Program Manager Contract Jobs in Gadsden, AL (NOW HIRING)

About Concept Plus Concept Plus is a mission-focused technology solutions provider that transforms IT concepts into impactful solutions for federal agencies. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, we bring the agility, responsiveness, and customer intimacy of a small business combined with the quality and infrastructure of a larger firm. Recognized as an award-winning Oracle partner, we have delivered innovative solutions across Defense, Intelligence, Civilian, Health IT, and Tribal sectors. Our highly certified experts build systems that drive efficiency, accelerate modernization, and ensure mission outcomes with certainty. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, paid life insurance, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, performance bonuses, tuition reimbursement, unlimited training, and the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative, flexible, and innovative environment. For more information, visit . About the role Concept Plus is looking for a Program Manager to provide overall leadership, direction, and management across all aspects of this DoW force management capability. This role is responsible for ensuring the program meets all costs, schedule, and performance objectives while maintaining alignment with Air Force operational priorities. What you'll do * Provide day-to-day project oversight, including schedule management, resource allocation, budget tracking, and coordination of monthly software releases. * Primary liaison between the customer, stakeholders and end users, and corporate leadership, delivering clear, concise, and timely status updates to senior leadership on both the client and corporate side. * Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation planning for project continuity and readiness. * Oversee requirements intake, refinement, prioritization, and alignment with warfighter needs in coordination with the customer and stakeholders. * Manage development, testing, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to ensure successful delivery of capabilities. * Ensure compliance with all DoW and PEO BES policies, including cybersecurity requirements, RMF processes, configuration management, and documentation standards. * Monitor subcontractor performance to ensure adherence to project deliverables and quality standards. * Facilitate Agile project activities, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, and retrospectives. * Lead project reviews, technical exchanges, and other project meetings with government and internal stakeholders. * Develop and maintain project roadmaps, long-term modernization strategies, and release planning documentation. * Prepare and manage contract deliverables, reports, and required project documentation for government submission. * Support financial planning activities, including forecasting, cost estimates, burn rate tracking, and resource planning. * Maintain and communicate project performance metrics and dashboards to ensure transparency across all stakeholders. * Conduct annual performance reviews for all direct reports. * Approve timesheets for internal staff and subcontractor personnel. * Manage procurement and renewal of required licenses. * Coordinate, authorize, and facilitate conference travel. * Review and approve expense reports in accordance with company policy. Required Qualifications * US Citizen * Bachelor's degree in business, management, information systems, computer science, or a related field. * 8+ years of experience in project management supporting DoW or federal IT programs. * PMP Certification * DoW security clearance SECRET or higher-level clearance. Preferred Qualifications * CSM or SAFe certifications. * Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience leading Agile development teams. * Proximity to Montgomery, Alabama and ability to be on-site as required preferred Concept Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we will give your application full consideration without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.