Program Manager (Hybrid) - 30331

Enlighten, honored as a Top Workplace from USA Today, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment, with expertise in cloud-based services, software and systems engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. Enlighten provides continued innovation and proactivity in meeting our customers’ greatest challenges.

We recognize that the most effective environment for your projects doesn’t always look the same. Our hybrid work approach ensures that you can make lasting relationships with your team and collaborate in-person to get the job done—while having the flexibility to work from home when needed to achieve focused results.


Why Enlighten?


At Enlighten, our team’s unwavering work ethic, top talent and celebration of innovative ideas have helped us thrive. We know that our employees are essential to our company’s success, so we seek to take care of you as much as you take care of us. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package:
• 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision and dental plans.
• 10% 401k benefit.
• Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
• Education/training allowances.

Anticipated Salary Range: $145,317.00 - $215,000.00. The salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, Enlighten takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function, internal equity and a candidate's education or training, work experience, certifications and key skills. Occasionally positions/roles may include additional non-recurrent compensation and will be addressed by the recruiter during the interview process.

Job Description

Enlighten is looking for a Portfolio/Senior Program Manager to provide leadership of a cloud big data program. The program requires experience with f cloud computing technologies, program management concepts, IT systems operations, and agile software development. The PM will interface with the government leadership, contracting officer representative (COR) and the Enlighten management team. The PM performs day-to-day management of the program and develops long-term and strategic objectives to help ensure that end user requirements will be satisfied in future years of the contract. Work is a hybrid role with some on-site work with our customer. Will also have some occasional travel to customer sites as needed.

#LI-DW2 #Mid-Senior Level

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Program Leadership & Delivery: Lead overall project performance, ensuring all contract execution milestones, performance criteria, and service delivery due dates are met or exceeded.
• Stakeholder & Customer Interface: Serve as the single point of contact for customer issues, interfacing directly with the Government leadership andCOR, Enlighten executive management, and cross-functional teams (e.g., Subcontracts, Project Control, Personnel Security).
• Agile & Technical Management: Partner with technical leads to oversee technical operations management and execution, agile software development processes, resource allocation, and technical performance across both internal personnel and subcontractor teams.
• Strategic & Integration Planning: Establish long-term strategic goals for the contract, performing horizontal integration planning to ensure long-range end-user requirements are consistently satisfied.
• Team & Resource Governance: Formulate and enforce work standards, develop project schedules, address work discrepancies, and mobilize corporate resources necessary to clear project roadblocks.
• People Management & Direction: Supervise, train, and direct project staff, clearly communicating organizational goals, policies, and operational procedures while enforcing rigorous quality standards on all deliverables.
• Public Speaking & Capability Presentation: Participate in customer-facing meetings and briefings to speak, present, and demonstrate publicly on Enlighten’s core technical capabilities and value proposition.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Clearance Requirement: Must currently have and maintain an active Secret level U.S. Government Security Clearance; with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI is required; U.S. citizenship required.
• 6 years of experience working with projects of similar scope, type and complexity and a Bachelors in related field; 4 years relevant progressive experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant progressive experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a Technical Program Manager, Program Manager, Delivery Lead, or equivalent role responsible for driving cloud computing technologies, program management concepts, IT systems operations, and agile software development for the Government.
• Direct experience in managing multi-task contracts and subcontracts of various types and complexity including Firm Fixed Price (FFP).
• Must have prior experience supporting technical contracts for DoW / DoD customers
• Prefer prior experience with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, or U.S. Marine Corps.
• Ability to work with technical experts like Software, System, and Platform Engineers to develop capabilities and support the customers needs.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders, operators, and users to convey program and technical concepts, milestone progress, and schedules
• Experience successfully hitting project milestones, maintaining a project schedule, providing documentation, etc.
• Superb communication skills and strong public speaking, presentation, and demonstration skills.
• Prior experience working in the PMO with little to limited support in a Project Management role.
• Must be able to work 3-4 days onsite between Enlighten Headquarters in Columbia, MD and customer site in Fort Meade, MD.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 20% of the time CONUS or OCONUS to visit with customers as needed.

Preferred Requirements

• Current Clearances: Active Top Secret clearance is a strong plus.
• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) is highly desired.
• Prior experience managing technical contracts and prior technical skills is a huge plus.
• Prior experience or familiarity with Big Data Platforms or Data Lake architectures.

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