• Program Manager

    Jacobs (Chantilly, VA)


    Founded in 2015, Knack Works, based out of Northern Virginia, was formed to address the demand for cutting-edge development environments within the intelligence community. Knack Works is focused on providing scalable, automated solutions that enable our customers to perform their national security missions in an ever-changing environment of new technologies and evolving threats. Our flagship product, the "Knack Stack," introduces flexible and automated hybrid cloud infrastructure as a service for cloud-agnostic deployments and automation. It's designed to automate data management and security. Today, we operate independently as Knack Works, a subsidiary of Jacobs. We are fortunate to retain our identity as a small business, yet with support from a large company. We are looking for a team-centric leader who focuses on solving complex problems, can formulate new solutions, and thrives working with a diverse technical team in a complex technical environment. As a leader, this position is critical to technical delivery leadership, technical business knowledge, resources, and client management.

    Responsibilities:

    • Serve as the Government's point of contact.

    • Provide technical supervision and guidance for all personnel assigned to the contract.

    • Help develop efficiency improvements and best business practices to the program office.

    • Oversee all contractual responsibilities and delivery of all contract deliverables.

    • Ensure an efficient, effective, and economical level of contract support is provided to the program office.

    • Develop and manage risk and opportunities

    • Develop and manage on-contract growth targets

    • Develop and manage program master schedule

    • Provide oversight of staff and support activities.

    • Manage contract financials.

    • Manage overall contract performance to include providing subcontract management, monitoring invoicing, coordinating contract change proposals; and understanding the needs and customer expectations to ensure customer satisfaction. Some local travel can be expected.

    • Manage all internal contract reporting.

    * Must be willing to work on-site in Northern Virginia

    * Possess TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

    * 7+ years’ experience as a Sr. Project or Program Manager within the IC Community

    * Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or Cyber related field

    * Strong management, leadership, written, and oral communications skills

    * Experience in Government acquisition

    * Familiarity with industry best practices and Government contract and subcontract management

    * Must be able to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

    * Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (preferred)

     

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