Executive Secretariat Program Manager, Publications and Issuances

Job Title: Executive Secretariat Program Manager, Publications and Issuances 
Location: Bethesda, MD (On-Site)
 
Company: BLN24 
 
About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us 
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments. 
 
Position Overview: 
The Executive Secretariat Program Manager will serve as the central authority for the lifecycle management of WRNMMC publications and issuances. The position ensures that policies, administrative instructions, procedural documents, related forms, and executive products are properly developed, staffed, reviewed, approved, issued, maintained, and retired. This is an operational Executive Secretariat role, not simply a corporate contract-management position. 
 
Key Responsibilities: 

• Manage and execute the WRNMMC Publications and Issuances Program. 

• Control the lifecycle of publications from development and staffing through approval, dissemination, periodic review, revision, supersession, cancellation, and archiving. 

• Review publications for format, structure, clarity, enforceability, and compliance with DoD, DHA, and WRNMMC guidance. 

• Ensure alignment among policies, procedures, instructions, and associated forms. 

• Return incomplete or noncompliant documents with clear corrective guidance. 

• Coordinate staffing across clinical, legal, safety, administrative, and leadership stakeholders. 

• Track review cycles, aging actions, deadlines, and required updates. 

• Maintain the authoritative WRNMMC publication repository. 

• Manage version control, metadata, accessibility, availability, and records disposition. 

• Develop templates, formatting standards, guidance, and training for WRNMMC directorates. 

• Maintain a centralized publication and issuance tracking system. 

• Report status, metrics, overdue actions, trends, and program effectiveness. 

• Provide backup support for executive correspondence, records management, and forms management during absences or surge periods. 

 
Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Public Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 

• At least five years of federal or military executive-level administrative and management-support experience. 

• Experience managing official correspondence and task-tracking systems. 

• Experience working with SES members, Flag Officers, GS-15 personnel, or comparable senior executives and their staffs. 

• Knowledge of military command structures and organizational relationships. 

• Knowledge of DoD and DHA correspondence and records-management requirements. 

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. 

• Strong executive writing, editing, proofreading, analytical, and problem-solving skills. 

• Ability to become proficient in the Government correspondence-tracking database and Executive Secretariat SharePoint portal within 30 days.  

 
Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior DoD, DHA, military treatment facility, or hospital Executive Secretariat experience. 

• Publications and issuances program-management experience. 

• Records, forms, correspondence, or policy-lifecycle management experience. 
   

What BLN24 brings to the Game: 
BLN24 benefits are game changing. We like our team to play hard and that means they need to be taken care of — physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans. 

• You can join one of the fastest growing companies headquartered in the Washington DC Metro Area.  We give you the opportunity to work in different sectors, so you have the chance at variety while maintaining stability. 

• Flexibility at BLN24 allows each individual the opportunity to balance quality work and their personal lives. Depending on projects, we allow remote working opportunities so you can always be in the game no matter where you call home. 

BLN24 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe people are our strength and understand diverse talents are key to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.