Program Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 3, 2026. Agiledefense scores B on the Alion truth index.
Requisition #: 1769
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Ashburn, VA
Clearance Level: Secret, Must Have Clearance to Start
Required Certification(s): PMP & ITIL V3 (or V4)
Job Description
The Program Manager will be responsible for the strategic planning, execution, and overall success of customer enterprise infrastructure initiatives. In this role, you will lead and mentor a high-performing, multi-domain engineering team consisting of Project Managers, Network Architects, Zero-Trust Subject Matter Experts, Network Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Engineers and the provision of exceptional customer service.
The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing all aspects of successful delivery of task order requirements, deliverables, work products, program financial health and ensuring a high-quality customer experience for Agile Defense’s DHS customer. The Program Manager will serve as the Contractor’s Point of Contact (POC) for the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
The Program Manager owns cost, schedule, and performance, drives risk management and contract compliance, and ensures seamless coordination among stakeholders, subcontractors, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Education and Background
Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (e.g., Information Technology, Networking and Telecommunications), or five years of experience in a technical field with a bachelor’s degree in another field, or eight years of experience without a bachelor’s degree.
Years of Experience
Minimum of seven (7) years of verifiable management experience in organizing, directing, and managing contract operation support functions, managing time and materials or firm and multiple complex and inter-related projects for a large, complex Federal agency. Minimum of five (5) years of verifiable experience in networking,mobility, cloud and information technology as well as Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Required Skills
- Leads a team of Project Managers through all program phases including concept, development, implementation, evaluation and closeout; ensures successful integration of all program segments and services.
- Develop and provide input to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for program control, status monitoring, and reporting purposes to identify program milestones, major tasks, efforts, dependencies, risks, resources, and activities across prime and subcontractor efforts
- Plan and lead formal reviews and produce meeting minutes including Weekly Status Reports, Program Management Reviews, and Integrated Baseline Reviews
- Support documentation of all business and workflow processes in this area.
- Acts as a subject-matter expert to multiple tasks and/or programs.
- Support new Agile Defense engagements as transitional program or operations lead.
- Provide writing support in support of corporate response to RFI/RFPs/RFQs from various customers.
- Key Performance Indicator tracking and metrics reporting
- Quality control, to include developing a Quality Control Plan (QCP) to ensure the performance standards met
- Risk management
- Complex Invoicing
- Staffing
- Sub-contractor management
- Assist with managing, documenting and communicating on-schedule, be part of a rotational on-call schedule, and serve as final point of escalation on an on-call schedule.
- Reporting to include Weekly Status Reports (WSRs) and articles on significant accomplishments answering the so what.
The Program Manager will be responsible for performing program management activities that include, but are not necessarily limited, to the following:
Preferred Skills
- Network, Cloud and SAFE Agile Certifications are highly desired.
- Previous experience supporting DHS and CBP highly desired
Working Conditions
On-site four days a week.