The Program Manager serves as the central point of accountability for overall contract execution, coordination, reporting, and stakeholder communication across a multi-disciplinary information technology (IT) services environment. The role coordinates work across engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, development, and support teams while ensuring that deliverables, schedules, risks, and customer communications are managed effectively. This role is the overall point of contact for the work.
What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):
- Serve as the primary point of contact for overall task coordination and information flow between the delivery team and government stakeholders.
- Lead project initiation and planning activities, including stakeholder coordination to define needs and objectives.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and implementation plans.
- Assign work across contractor personnel, forecast labor burn, manage schedules, and oversee daily progress.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and project-related risks.
- Act as the liaison between technical teams, the contracting officer's representative, and executive leadership to manage expectations and delivery visibility.
- Help ensure deliverables meet requirements and quality expectations.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):
- Ten years of experience in program or project management, including federal information technology (IT) or cybersecurity programs.
- Ability to quantify and communicate specific recommendations in written and verbal formats.
- Working understanding of IT and cybersecurity capabilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across multiple concurrent activities.
- Attention to detail and the ability to define requirements and prepare task proposals, including budget and schedule development.
- Experience with project management tools, policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and evaluate deliverables against requirements.
- Ability to meet federal screening and suitability requirements prior to start.
Ideally, You Also Have (Preferred Qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Minimum of 10 years of experience.
Proposal & Employment Context
- This position is tied to a federal proposal effort. Employment is contingent upon contract award and successful completion of the customer's onboarding and security requirements. Start dates and final reporting instructions will be confirmed upon award.
- This contract authorizes remote work, but personnel may be required to work on-site at the customer's facilities in Washington, DC at the customer's discretion. The primary on-site location is Washington, DC. After-hours or weekend work may be required for operational changes that would otherwise disrupt users.
- Location: Hybrid / Washington, DC
- Work Model: Hybrid, with remote work authorized and on-site support required as directed by the customer.
- All personnel must complete background screening and fingerprinting before starting work. This role requires a Public Trust Tier 2 suitability determination.
Skills Required
- Ten years of experience in program or project management, including federal information technology (IT) or cybersecurity programs.
- Ability to quantify and communicate specific recommendations in written and verbal formats.
- Working understanding of IT and cybersecurity capabilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across multiple concurrent activities.
- Attention to detail and the ability to define requirements and prepare task proposals, including budget and schedule development.
- Experience with project management tools, policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and evaluate deliverables against requirements.
- Ability to meet federal screening and suitability requirements prior to start (background screening and fingerprinting).
- Public Trust Tier 2 suitability determination.
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
What We Do
Spry is a certified Small Business headquartered in McLean, VA. Spry provides Enterprise, C4IT, Management, and Cyber Solutions to the federal government and commercial entities. Founded in 2001, Spry Methods was built on the foundation of combining industry knowledge with unmatched responsiveness to produce results for our customers. Our goal is to build a business dedicated to the maximization of value for all stakeholders starting with our employees, our customers, and our community. We recognize that talented and dedicated employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of our success. Guided by these principles, we have established an impressive track record of proven past performance serving our customers within the Commercial, Federal Civilian, DoD, and Intelligence Communities. A CMMI Level 3 certified and ISO 9001:2008 registered company, Spry is committed to quality and continuous improvement.
