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You will work closely with government leadership, stakeholders, and technical teams to manage schedules, track performance, coordinate resources, mitigate risks, and ensure successful execution of program objectives.\nResponsibilities\nPlan, coordinate, and oversee program and project activities to support mission objectives, schedules, and deliverables. \nDevelop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and performance metrics. \nMonitor project progress and coordinate resources to support successful project execution. \nTrack program deliverables, action items, dependencies, and organizational priorities. \nIdentify, assess, and manage project risks and issues and develop mitigation strategies. \nCoordinate meetings, stakeholder engagements, working groups, and project reviews. \nDocument decisions, action items, and follow-up activities to ensure accountability and execution. \nPrepare executive briefings, presentations, reports, dashboards, and status updates for leadership. \nDevelop recommendations, communicate project status, and support informed decision-making. \nFoster collaboration across business, technical, and stakeholder communities. \nSupport continuous process improvement initiatives that increase operational efficiency and program effectiveness. \nEnsure activities are conducted in accordance with organizational policies, standards, and governance requirements. \nSupport SAFe Agile planning, coordination, and execution activities within an Agile Release Train environment. \nQualifications\nActive Top Secret clearance. \nU.S. Citizenship.\nBachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience supporting program management, project management, or operational support activities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.\nExperience planning, coordinating, and tracking complex projects, schedules, milestones, and deliverables. \nExperience identifying and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies. \nExperience preparing executive briefings, presentations, status reports, dashboards, and leadership communications. \nExperience coordinating across technical teams, stakeholders, and leadership organizations. \nStrong leadership, organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. \nFamiliarity with SAFe Agile principles and project delivery practices. \nPay Transparency Statement\nAMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. 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