Security Cooperation Program Manager

Recruiting Associates; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly qualified Program Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on DOD security cooperation initiatives. This role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including project management, data analysis, and strategic policy development. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s degree and extensive experience in managing projects within a U.S. government context. With a focus on innovative team management and quality assurance, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a critical area of national security. Join a forward-thinking organization where your leadership and expertise will shape the future of security cooperation efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in a U.S. government setting.
• Active Secret clearance required, with Top Secret preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day administration of the contract and manage client relationships.
• Lead a geographically dispersed team ensuring collaboration and quality deliverables.

Skills

Project Management

Data Collection and Analysis

Team Leadership

Risk Mitigation

Policy Writing

Event Organizing

Education

Master’s Degree

Tools

Data Visualization Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

Recruiting Associates (www.recruitingassociates.net) has been retained to find a highly qualified Program Manager to lead a team supporting DOD security cooperation initiatives. Project tasks include desk and field research, data collection and visualization, analysis, strategy development, policy writing and coordination, working group management, AM&E capacity building, institutional learning, knowledge management, event organizing and facilitation, and administrative backstopping.

Responsibilities:

The Program Lead will:

1. Oversee the day-to-day administration of the contract.
2. Manage relationship with the client.
3. Lead a large, geographically dispersed team, ensuring collaboration, coordination and clear internal team communication.
4. Ensure deliverables, products, services, and personnel meet government needs and expectations.
5. Provide innovative approaches to team management.
6. Provide technical support, leadership, and creation of processes in execution of the contract, including development of M&E strategies, designing, and utilizing data collection tools, and analyzing data.
7. Lead quality assurance and technical excellence of work of the contract and team; ensure deliverables and products are delivered timely.
8. Manage tasks and deliverables across the contract, working to mitigate risk and ensure high quality deliverables and manage workloads of team members.
9. Keep abreast of trends in the AM&E and security cooperation fields.
10. Maintain positive team morale and culture.
11. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Master’s degree
2. 5 years of project management experience in a U.S. government setting, including:
1. Delegating and tracking the status of tasks and lines of effort across geographically dispersed teams (spanning highly different time zones).
2. Mitigating risks to completion of tasks.
3. Ensuring deliverables are quality controlled prior to delivery to the government client.
4. Facilitating team collaboration.
5. Anticipating and proactively finding efficiencies and creating new processes when needed.
3. 5 years of AM&E experience
4. 5 years of experience serving in a U.S. defense institution, either as a military officer or as a Department of Defense civilian
5. 3 years of Security Cooperation experience
6. Active Secret clearance

Preferred qualifications

1. 10 years of management experience, leading multi-disciplined teams of analysts, and other personnel
2. Experience creating stability and security for large teams
3. 10 years of Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation (AM&E) experience in the security sector for a national organization, an NGO/IGO, the UN, or private industry
4. Strong understanding of DSCA and key security cooperation stakeholders and/or DOD including operations, key decision makers, and who’s who
5. Familiarity with finding efficient approaches to covering team under Article 72 of the Supplementary Agreement to the NATO status of forces agreement (SOFA)
6. Demonstrated experience with risk mitigation planning
7. Strategic, big picture thinker
8. DoD Top Secret clearance