AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned federal government contractor, is seeking an experienced Program Specialist to support a high-visibility mission for our federal customer in Clarksburg, WV.
In this role, you will provide program coordination, project management, operational support, and executive communications support for complex technology and business initiatives. You will work closely with government leadership, stakeholders, and technical teams to manage schedules, track performance, coordinate resources, mitigate risks, and ensure successful execution of program objectives.
Responsibilities- Plan, coordinate, and oversee program and project activities to support mission objectives, schedules, and deliverables.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and performance metrics.
- Monitor project progress and coordinate resources to support successful project execution.
- Track program deliverables, action items, dependencies, and organizational priorities.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues and develop mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate meetings, stakeholder engagements, working groups, and project reviews.
- Document decisions, action items, and follow-up activities to ensure accountability and execution.
- Prepare executive briefings, presentations, reports, dashboards, and status updates for leadership.
- Develop recommendations, communicate project status, and support informed decision-making.
- Foster collaboration across business, technical, and stakeholder communities.
- Support continuous process improvement initiatives that increase operational efficiency and program effectiveness.
- Ensure activities are conducted in accordance with organizational policies, standards, and governance requirements.
- Support SAFe Agile planning, coordination, and execution activities within an Agile Release Train environment.
- Active Top Secret clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship.
- Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting program management, project management, or operational support activities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience planning, coordinating, and tracking complex projects, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
- Experience identifying and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
- Experience preparing executive briefings, presentations, status reports, dashboards, and leadership communications.
- Experience coordinating across technical teams, stakeholders, and leadership organizations.
- Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile principles and project delivery practices.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting program management, project management, or operational support activities, or equivalent education and experience
- Experience planning, coordinating, and tracking complex projects, schedules, milestones, and deliverables
- Experience identifying and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies
- Experience preparing executive briefings, presentations, status reports, dashboards, and leadership communications
- Experience coordinating across technical teams, stakeholders, and leadership organizations
- Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile principles and project delivery practices
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Insights
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
