects (systems, tools, equipment, software, facilities).
• Supervise production of all-source intelligence analysis; manage programs of similar size/complexity.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Leadership

Intelligence cycle knowledge

Communication

Independent work

Collaboration

All-source analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description

• Manage Project and Contract Operations to ensure production schedules are met, system resources are utilized effectively, and proper relationships are established between customers.
• Responsible for cost, schedule performance and risk identification/ mitigation on projects including but not limited to systems, tools, equipment software, facilities and other activities coordinates resolutions production-related problems.
• Responsible for supervising the production of all-source intelligence analysis and must have experience managing programs of similar (or greater) size and or complexity.
• Must be knowledgeable of the Intelligence Cycle, Collection Management Cycle, Identity Intelligence, Biometric Collection Cycle, watchlisting, Targeting operations, Formal Intelligence Production, all applicable regulations, publications, manuals and local policies and procedures, theaters of operation, knowledge of the deployment cycle and process and intelligence analytical techniques.
• Responsible for organizing programs in accordance with the mission and goals and supporting the strategic direction of the NGIC.
• Development and oversight of budgets and operating plans for the contract; overseeing the evaluation to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
• Regularly meet with stakeholders and produce accurate and timely reports of program status through the life of the contract.
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced.
• Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organization, and intelligence disciplines.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems. Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies. Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives.

Requirements

Experience

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Security Clearance

• TS/SCI/CI POLY or the ability to obtain a CI POLY.

Location

• Charlottesville, VA.