ISR Enterprise IT Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate opening for an ISR Enterprise IT Program Manager (Senior) supporting Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC/A26).

The Contractor shall serve as the senior program management lead for ISR Enterprise IT modernization, systems integration, and technology implementation efforts supporting ACC, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), and subordinate units. This position focuses on managing IT projects, tasks, schedules, databases, technical baselines, system integration activities, and modernization efforts that enable emerging ISR technologies to be evaluated, integrated, tested, and transitioned across the TACS, PED, analysis, and targeting enterprises.

The role is focused on enterprise IT project and task management for ISR data, systems, architectures, applications, tools, and enabling technologies in support of ACC/A26 mission requirements.

Specific Support Tasks are as follows:

• The Contractor shall provide senior program and project management support for ISR Enterprise IT modernization initiatives, including technology integration, system development, architecture support, and capability fielding activities.
• The Contractor shall develop, manage, and maintain project schedules, action trackers, task databases, risk registers, milestone plans, and status reporting tools to support ACC/A26 decision-making and execution oversight.
• The Contractor shall coordinate with ACC, AFLCMC, subordinate units, and technical stakeholders to track, integrate, and evaluate existing and emerging ISR technologies across the TACS, PED, analysis, and targeting enterprises.
• The Contractor shall support management of ISR IT tasks, Requests for Information (RFIs), technical action items, configuration baseline activities, and architecture archives across multiple command echelons.
• The Contractor shall assist ACC/A26 in identifying, monitoring, evaluating, and advising on emerging multi-discipline ISR technologies and non-materiel IT solutions that may meet warfighter requirements.
• The Contractor shall support configuration baseline management forums and governance activities that identify, prioritize, and codify Command ISR system gaps, IT tasks, and integration requirements.
• The Contractor shall monitor compliance with prescribed regulations and guidance related to analysis of alternatives, materiel and non-materiel solution analysis, modeling and simulation, and cost analysis.
• The Contractor shall coordinate and manage inputs for test plans, implementation schedules, exercise support plans, experimentation activities, and system integration events.
• The Contractor shall assist in maintaining enterprise IT project databases, architectural repositories, technical documentation, and knowledge management products to ensure accuracy, traceability, and decision-quality visibility.
• The Contractor shall support development of empirical and qualitative assessments for ACC decision-makers regarding impacts of technology changes, procedural updates, system modernization, and emerging ISR IT capabilities.
• The Contractor shall participate in Joint C4ISR experimentation, operational exercises, innovation events, and system development and integration activities to track performance, document findings, and manage follow-on actions.
• The Contractor shall support units and Numbered Air Forces participating in exercises and experiments across the TACS and AFTE to ensure ISR IT training, system integration, and certification efforts meet established standards.
• The Contractor shall assist in developing instructional materials, processes, schedules, and certification support products for training Air Force personnel on emerging ISR systems, applications, and capabilities.
• The Contractor shall prepare executive-level briefings, program status reports, technical summaries, and decision-support products for senior government leaders.
• The Contractor shall identify program risks, schedule impacts, resource constraints, technical dependencies, and integration challenges, and recommend actionable mitigation strategies to improve project execution and mission outcomes.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility/access (TS/SCI) required.
• Master’s degree (MA/MS) from an accredited institution in Program Management, Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Intelligence Studies, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of relevant experience supporting enterprise IT program management, ISR systems integration, DoD technology modernization, or mission systems implementation.
• Experience managing enterprise IT projects, task tracking systems, technical schedules, risk registers, implementation plans, and executive reporting.
• Experience supporting ISR systems, C4ISR systems, AF DCGS, TACS, PED, targeting, analysis tools, cloud environments, or related intelligence IT architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across technical teams, operational users, acquisition stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Experience supporting systems integration, technology evaluation, test planning, exercise support, configuration management, and capability transition activities.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, hybrid project management, IT governance, and systems development lifecycle practices.
• PMP, PgMP, DAWIA, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent program/project management certification is preferred but not required. Significant experience managing enterprise IT or ISR modernization projects may be accepted as a substitute.
• Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, analyze complex technical issues, and translate project status into clear, decision-quality products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing senior leader briefings, program documentation, and stakeholder coordination products.

Work Environment

• Primary duty location: Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA.
• Occasional CONUS travel may be required to support program reviews, system integration events, exercises, testing, and stakeholder engagements.
• Security requirements: Compliance with all applicable TS/SCI security, cybersecurity, and system access requirements.

Salary Range: $145,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, skills, and overall qualifications.

Benefits

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k)
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Training & Development