Program Director

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Fort Meade, MD
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Program Director will lead and manage the executive support group, ensuring successful program delivery, accountability, and communication within a DoD environment. Responsibilities include managing budgets, overseeing project teams, and collaborating with government stakeholders to meet contract requirements and customer expectations.
Summary Generated by Built In

Competitive Range partners with the government to plan and deploy complex, IT-enabled, and mission-essential capabilities. Our goal is to help you develop and expand your professional capabilities while working on challenging, exciting projects in a collaborative, congenial environment. 

Competitive Range Solutions requires the expertise of a talented and experienced Program Director to assist in the direction and management of the program’s executive support group. The candidate must reference their ability and experience working in a Department of Defense (DoD) customer environment and effective integration with a government multi-contractor team. 

The Program Director's functions and responsibilities include elements such as being responsible for the overall direction, management, finance, communication, coordination of deliverables, and accountability of program-oriented work efforts and success of their projects across the IT organization; creating scope documents based on approved charters and project plans (work breakdown structures); track key milestones and adjust project plans, budget requests and/or resources to meet the needs of customers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Provide a technical interface to customers to verify and validate program requirements.
  • Manage all budgets, costs, schedules, and deliverables associated with the program.
  • Provide leadership and direction to program teams, ensuring that all initiatives meet or exceed customer expectations and contractual requirements.
  • Manage and perform all activities related to the PWS, ensuring tasks are executed and deliverables are produced as defined.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to oversee personnel and subcontractor personnel. 
  • Oversee Project Managers and Leads and provide leadership and guidance on delivery excellence.
  • Experience with Risk Management Framework, DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process, and NIST Security Controls.
  • Collaborate with government stakeholders to align IT infrastructure services with agency goals, progress, and outcomes for technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Serves as the main point of contact for the contract and is responsible for its overall performance, ensuring that requirements, deliverables, and service levels are met. 
  • Responsible for driving recommendations through implementation and maintaining a positive work environment. 

Qualifications/Experience:

  • Ten or more years of IT program management experience
  • Five or more years of IT program management experience in a DoD environment
  • Related industry experience in information technology or engineering
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools, specifically Excel and Project
  • Excellent communication, effective leadership, and interpersonal skills
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) adjusted clearance TS/SCI eligible.

Education/Certifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field (required)
  • Master's degree in an IT-related field (preferred)
  • PMP (required)
  • ITIL (preferred)
  • DoD 8570 Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level II (required)

Top Skills

Excel
Project
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
50 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Competitive Range is a Management Consulting and Technology Solutions consultancy that provides acquisition, program management, and IT engineering.

OUR VISION

It is our vision to be the standard against which mission support and technology partners are measured in ethics and value added outcomes.

OUR MISSION

We are highly ethical, operationally agile, and aggressively committed to delivering on customer objectives. These “rules of engagement” delineate us from our competitors. They define the mechanics of our success, and the longevity thereof.

OUR BRAND

The vision for Competitive Range was formed over many years of dedicated service alongside the extraordinary men and women of the USAF 375th Civil Engineering Squadron.

We are committed to providing our customers with a value added engagement experience.

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