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Job Description:
Be part of a great team and play a leadership role in our mission to protect our customers' facilities, personnel, and operations! Our leaders are driven by performance excellence, personal integrity, and a commitment to the security mission.
Vaxcom Services LLC (a Parsons company) is looking for an experienced and talented Project Support Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to lead/manage a sensitive ongoing project.
What You'll Be Doing:
- A current TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph is required to apply to this position.
- Leading recruitment and staffing efforts for the project/program on a daily basis ensuring all candidates fully meet and maintain required qualifications, including security clearance levels.
- Working closely with the Sponsor to establish project/program deployment and work schedules at various OCONUS locations and change as needed.
- Working closely with your team of 1099 (Independent Contractors) affiliates to prepare and successfully deploy them to several OCONUS locations. This will include onboarding, briefings, and submission of required documentation.
- Working closely with the Sponsor to identify, price, and assist in launching new work locations by providing required historical background for the project/program.
- Monitoring and troubleshooting issues that surface related to staffing of the work locations to ensure required facility coverage.
- Working closely with your team of 1099 affiliates by assisting them with travel arrangements including passport/facility badge management, lodging, air travel, ground transportation, and other related processes.
- Working closely with the Sponsor to ensure your 1099 affiliates are processed for various classified and unclassified computer system accesses.
- Working closely with the Sponsor to identify and implement necessary changes to the program with respect to efficiency, security, and operational results.
- Regularly interacting with the Sponsor to ensure performance standards of the program are being met by your 1099 affiliates. When necessary, providing guidance, mentoring, and counseling to any 1099 affiliates who are not fully meeting expectations.
- Working closely with your 1099 affiliates and company payroll office to ensure they are compensated in a timely, accurate fashion by submitting monthly invoices on their behalf.
- When appropriate, give formal/informal presentations to various Sponsor stakeholders and potential hires, including submitting monthly/regular reports.
- Other ad hoc responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Attending the Sponsor's monthly Program Management Review (PMR).
- Verifying security clearances with the Sponsor on behalf of the Vaxcom enterprise.
- Acting as the Program Manager in his absence.
- Attending a weekly Vaxcom program meeting.
- Assisting other Program teammates when appropriate with their taskings.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in a business administration or related field and five (5) years of related work experience; in lieu of degree, eight (8) years of related work experience.
- Two (2) years experience leading a program/project, or large scale initiative requiring the supervision of personnel and/or resources.
- Proven experience in problem solving at the lowest level to bring about successful outcomes.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills to a wide audience.
- Proven experience in administering policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Must be a team player and be able to work independently.
- Schedule flexibility may be required occasionally to assist in resolving critical, time sensitive issues occurring OCONUS.
- Must possess a TS/SCI with polygraph at the time of application.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Three (3) years experience working in the Intelligence Community (IC).
- Cumulative total of five (5) years of managerial/supervisory experience leading personnel, and providing corrective counseling/guidance and mentoring to improve their performance.
- Experience working with senior leadership/management on a regular basis providing them with program updates.
- Experience working with an OCONUS program.
- Previous experience working in a travel related position.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field, plus five years of related work experience; alternatively, eight years of related experience without a degree.
- Two years of experience leading a program, project, or large-scale initiative involving supervision of personnel or resources.
- Current active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph at the time of application.
- Experience solving problems at the lowest level to achieve successful outcomes.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for broad audiences.
- Experience administering policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Schedule flexibility to resolve occasional critical, time-sensitive issues occurring OCONUS.
- Three years of experience working in the Intelligence Community.
- Five cumulative years of managerial or supervisory experience leading personnel and providing corrective counseling, guidance, and mentoring.
- Experience working with senior leadership and providing regular program updates.
- Experience working on an OCONUS program.
- Previous experience working in a travel-related position.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
