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Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.\nPosition Overview\nThe successful candidate works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently; oversees the efforts of less senior staff and/or is responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.\nThis position is Monday through Friday, normal business hours. However, employee may be required to provide after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events.\nResponsibilities\nLeading the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale IT programs supporting enterprise modernization and service management objectives.\n\nProviding strategic program oversight, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and performance management across multiple concurrent workstreams.\n\nCoordinating with government stakeholders, technical leads, and contractor teams to ensure alignment with mission priorities and contract deliverables.\n\nDeveloping and maintaining project management artifacts such as project plans, schedules, risk registers, communication plans, and performance metrics.\n\nManaging program governance processes, including Integrated Project Team (IPT) meetings, milestone reviews, and executive-level briefings.\n\nIdentifying and mitigating program risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring proactive resolution and minimal mission impact.\n\nLeading resource planning, workload prioritization, and task assignment across multidisciplinary teams.\n\nEnsuring compliance with program management standards, policies, and reporting requirements.\n\nProviding expert guidance on process improvement, workflow optimization, and modernization initiatives.\n\nSupporting contract management activities including deliverable development, quality assurance, and performance reporting.\n\nMentoring junior project managers and team members to strengthen program management capabilities.\n\nParticipating with senior leadership to establish strategic plans, objectives, and long-term modernization roadmaps.\n\nMaking decisions on administrative or project matters to ensure effective achievement of program and organizational objectives.\n\nRequired Experience/Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in a related field.\nTen (10) years or more of project or program management experience.\nPMP certification\nDoD 8570 IAT Level II or III certification (e.g., Security+, CASP+, CISSP).\nITIL v4 Foundations certification.\nDemonstrated experience leading complex IT programs within DoD or other federal environments.\nProven ability to manage cross-functional teams and coordinate with senior government stakeholders.\nStrong understanding of IT service management, enterprise modernization, and cloud or infrastructure programs.\nExperience developing and managing project schedules, budgets, risks, and performance metrics.\nProficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Confluence, or similar.\nExcellent communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering executive-level briefings.\nAbility to identify and resolve operational, process, and performance inefficiencies.\nExperience mentoring junior staff and fostering collaborative team environments.\nPreferred Experience/Qualifications\nMA/MS degree.\nFifteen (15) or more years of experience.\nDoD TS/SCI clearance.\nExperience supporting USTRANSCOM, Air Mobility Command, or other TRANSCOM components.\nExperience managing hybrid contract types (FFP, T&M, CPFF).\nFamiliarity with cloud modernization, cybersecurity programs, or enterprise IT transformation initiatives.\nExperience with Agile, DevSecOps, or ITIL-based service delivery models.\nKnowledge of DoD acquisition, budgeting, and governance processes.\nSpecial Requirements/Security Clearance\nActive DoD Secret Clearance.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4046,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Military","Science & Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T04:41:54Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":96,"reasons":["conf:15","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/by-light-project-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/by-light-project-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T21:08:19Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3702,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1298,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}