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Program Manager

Employment Type Full-Time, Exempt | W-2 Permanent Employee

Location New Braunfels, TX (Hybrid) with up to 25% travel; occasional OCONUS deployment Compensation $160,000 base plus performance bonus and benefits

Permanent Position: This is a full-time permanent W-2 position anchoring PSCG's core team. The role is not tied to any specific task order and provides stability, institutional ownership, and leadership across PSCG's portfolio of federal disaster response engagements.

ABOUT PSCG

Essential Healthcare Solutions LLC is supporting Pinnacle Solutions & Consulting Group (PSCG), an SBA-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, in its search for motivated, solution-driven team players eager to embrace the responsibilities of working in a dynamic and professionally rewarding environment.

PSCG delivers federal contracting, disaster response, and emergency management advisory services to prime contractors and federal agencies. We operate lean, move fast, and deliver results in high-stakes environments.

THE ROLE

PSCG is seeking an experienced federal Program Manager to lead task order execution across our active and pipeline disaster response engagements, with initial focus on task orders flowing from our current prime contract relationship supporting FEMA-3645-EM (Super Typhoon Sinlaku) and follow-on disaster response opportunities. The Program Manager serves as PSCG's single point of accountability to prime contractors for task order delivery.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own end-to-end task order execution including staffing, schedule, budget, risk, and deliverables.

• Serve as PSCG's primary interface with prime contractor program management teams.

• Lead weekly task order status reviews with prime contractor counterparts.

• Ensure full FAR, DFARS, and prime-contract flow-down compliance across all task order activity.

• Manage PSCG principals and bench consultants assigned to task orders you lead.

• Review and approve all invoices, deliverables, and correspondence under your task orders.

• Drive proposal capture and pricing for task order responses in coordination with PSCG leadership.

• Maintain DCAA-compliant documentation and audit-ready records for all task order activity.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, engineering, or related discipline.

• Ten or more years of federal contract management experience (eight with a Master's degree).

• Five or more years directly managing federal task orders valued at $1 million or greater.

• Active PMP certification.

• Demonstrated experience managing subcontract teams across federal disaster response, defense, or emergency management.

• Working knowledge of FAR Parts 3, 15, 19, 31, 44, and 52 and applicable DFARS supplements.

• U.S. Citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance.

WHAT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE

• Active U.S. Secret clearance.

• FAC-C Level II or DAWIA equivalent certification.

• Prior experience with FEMA PA-TAC, USACE ACI, or equivalent disaster response contract vehicles.

• Experience working with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses.

• Master's degree in related discipline.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus structure tied to task order margin and utilization.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) with company match after vesting period.

• Flexible hybrid work arrangement.

• Professional development budget including certification maintenance.

• Direct role in building a growing SDVOSB consulting practice.

HOW TO APPLY

Send resume and a brief note on why this role fits to patricia.hughes@essentialhcsolutions.com. Reference position code PM in the subject line.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & FEDERAL CONTRACTING COMPLIANCE

PSCG is committed to recruiting, hiring, and retaining the best talent regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, PSCG especially encourages veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses to apply. PSCG participates in E-Verify and maintains a drug-free workplace per the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. All employment offers are contingent on successful background investigation, citizenship verification where required, and confirmation of non-debarment via SAM.gov.