Program Manager with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

Retirement plan

Career development

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Prescient Edge in San Diego/Port Hueneme, CA seeks a Senior Project Manager with a strong DoD background to lead large-scale contracts from requirements to deployment.

Candidates must have 10+ years DoD service-specific projects, 5+ years managing similar scope, PM/DAWIA/PMP, and a TS security clearance. Travel 25%+ is required, with extensive travel in summer 2025.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and proven ability to manage complex DoD projects.
• Experience in managing large scale contracts and as PM on FEDSIM contracts.
• Travel 25%+ with extensive travel planned for Summer 2025.
• Security clearance TS is required.
• DAWIA/PM certification and PMI PMP experience.
• 10+ years of DoD service-specific/JPS projects in the last 15 years.
• 5+ years managing projects of similar scope; at least one with intelligence or SOF.
• Lead project teams; define requirements, schedules, budgets, risk mitigation.
• Coordinate internal/external resources to meet scope, schedule, and budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from requirements through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Establish and maintain relationships with client stakeholders regarding project status and changes.
• Monitor status and revise scope, schedule, or budget as needed to meet requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Leadership

DoD programs

PMP certification

Security clearance TS

Contract management

Travel readiness

Education

Technical degree

Job description

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.
• Salary range: $141,000 - $204,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data. Job Requirements Job Description & Requirements:
• Good communication skills.
• Have managed technical projects before and have a technical degree or some technical experience with DOD projects.
• Travel is of the utmost need with travel expected to be at least 25% or more of the time.
• Will be required extensive travel summer 2025.
• Management experience for large scale contracts.
• Experience as the PM of a FEDSIM contract.
• Leadership experience.
• FAC PMM Level III Government Career Path.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Initiative Act (DAWIA) experience.
• Within the last 15 years, possess a minimum of 10 years of experience working on DoD service- specific and/ or Joint-Service projects.
• Within the last 10 years, possess a minimum of 5 years of experience managing projects that are of a similar scope and complexity. One of the projects managed must have included intelligence or special operations support elements.
• Possess a current certification in at least one of the following at time of proposal submission and maintain the certification throughout the life of the task order: Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional or PMI Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes. Security Clearance:
• Security clearance required TS. Location:
• San Diego/Port Hueneme, CA.