Position Title: Onsite Lead / Program Manager
Location: Quantico, VA (Russell Knox Building) with occasional local support in Landover, MD
Work Modality: 100% On-Site (SCIF Environment)
Security Clearance: Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
At Carney, we believe workforce performance transforms national security and defense readiness. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, Carney partners with federal government agencies and defense commands to design, develop, and deliver mission-critical learning and operational support solutions. We foster an agile, mission-driven culture where every team member contributes directly to impactful defense initiatives.
Position OverviewCarney is seeking an experienced, proactive Onsite Lead to oversee day-to-day contract management, operational execution, and multidisciplinary team supervision for the JCITA Mission Services contract at the Russell Knox Building in Quantico, VA. The Onsite Lead serves as the primary daily liaison between Carney’s contractor workforce and the Government Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), ensuring technical excellence, timely deliverable submission, and seamless de-confliction of training mission priorities across high-throughput CI and Security Operations (SECOPs) academies.
Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesProvide day-to-day administrative control, operational supervision, and technical leadership to contractor personnel across multiple work sites (Quantico, VA and Landover, MD).
Act as the direct operational interface with the Government COR and JCITA leadership to capture, prioritize, and de-conflict curriculum, administrative, and facility support requirements.
Maintain complete organizational oversight to ensure contract deliverables—including Project Management Plans (CDRL A001), Monthly Status Reports (CDRL A003), and Vacancy Tracking (CDRL A005)—are submitted accurately and ahead of contractual deadlines.
Rapidly identify, address, and resolve contractor employee performance and personnel matters; elevate uncorrectable performance risks immediately to company leadership and the COR.
Enforce adherence to core operational hours (0900–1500) and site coverage windows (0700–1700 Monday–Friday), managing 40-hour workweek schedules and obtaining written COR approval prior to any overtime/surge performance.
Supervise staffing continuity, retention, and backfill initiatives to satisfy strict 60-day replacement notice mandates for key positions.
Ensure all personnel maintain strict compliance with DIA information security instructions, physical SCIF protocols, and cross-domain operational constraints.
Security Clearance: Must hold an active, verified Top Secret / SCI (TS/SCI) clearance
Education & Experience (Must meet Path A or Path B):
Path A: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution AND a minimum of five (5) years of supervisory experience; OR
Path B: High school diploma/GED AND a minimum of ten (10) years of supervisory experience.
Program/Project Management Experience: Minimum of five (5) years managing projects of similar scope, complexity, and customer footprint.
Government Interface: Demonstrated experience interfacing directly with Government program managers, CORs, or military/civilian leadership to prioritize, balance, and deliver multi-track requirements.
Communication & Multi-Tasking: Exceptional oral and written communication skills with proven ability to manage numerous complex, high-visibility, and time-critical operational activities simultaneously.
Prior experience managing military or intelligence community (DoD/DIA) institutional training service contracts.
Familiarity with JCITA, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), or Combatant Command joint training workflows.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Skills Required
- Active, verified Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance
- Path A: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and at least five years of supervisory experience
- Path B: High school diploma or GED and at least ten years of supervisory experience
- At least five years managing projects of similar scope, complexity, and customer footprint
- Experience interfacing directly with government program managers, CORs, or military/civilian leadership
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage numerous complex, high-visibility, and time-critical operational activities simultaneously
- Experience managing military or intelligence community institutional training service contracts
- Familiarity with JCITA, DCSA, or Combatant Command joint training workflows
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
What We Do
Carney incorporated in 1994 with a single mission -- to dramatically improve the job performance and critical mission accomplishment of employees, work teams, and entire organizations. We provide solutions to our Federal government clients across many solution types. Some of these are human capital consulting, leadership development, business process re-engineering, serious gaming, e-learning, and social government. Generally, these solutions are blended to create a unique solution to a specific client. Each one is aimed at helping our clients realize their potential by effectively doing more with less. We know we are successful when our clients are able to carry out their mission faster and better than they ever have. We help individuals perform at the speed of need. What this means is that we develop solutions that enable individuals, teams, teams of teams, and entire organizations to get to performing (delivering on their mission) as quickly and as effectively as possible. We endeavor to deliver Performance Acceleration services to our clients, which is the enhanced ability to learn and acquire skills at the exact time and place of need.
