Senior IDIQ Program Lead for NIST Contracts

pivotpathsolutions; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Education reimbursement

Employee referral program

HSA/FSA

Job summary

Pivot Path Solutions, LLC in the Washington, D.C. Metro area seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead an IDIQ program for NIST on-site in Gaithersburg, MD.

The role will be the primary management interface with NIST, overseeing multiple concurrent firm-fixed-price task orders, ensuring high-quality performance, staffing, and on-time deliverables.

Candidates should have proven experience managing complex federal programs, multidisciplinary teams, and strong executive communication.

Qualifications

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

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, 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 monthly.
• Conduct recurring program reviews covering progress, risks, staffing, quality, corrective actions, and milestones.
• Ensure deliverables receive appropriate technical, quality, and contractual reviews before submission.
• Monitor performance metrics and implement corrective actions for costs, schedule, quality, or technical risks.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, retention, assignment, and replacement of qualified personnel.
• Confirm that assigned personnel meet 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 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 IT, databases, scientific data, software engineering, standards, testing tools, references, analytics, and related services.

Skills

Program management

Federal contracting

Leadership

Risk management

Staffing

Recruiting

Multi-task coordination

Communication

Education

PhD in Physical Sciences or CS

Master's in Physical Sciences or CS

Tools

Redmine

Job description

Pivot Path Solutions, LLC in the Washington, D.C. Metro area seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead an IDIQ program for NIST on-site in Gaithersburg, MD.

The role will be the primary management interface with NIST, overseeing multiple concurrent firm-fixed-price task orders, ensuring high-quality performance, staffing, and on-time deliverables.

Candidates should have proven experience managing complex federal programs, multidisciplinary teams, and strong executive communication.