Program Manager

Kinsley Power Systems; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)

401(k) plan with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

HX5, LLC is seeking a Program Manager for Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO. The role focuses on agile software development, coordinating government and contractor teams, and delivering program milestones with a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities include leading Agile events, developing documentation, conducting risk reduction, and interfacing with stakeholders for UEWR program upgrades and system enhancements. Hybrid work with 1 day/week onsite.

Qualifications

• Experience developing strategies for agile software development.
• Negotiating requirements with Government and stakeholders.
• Leading Agile ceremonies and coordinating with multiple contractor teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and plans to enable agile software development.
• Negotiates requirements with Government and stakeholders. Prioritizes requirements for their specific Agile analysis/development team.
• Attends and participates in contractor Agile events and scrum ceremonies.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure decision making.
• Develop and coordinate design and contract documentation for prototyping activities.
• Lead risk reduction studies and technical insertions.
• Prepare briefings and reports; resolve system issues with contractors.
• Maintain technical requirements and architecture documentation for UEWR programs.
• Provide input to acquisition planning and interface with logistics and support teams.

Skills

Agile events

Program management

DoD experience

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

Job description

Program Manager

Program Manager, Journeyman

Peterson Space Force Base

Colorado Springs, Colorado

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently recruiting for a Program Manager to join the team at Peterson Space Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies and plans to enable agile software development.
• Negotiates requirements with Government and stakeholders. Prioritizes requirements for their specific Agile analysis/development team.
• Attends and participates in contractor Agile events, such as, but not limited to: Daily scrums, program increment/sprint planning, sprint reviews/demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Coordinates events, such as Configuration Control Boards, Integrated Team Teams, Joint Configuration Control Boards, ensuring key stakeholders are in attendance to make decisions.
• Communicates expectations with the contractor Agile team, while communicating Agile team performance and progress to leadership.
• Coordinates with the ECQR government personnel to accept the work of the contractor Agile team.
• Develop and coordinate on design documents, requirements documents, contracts documents, enabling concepts, concepts of operations, system training plans, risk reduction strategies and recommendations, training material, test requirements, work specifications, and other technical documentation as requested to execute prototyping activities in support of Government demonstrations.
• Perform design studies and analysis, performance-based design reviews, high level detailed specification and scope preparation, configuration management and documentation control, fabrication, assembly and simulation, and modeling.
• Develop and perform technical insertions and risk reduction strategies, studies and recommendations to mitigate identified risk conditions.
• Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Develop, plan, and implement strategies and analysis for emergency/urgent depot level modifications, technology demonstrations, prototyping, and system test and evaluation activities.
• Prepare briefings, reports, informational analyses.
• Coordinate and lead resolution of system issues, deficiencies, software bugs, etc. with prime contractors, depot contractors other support contractors.
• Develop and maintain technical requirements documents and architecture documentation to execute UEWR programs, upgrades, system modifications and enhancements.
• Provide expertise, to include proactively identifying and resolving potential risks, to program managers at technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, technical order in-process reviews, VTCs, telecoms, working groups and informational meetings to facilitate informed decisions.
• Provide relevant input to acquisition planning activities, upgrades and modifications and studies and interface with contractor logistics support personnel and product support integrators.

Salary: This position is expected to pay $90,000 - $130,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.

Education and Experience:

Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field.
• At least 5 years of DoD Program Management experience
• Must have and be able to maintain Secret Security Clearance
• Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD PMP Level III Certification, Agile certification (PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, Scrum Master Certification CSM etc)
• Agile software program management experience

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours. This position offers hybrid flexibility approximately 20% (1 day a week) - Subject to change per the customer's discretion.

Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Must be able to travel, up to 10% including air travel to include CONUS and OCONUS locations.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, pleasecall [phone].

CJ