Senior Program Manager

Delaware Nation Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

Pet Insurance

Professional development/education

Parking and transit benefits

Job summary

Delaware Nation Industries seeks a senior advisor to provide strategic recommendations on PD, organizational and office management issues within an assigned portfolio.

You will identify emerging challenges, facilitate decision-making, and collaborate with senior officials to disseminate policy guidance to missions, bureaus, and policymakers. Strong writing, analysis, and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Experience managing complex projects with organization-wide impact.
• Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and PM tools.
• Familiarity with project management best practices.
• Familiarity with performance measurement and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and analysis for senior leadership on PD, organizational, and office management issues.
• Identify emerging challenges and facilitate decision-making by evaluating alternatives.
• Collaborate with senior officials to formulate and disseminate policy guidance to missions, Bureaus, and policy makers.
• Lead the flow of briefing materials and responses to inquiries for senior officials.
• Review significant matters requiring senior officials’ attention and analyze diverse requests.

Skills

Policy analysis

Project management

Written & oral communication

Analytical thinking

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Job Duties:

• Provide strategic and expert advice and analysis and develop recommendations for senior office leadership on various complex PD, organizational, and office management issues, within an assigned portfolio.
• Identify emerging challenges facing the office, and the broader PD community, and facilitate decision-making in response to those challenges by examining alternative solutions and recommending courses of action.
• Collaborate with senior office and Department officials to formulate, build consensus for, and disseminate information, policy, and guidance to missions, other Bureaus, Congressional staffers and committees, and other policy makers related to the resourcing, practice, and current and future operations of PD.
• Provide leadership in the flow of all briefing materials, responses to inquiries, and other action and decision documents to senior office officials.
• Review important matters requiring the personal attention of senior office officials; analyze a wide variety of requests and proposals, official correspondence, reports and documents of a substantive and sensitive nature.
• Establish administrative policies, standards, and guidelines for the maintenance of accurate records of incoming and outgoing correspondence, information on policy discussions, taskers, and briefing materials.
• Relay instructions to staff, coordinate the collection of data, prepare reports for senior officials, or otherwise act on various requests concerning administrative and procedural requirements.
• Manage records in accordance with the Department’s records management policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred.
• Experience managing the implementation of complex projects with organization-wide impact.
• Proficiency in the use of word processing software, spreadsheets, databases and project management tools.
• Familiarity with best practices in project management.
• Familiarity with performance measurement, evaluation, surveying and general use of metrics to track organizational performance, progress and goal attainment.
• Familiarity with principles and practices of knowledge management.
• Familiarity with formulating, writing, and implementing policies, processes, and procedures.
• High level of proficiency in written and oral communications.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• An active Top-Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility

Benefits

• Covers 100% of employee benefit premiums, including Medical (PPO or HDHP Option), Vision, Dental
• Matching 401K
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• Professional Development/Education ReimbursementParking and Transit Benefits for NY, NJ, ATL, and DC Metro areas

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Salary Compensation: $165,000-$175,000/year

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans