Program Manager

As a consultant at Partner Forces, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients on an ongoing basis. You will collaborate with colleagues, partners, and clients to ideate, initiate, and complete tasks, projects, and initiatives, bringing forward actionable insights and solving complex problems to deliver meaningful solutions. Partner Forces is grounded in our core values of integrity, excellence, positivity, candor, determination, and teamwork. Our culture ensures that we: Apply solution‑oriented thinking to challenges and opportunities. Remain agile and embrace change. Create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued. Bring out the best in others by applying sound judgment and principled genuineness. Embrace a continuous learning and growth mindset. Encourage open dialogue, even when it is hard. Promote teamwork and collaboration to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and teams. What we are looking for Partner Forces is seeking a highly organized, operationally strong, and people‑focused Program Manager (PM) to lead a high‑visibility executive business operations support program in Washington, DC. The PM will oversee a team providing executive/front office support across multiple leadership offices and operational functions, ensuring staffing continuity, quality control, client relationship management, workforce oversight, and seamless execution of day‑to‑day support operations. What you will do as a Program Manager Lead day‑to‑day program operations supporting executive/front office environments. Supervise, coordinate, and support contractor personnel providing executive operations, scheduling, logistics, travel, onboarding, records, and administrative support services. Serve as the primary interface between Partner Forces and government leadership stakeholders. Ensure uninterrupted coverage and continuity of operations across all supported offices. Manage staffing, surge support, coverage planning, onboarding/offboarding, and employee performance concerns. Develop and implement operational processes, quality control measures, staffing plans, and risk mitigation strategies. Monitor program performance metrics, service levels, deliverables, and operational timelines. Lead transition‑in and transition‑out planning and execution, including onboarding coordination, badging/PIV tracking, shadowing, and knowledge transfer activities. Prepare and deliver weekly and monthly program reporting, staffing updates, operational summaries, and risk assessments. Support resolution of escalated client concerns, operational conflicts, and high‑pressure situations with professionalism and urgency. Maintain strong awareness of evolving priorities, organizational changes, executive expectations, and operational risks. Foster a positive, professional, and team‑oriented culture across onsite staff. Coordinate closely with internal recruiting and People Operations teams to proactively pipeline and backfill positions as needed. Qualifications 7+ years of experience supporting federal government operations, executive support environments, or high‑visibility administrative programs. 3+ years of experience managing teams, programs, or operations within a federal contracting environment. Demonstrated experience supporting executive/front office operations in fast‑paced or high‑pressure environments. Strong experience managing staffing, operational continuity, and client relationships. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills. Ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining composure and operational discipline. Experience coordinating onboarding, badging, security processing, or workforce logistics within a federal environment. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to work onsite full‑time in Washington, DC. Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience supporting headquarters/front office environments. Experience managing executive support, administrative operations, or workforce coordination programs. Familiarity with federal travel systems, records management processes, and executive correspondence workflows. Experience leading transition efforts on federal contracts. Prior experience supporting SES or politically sensitive/front office environments. Existing federal clearance or prior badging experience strongly preferred. The ideal candidate is Operationally calm and solutions‑oriented. Highly responsive and proactive. Comfortable managing ambiguity and shifting priorities. Professional, polished, and confident interacting with senior leadership. Strong at balancing client expectations with team support and operational realities. Able to build trust quickly across both government and contractor teams. Skilled at keeping teams organized, aligned, and focused during high‑tempo operations. This is a pipeline position supporting an active proposal effort for a high‑visibility federal program opportunity. Candidates selected will actively participate in the proposal process, including solutioning discussions, transition planning, and oral presentations as part of the competitive procurement process. Next Steps If your application is a match, someone from our People Operations team will reach out to schedule a phone screening. The conversation will determine if the current or future position aligns with your experience and skills. If successful, you will meet with the project team, possibly submit a writing assessment, and if matched, receive an offer. If not selected, we will inform you and keep your resume for future needs. We look forward to reviewing your application! Annual Salary Range

$120,000 - $150,000 USD

The Company Partner Forces, LLC is a management consulting firm specializing in helping homeland security partners tackle their most pressing and complex challenges. We provide holistic, integrated solutions across the homeland and national security enterprise, offering expertise in program development and analysis, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, technology implementation, security and preparedness assessment, and business process improvement. Partner Forces is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued and respected. If you are unable to submit your application because of assistive technology or disability, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr Partner Forces LLC