Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:  Program Manager   

 
Position Overview: 

BLN24 has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Program Manager supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Serving as the primary interface with NOAA leadership, the Program Manager provides strategic direction, operational oversight, workforce leadership, and performance management across multiple research and mission-support initiatives. The ideal candidate is a proven leader with experience managing complex Federal programs, large portfolios, and geographically dispersed teams in dynamic, mission-focused environments. 

 
Key Responsibilities: 

• Serve as the primary point of contact between NOAA and contractor personnel for all contract-related matters.  

• Provide overall leadership and oversight of contract operations, personnel, subcontractors, and task order activities to ensure compliance with quality, cost, schedule, technical, and contractual requirements.  

• Experience developing and implementing program management plans, staffing plans, project schedules, risk management processes, governance frameworks, and performance reporting mechanisms. 

• Provide executive briefings, status updates, presentations, and recommendations to NOAA leadership, CORs, Program Managers, and other stakeholders.  

• Monitor progress against milestones, deliverables, and performance objectives; implement corrective actions and oversee Quality Control Plans to ensure high-quality products and services.  

• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, retention, and resource allocation to ensure readiness and continuity of operations, including execution of Transition-In and Transition-Out Plans.  

• Oversee preparation and submission of project and financial reports and other contract deliverables, ensuring timely communication of program status, risks, and dependencies to NOAA stakeholders. 

 
Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related scientific, technical, or management discipline. 

• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. 

• Minimum ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience managing complex Federal programs, contracts, task orders, or multidisciplinary teams. 

• Demonstrated experience managing cost, schedule, staffing, technical performance, risk, quality, and deliverables for Federal or mission-support programs. 

• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to communicate effectively across executive, technical, and stakeholder audiences. 

• Experience supporting NOAA, Department of Commerce, or other Federal scientific, environmental, or research organizations. 

• Ability to obtain and maintain required NOAA facility, security, and IT access. 

What BLN24 brings to the Game:
BLN24 benefits are game changing. We like our team to play hard and that means they need to be taken care of — physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans.

• You can join one of the fastest growing companies headquartered in the Washington DC Metro Area.  We give you the opportunity to work in different sectors, so you have the chance at variety while maintaining stability.
• Flexibility at BLN24 allows each individual the opportunity to balance quality work and their personal lives. Depending on projects, we allow remote working opportunities so you can always be in the game no matter where you call home.

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