Senior Program Manager - SECRET

Are you an experienced Program Manager interested in leading program and technology staff in the maintenance and management of systems for an advanced synthetic training environment? Are you excited to join a team that manages training simulation content, software, and equipment in support of warfighter training? Then come aboard AMERICAN SYSTEMS as our next Senior Program Manager!

As the Senior Program Manager, you will:

• Lead a complex Training Systems Sustainment and Contractor Logistics Support contract with over 200 multi-disciplinary engineering and operational personnel running and maintaining 50+ training devices at a number of locations nation and worldwide
• Partner with AFSOC leadership to execute training program plan and evolve projections and needs for the evolutions of the program
• Manage experienced technology professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their software and hardware development and management assignments
• Provide operational direction for the program, including setting strategic and technical priorities for the staff as well as negotiating scope, budget, and schedule with the customer
• Plan, conduct, and supervise complex assignments, involving significant scope responsibilities and multiple inter-dependent projects or tasks
• Responsible for developing and maintaining program policies, including Quality, Change Control, Configuration, and Risk Management, Cyber Security, Distributed Mission Operations, and applying contractual and operational policies

A week in the life of a Senior Program Manager:

• Direct Profit and Loss responsibility of multifaceted Fixed Price Program
• Team Leadership and Management: Hiring and staffing, team development, and team member performance evaluations
• Project Management: Project planning, resource allocation, problem solving, managing the top-level Master Schedule
• Operational Oversight and Innovation: Operational guidance, innovation, making the hard calls
• Collaboration and Communication: Manage complex Stakeholder communication, internal communication, documentation, client interaction, managing relationships and Associate Contractor Agreements with other vendors and OEMs
• Strategic Planning: Goal setting, budget management, process improvement
• Quality Assurance: Standards compliance, testing, risk management, and approval of CDRLs before customer delivery
• Customer/ executive briefings and reporting (ex., delivery of the Program Management Review and the Integrated Program Management Report)

• SECRET Clearance
• The ideal candidate will be highly experienced with AFSOC simulator operations, with understanding of simulator functionality and distributed mission operations
• 15+ years of experience as a successful leader within the AFSOC community
• 15-20 years of professional experience in Program Management roles, executing contracts valued over $20M per year in revenue
• Bachelor's degree in Technical or Business Management related fields, OR
• 10-15 years of professional experience in Program Management roles with a Master's degree in Technical or Business Management related fields
• 3-5 years of experience with Distributed Training Management programs, overseeing support of Command-level strategic and operational program priorities
• 3-5 years of experience working in a multi-stakeholder environment and participating in working groups, building and maintaining relationships with OEMs, subcontractors, and government organizations
• Excellent communication skills with professional experience preparing and delivering Executive Briefings and technical presentations