Head of Technical Programme Management

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Technical Program Manager to join our team located in the Annapolis Junction , MD area.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Allocate resources (staffing, facilities, and budgets) on the contract
Working with clients and enterprise management to determine priorities and structuring the team’s work to align appropriately with those priorities, while effectively managing expectations at all levels.
Managing requirements, including coordinating and facilitating exchange meetings or forums to determine/validate requirements and ensure tasks are performed according to agreed-upon plans.
Using standard methods and procedures to track and maintain work parameters, and hosting/attending required meetings.
Maintaining consistent, proactive, and timely communication with management and other internal stakeholders, particularly regarding outages, and events that may impact other teams.
Review risk and risk mitigation activities and allocate budgets for the same
Prepare program status reports, deliverables and other formal reviews to be presented to the clients and enterprise management
Organizing and maintaining documentation is easily interpreted by all required parties as well as collaborating with teammates, other service providers, vendors, and users to build relationships and achieve objectives.
Review all financial and technical reports before release to clients
Communicate issues and solutions to client stakeholders in a timely and transparent manner
Ensure compliance with all regulatory and administrative requirements imposed by the contract in coordination with the internal contracts staff
Coordinate the preparation of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and value engineering proposals to clients

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager in programs and contracts
Experience conveying technical concepts to various audiences and communicating effectively with senior managers, colleagues, and others.
Experience in a management role with an understanding of related processes and functional support elements.
Experience complex customer situations and interact with all levels of personnel to provide quick and effective resolutions.
Proven ability to manage distributed teams and projects while building strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and technical contractors.
Must have direct experience in managing multi-task contracts and subcontracts of various types and complexity, as well as experience in leading a multi-vendor environment.
Active PMP® Certification or equivalent project management certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of hands-on relevant experience in a technical field.
• Experience with Agile project management experience, to include experience with Agile development related project management applications such as Jira and/or ServiceNow.
• Experience working with ServiceNow.
• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite, including Jira and Confluence.

Clearance Requirements:
~ Current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements:
Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time.
Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as, the copy machine/fax machine/computer/printer.