Technology, Process and Business Program Manager

In this role you will serve as a Consultant to the Government-led team that:

• Defines and implements strategies to identify commercially available solutions to enable the NGA efforts to provide an integrated customer service experience and deliver world-class geospatial knowledge, content and services to customers worldwide.
• Uses innovative approaches and non-traditional methodologies to solve customer problems and develop new capabilities in support of the NGA’s GEOINT online services.
• Identifies and exploits the innovations of others, including industry, partners and customer communities.
• Develops follow-on as well as new NGA acquisition strategies to obtain critical skills sets to augment the Government workforce.

• Support collaborative teams of multi-functional resources in the delivery of specific technical and/or process projects.
• Assist the Government in the preparation of Acquisition documents and briefings to meet NGA Acquisition milestones.
• Provide expertise to align technical requirement with acquisition strategies.
• Provide technical and acquisition expertise to support the Government multi-functional team throughout the entire Acquisition process.
• Support the development of pre-acquisition documentation in preparation for a new NGA acquisition.
• Research acquisition topics for use in acquisition strategies and documentation.
• Analyze and evaluate new emergent technologies and /or processes for opportunity and application to NGA Initiatives.
• Provide advice on business case development for NGA strategic initiatives.
• Support to the management of multiple concurrent technology projects from problem definition through new capability adoption.
• Support to the implementation of new strategies to expedite prototype testing and feedback quickly and spur agile acquisitions.
• Use knowledge of industry trends to influence NGA planning.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a business-related field such as Economics, Finance, or Accounting.

• Project Management certification such as PMP or DAWIA Level III, or equivalent experience with project management tools and techniques.

• 15 years of specialized and 20 years of cumulative experience in Program Management 

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Proven ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, mission-driven environments.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

• MBA in Business or International Business.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with enterprise architecture and/or solutions architecture
• Demonstrated specialized experience in the development of pre-acquisition and acquisition documentation.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with acquisition strategies and approaches for follow-on or new enterprise contract vehicles, in the procurement of critical skills sets and staff augmentation for the government.
• Demonstrated experience with leading: value chain analysis; brain storming sessions; concept development, table top exercises or risk assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in recommending strategies and developing plans to effectively manage risk across the project or organization