Position Title: Program Manager
Location: Dahlgren, VA
Category: Contingent
Schedule (FT/PT): FT
Travel Required: NA
Shift: Day
Remote Type: On-site
Clearance required: Secret required/TS/SCI preferred
Division: Aviation
Salary range: $155,000 - $220,000
**THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD**
Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary point of contact between Government leadership and ACT1 management.
- Provide overall leadership, direction, and oversight for contract execution, personnel management, customer engagement, and mission delivery.
- Lead a multi-disciplinary workforce supporting program management, systems engineering, digital engineering, business and financial management, operations analysis, and administrative functions.
- Manage contract performance to ensure achievement of technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
- Direct workforce planning, recruiting, staffing, employee performance management, retention, and succession planning activities.
- Lead recurring program reviews, risk assessments, and executive-level briefings for Government and corporate leadership.
- Oversee development and analysis of program schedules, resource plans, cost estimates, and execution metrics to support informed decision making.
- Monitor program performance through the integration of cost, schedule, technical, and financial management data, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities affecting mission execution.
- Provide leadership and oversight of Earned Value Management (EVM), performance measurement, schedule forecasting, and program control activities.
- Support affordability assessments, cost estimating activities, budget planning, funds execution monitoring, and financial analysis efforts across multiple program portfolios.
- Coordinate closely with Government and contractor financial management personnel to support planning, programming, budgeting, execution, and reporting requirements.
- Utilize program performance data, dashboards, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled tools to improve visibility into program health, resource utilization, and execution risks.
- Identify program risks and opportunities and implement corrective actions to ensure successful contract performance.
- Support strategic planning, business development, transition activities, and future growth opportunities within the customer organization.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous process improvement across the program.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of ten (10) years of program or project management experience.
- Minimum of five (5) years supporting Federal Government or Department of Defense programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing large, complex professional services contracts supporting multiple functional disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience integrating cost, schedule, technical, and financial management considerations to support program execution and decision making.
- Experience overseeing program controls, financial management, budget execution, resource planning, or cost management activities.
- Demonstrated experience managing contract performance, staffing, schedules, deliverables, risks, and customer relationships.
- Experience briefing senior Government and corporate executives.
- Active Secret security clearance required.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience supporting ACAT I, Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs), Integrated Warfare Systems, Combat Systems, or other complex Department of Defense acquisition programs.
- Experience supporting cost estimating, budget formulation, funds execution, financial analysis, or affordability assessments within Department of Defense acquisition organizations.
- Experience utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), performance measurement baselines, and program control methodologies.
- Understanding of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes and Department of Defense resource management practices.
- Experience supporting NAVSEA, NAVAIR, PEO, SYSCOM, or warfare systems organizations.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DAWIA Program Management, or equivalent certification.
- Experience leveraging data analytics, business intelligence tools, automation, or Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled capabilities to improve program performance and decision support.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
Benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Company Paid Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401K with employer match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Military Leave
- Education, Training & Professional Development
- Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
- Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
- If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
- If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.