Senior Portfolio Manager

Birchmere Group; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to advise on program management for the J9 Cyber Procurement Office. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree with 10 years' experience, or a Bachelor's with 12 years' experience in SETA, Acquisition, or Technical roles. Key responsibilities include developing performance metrics, assisting with operational assessments, and working with senior military personnel. The position requires active Project Management certification and offers opportunities for impactful work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in developing, implementing, and managing a portfolio of projects.
• Active PMI PMP or PGMP certification.
• Experience working in a military command structure.

Responsibilities

• Advise on planning and execution of programs.
• Assist with portfolio management support.
• Develop metrics to assess operational performance.

Skills

Experience in complex cyberspace operations

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

10+ years in project portfolio management

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Experience in PMO or Senior-level Acquisition

Military command structure experience

Education

Master’s degree and 10 years of experience

Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience

AS or HS diploma with 16 years of experience

Tools

DAI budget software

Job description

Overview

Advise and assist with the planning and execution of specific programs by applying DoD command program management processes and principles. Provide program management skill sets to assist the J9 Cyber Procurement Office (CPO) with portfolio management support for the enhancement of coordination and communication efforts across command wide programs to ensure the USCYBERCOM J9 is able to conduct its mission to enhance USCYBERCOM's competitive advantage through partnerships with the S&T Community, Research Labs, and Commercial Entitlements and across DoD.

General Qualifications

• Experience working in a complex cyberspace operation and/or multi-stakeholder environment.
• Have an active Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a PMI Program Management Professional (PGMP) certification.
• Have at least 10 years’ experience in developing, implementing, and managing a portfolio of projects within an organization similar to the complexity, size and scope of USCYBERCOM.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, self-driven work environment with complex cyber security products.
• Previous work in a PMO or Senior-level Acquisition position at the DOD.
• Experience working in a PM-type role within a military command structure.

Senior Portfolio Manager Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 10 years of experience in SETA, Acquisition and/or Technical roles architecting customer solutions (OR) a Bachelor’s degree with 12 years’ experience, (OR) AS or HS Diploma and 16 years’ of experience.
• The candidate shall perform the following operations assessment processes to provide logistics support and Cyber Mission Force (CMF) reporting support.
• Develop, analyze, and update metrics to assess operational performance and effectiveness.
• Incorporate metrics into strategic assessment process.
• Maintain a repository of MOPs and MOEs metric results.
• Continuously monitor and track the facility work orders and maintenance budget within the host organizations tracking system and remediate any issues to keep projects on schedule.
• Evaluate an operation against MOPs and MOEs to determine progress relative to the mission objectives and end states.
• Assist in the management of the CMF program, including maintaining the plan and schedule, and change management activities.
• Determine and track Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI) and develop schedule and cost performance analysis.
• Provide collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of statistical analysis data.
• Ideal candidate will be comfortable working with senior military officers (O5-O6) and senior civilians (GG-14s and GG-15s).
• Experience with Program Objective Memorandum (POM) building process and Program, Planning, Budget, Execution (PPBE) Process.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• General budget background with DOD or Military
• Experience with all aspects of MIPR processing and Spend-Plan builds
• Experience with all aspects of the PPB&E process
• Experience with all aspects of the Government POM process
• Previous experience with DAI budget software