IDIQ Program Manager

Pivot Path Solutions; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Employer-paid Life Insurance

Job summary

Pivot Path Solutions, LLC in the Washington, DC area seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead an IDIQ program for NIST on-site in Gaithersburg, MD. You will oversee multiple task orders, ensure quality, staffing, cost control, risk management, and customer satisfaction while coordinating with government and subcontractors.

The ideal candidate has managed complex federal science/tech programs and holds a PhD or Master’s in Physical Sciences or Computer Science with extensive IT program management

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Government-funded programs.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and executive communication skills.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating multiple task orders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary program-management point of contact for NIST and Pivot Path leadership.
• Provide centralized oversight of all task orders under the IDIQ contract.
• Manage technical performance, staffing, schedules, deliverables, risks, and costs across concurrent orders.
• Establish roles, reporting lines, and escalation paths across teams.
• Coordinate planning, staffing, execution, QA, and performance reporting.

Skills

Executive communication

Education

Ph.D. in Physical Sciences or Computer Science

Master’s in Physical Sciences or Computer Science

Job description

Based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area, Pivot Path Solutions, LLC is a government contracting and business solutions firm that offers enterprise IT solutions, strategic and acquisition planning, organizational development, and medical research and analytics services to help customers adapt and thrive in changing market conditions.

Position Summary

Pivot Path Solutions is seeking a highly qualified Senior Program Manager to serve as the IDIQ Program Manager and principal management lead for a program within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) agency. This is an on-site position in Gaithersburg, MD.

The Senior Program Manager will serve as the primary management interface with NIST and provide oversight of multiple concurrent firm-fixed-price task orders. This position is responsible for ensuring high-quality technical performance, effective staffing, timely deliverables, cost and schedule control, risk management, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has successfully managed complex federal technology or scientific programs involving multidisciplinary technical teams, multiple task orders, and Government-funded computer science or physical science initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary program-management point of contact for NIST, Pivot Path leadership, subcontractors, and task-order teams.
• Provide centralized oversight of all task orders issued under the IDIQ contract.
• Manage technical performance, quality, staffing, schedules, deliverables, risks, and costs across concurrent firm-fixed-price task orders.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, reporting relationships, communication procedures, and escalation paths.
• Coordinate task-order planning, staffing, technical execution, quality assurance, and performance reporting.
• Maintain accurate program and task-order records.
• Track task-order deliverables using the Government-provided Redmine application and update status at least monthly or as required.
• Conduct recurring program reviews covering progress, risks, staffing, quality, corrective actions, and upcoming milestones.
• Ensure deliverables receive appropriate technical, quality, and contractual reviews before submission.
• Monitor performance metrics and implement corrective actions when cost, schedule, quality, or technical risks arise.
• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, retention, assignment, and replacement of qualified personnel.
• Confirm that assigned personnel meet applicable education, experience, technical, and security requirements.
• Manage subcontractor performance, workshare, communications, deliverables, and compliance.
• Coordinate personnel security processing, system and facility access, and other NIST onboarding requirements.
• Support NIST Associates Information System and authorized foreign-national processing when applicable.
• Maintain productive relationships with Government program, contracting, and technical stakeholders.
• Provide executive-level reporting to Pivot Path leadership regarding contract performance, staffing, financial status, risks, and customer satisfaction.
• Oversee technical work involving information technology, database applications, scientific data, software engineering, standards, testing tools, reference implementations, analytics, and related services.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must meet one of the following education and experience combinations:

• Ph.D. in Physical Sciences or Computer Science with at least eight years of experience in IT-related studies, technical management, or a combination of both; or
• Master’s degree in Physical Sciences or Computer Science with at least 11 years of experience in IT-related studies, technical management, or a combination of both.

Candidates must also possess:

• At least three years of experience managing Government-funded computer science or physical science-based programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-task contracts or programs of comparable technical complexity, contractual complexity, and magnitude.
• Experience managing quality, cost, schedule, staffing, deliverables, risks, and customer relationships.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and coordinating multiple concurrent projects or task orders.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, analytical, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to satisfy applicable federal background, security, facility-access, and system-access requirements.

What We Offer:

Pivot Path Solutions strives to attract, motivate, and retain the best people in the industry. Our benefits package reflects our continued commitment to our employees by prioritizing the health and well-being of each member. The Company offers a comprehensive compensation package that includes:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous Contribution on Health, Dental and Vision Insurances
• 100% Employer Paid Group Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Safe Harbor 401(K) Plan
• Health Saving Account (HSA)
• Healthcare Flexible Saving Account (FSA) and Dependent Care FSA
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program

U.S. Citizenship is required, and all selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation. This includes meeting the eligibility requirements for access to classified information and the ability to obtain government-granted security clearance. Individuals may also be subject to background investigation including criminal history, employment verification, education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.