Program Manager

Location: Washington, DC metro area — hybrid; on-site at client HQ as required Must be visa independent and able to obtain a government-issued Public Trust clearance The role Single accountable lead for a five-year, firm-fixed-price contract supporting a mission-critical contract-management and financial application for a federal civilian aviation agency. Government’s day-to-day point of contact. Leads a four-to-five-person technical team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 90-day transition-in from the incumbent (knowledge transfer, shadow operations, single-day cutover).
• Own all deliverables: monthly status report, schedules, risk register, financial/variance reports, baseline documentation.
• Plan, assign, and control work across application O&M, help desk, security compliance, and next-generation system planning.
• Manage the security-compliance calendar (annual scans, POA&M remediation, ATO documentation) with the security engineer.
• Coordinate with the agency’s prime contractor on invoice and data issues; manage licenses, certificates, and assets.
• Lead requirements discovery and analysis of alternatives for a replacement system; brief recommendations to the program office.
• Administer contract personnel requirements (suitability onboarding, key-personnel notices).

Required

• 8+ years IT program/project management; 5+ years leading federal application support or O&M contracts as the government-facing lead.
• Ran at least one contract transition-in from an incumbent without service interruption.
• PMP (or equivalent, with PMP within 6 months).
• Experience managing deliverables and acceptance with a federal COR; strong written reporting.
• Working knowledge of federal ATO/RMF compliance processes and fixed-price financial control.

Preferred FAA/DOT experience; familiarity with FAA AMS.

Federal contract-management or financial systems background (task orders, obligations, invoicing; Delphi/PRISM).

Technical background in web application support (Oracle, Java/ColdFusion, AWS); ITIL.