Deputy Program Manager

Yulista Solutions LLCRegular

Job Summary

The Deputy Program Manager supports the Program Manager in overseeing the execution, performance, and delivery of multiple task orders supporting U.S. Navy training and instructional systems programs. This position assists with program planning, schedule management, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and contractual performance to ensure compliance with Statement of Work (SOW) requirements and government deliverables. The Deputy Program Manager serves as a key liaison between program leadership, internal functional teams, and government stakeholders. This position requires 30%-40% of annual travel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Program Manager in managing multiple concurrent task orders, ensuring alignment with contract requirements, schedules, budgets, and performance objectives.
• Coordinate program planning, staffing, resource allocation, and execution activities across task order teams.
• Monitor Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), milestones, deliverables, and program performance to identify risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Assist with task order kickoff activities, execution plans, work breakdown structures, and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) tracking.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, Quality Assurance, Finance, Contracts, and technical teams to support program execution.
• Support preparation of Contractor's Progress, Status, and Management Reports (CPSMR), Program Management Reviews (PMRs), and Working Integrated Product Team (WIPT) meetings.
• Monitor scope, schedule, cost, and staffing variances and support implementation of corrective actions.
• Facilitate communication with government customers and stakeholders as authorized by the Program Manager.
• Support compliance with contract requirements, applicable Navy training standards, and internal program management procedures. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 8–10 years of relevant program or project management experience, preferably supporting federal government contracts.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects or task orders, including schedule, budget, staffing, and deliverable management.
• Knowledge of federal contract execution, SOW requirements, CDRLs, and program performance reporting.
• Experience developing or maintaining Integrated Master Schedules using Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling tools.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage competing program priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting U.S. Navy, Department of Defense (DoD), or Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) programs.
• Experience supporting Navy training systems, instructional development, or curriculum modernization programs.
• Familiarity with NAVEDTRA 142 Series and OPNAVINST 1500.76.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience supporting large IDIQ contracts and multiple task orders. Familiarity with Navy training development systems and processes.

Location: Orlando, FL

PREFERENCE STATEMENT
Preference will be given to Calista shareholders and their descendants and to spouses of Calista shareholders, and to shareholders of other corporations created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in accordance with Title 43 U.S. Code 1626(g).

EEO STATEMENT
Additionally, it is our policy to select, place, train and promote the most qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion/creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status. When applicable, our policy of non-discrimination applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, transfer, promotion, placement, layoff, compensation, termination, reduction in force and benefits.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
It is Calista and Subsidiaries' business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

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This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.