Wanted - Big Brains & Huge Hearts: We are looking for creative and passionate geeks, nerds, thinkers, tinkerers, and builders.
Geeks and Nerds is an innovative technology company that encourages ingenuity, defies the norm, fosters teamwork, and defines the future for our community and nation.
Come join the company that develops innovative solutions that makes a positive difference in our community and nation. Join a company of significance!
We are currently seeking a Program Manager in support
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD),
Digital Networks & Applications (DNA) department, contingent upon award. This position is in
Patuxent River, Maryland. The successful candidate will work with technical teams to plan and track the task order milestones and events. Candidates should have experience organizing and coordinating the planning and production for all the client deliveries on technically complex programs utilizing modern cloud technologies. The primary focus of this position is working
alongside senior Government customers to hire and manage employees to perform duties as assigned.
Duties:
-Serve as primary point of contact for work related to the program both technical and administrative
-Experience in planning, estimating, organizing, staffing, and executing projects to scale to include multiple, distributed teams
-Manage organization of GaN employees and subcontractors
-Frequently engages with customers and staff in order to plan and track all work
-Develops project plans as needed and tracks progress until delivery
-Contributes to the development of project management strategies and processes
-Develops resource management plans and controls program cost
-Develops Work Breakdown Structures where appropriate
-Assists in managing change associated to projects
-Communicates pertinent information and requirements to program
staff, the customer and company leadership
-Ensure quality standards on all deliverables
-Analyzes program risk, develops, and implements mitigation strategies
Qualities:
-Experience with project management tools (MS Project)
-Strong organizational skills
-Excellent written and verbal communications skills
-Self-motivation, self-direction, and ability to work independently
-Good understanding of Government contracting
Qualifications:
-Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Business Management, Economics, Political Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance/Accounting, or related discipline
-10+ years of relevant experience as a Program Manager or related role
-8+ years of intensive and progressive experience in supervising and managing substantive application software development or implementation projects (to include 1+ years of cloud migration, implementation or contract support)
-4+ years of experience in a PM role employing Agile delivery methods as the primary project management strategy
-Project Management Institute – Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or equivalent certification
-Active Secret Clearance
Come join the company that develops innovative solutions that makes a positive difference in our community and nation. Come join the exceptionally talented and dedicated co-owners. Join a company of significance!
GaN Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other legally protected classifications. GaN Corporation participates in E-Verify.
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GaN Corporation (dba "Geeks and Nerds") is an employee-owned, Huntsville-based technology company that provides technical and management services to government and commercial customers in the areas of Cyber Security, Systems Engineering, Test & Evaluation, Software Engineering, and Information Technology. We are a nationally recognized company for our innovation (2012 Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Technology Business of the Year, 2013 IEEE and HASBAT Professional of the Year), leadership and customer service (2012-2016 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Top 100 Small Businesses in the U.S.). Our passionate employees, innovative culture, in-depth knowledge, and experience are a guaranteed recipe for highly successful programs for our customers (2009-2012 Inc. 500 Top 10 Fastest Growing Government Contractor in Alabama).
