Program Manager Defense Jobs in Maryland (NOW HIRING)

Absolute Business Solutions Corp (ABSC) is not just another tech company. We're a community of innovators, engineers, analysts and business professionals working together with our customers to tackle the most complex challenges. For more than 20 years we've supported critical Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), Federal Civilian missions and global, multi-national corporations. We specialize in supporting our clients in the Intelligence, Technology, Defense, AI/ML, and Data Science fields. As we continue to grow at a rapid pace, we need some amazing new professionals to join our team.
ABSC is actively seeking a Program Manager to support the U.S. Army's Capability Program Executive, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (CPE IEW&S) Headquarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
CPE IEW&S delivers world-class intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare, sensor, force-protection, and situational-awareness capabilities that give Soldiers the information and technological advantage needed to understand complex environments and take decisive action. This high-visibility SETA program provides technical, engineering, acquisition, logistics, operational, financial, administrative, and business support across CPE IEW&S Headquarters and its portfolio of Program and Project Management Offices.
The selected candidate will report to ABSC's Executive Vice President of Programs and provide leadership, direction, administration, quality assurance, and overall management of ABSC personnel, subcontractors, and teaming partners supporting the program. The Program Manager will serve as a key interface with the Government customer, oversee program execution, ensure efficient team coordination, and maintain compliance with contractual and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:

• Estimates at Completion: Work closely with the finance team to develop and maintain accurate program estimates, ensuring financial forecasts align with program funding, staffing, goals, and timelines.
• Customer Deliverables: Oversee the delivery of high-quality reports, CDRLs, plans, dashboards, and other customer deliverables, ensuring all submissions meet contractual requirements and customer expectations.
• Invoicing Responsibilities: Oversee and manage the invoicing process, including applicable eCRAFT, E2 ePRU, and APG Vendor reporting, ensuring timely and accurate submissions in compliance with contractual requirements and financial policies.
• Program Management Plan: Develop, maintain, and execute the Program Management Plan, including the Work Breakdown Structure, schedule, Quality Control Plan, risk-management approach, personnel-management plan, program metrics, and technical-effectiveness processes.
• Team Management: Lead and manage program team members, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring each team member effectively contributes to mission and program objectives.
• Staffing Management: Monitor recruiting, vacancies, onboarding, retention, training, leave, and backfill activities to maintain workforce stability and uninterrupted mission support.
• Timekeeping Management: Manage timekeeping through Deltek systems, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of team hours and program expenses.
• PM Assessments: Conduct monthly program management assessments to evaluate program progress, performance, financial status, staffing, deliverables, risks, and alignment with objectives, adjusting as necessary.
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify, assess, track, and respond to program risks and opportunities, ensuring potential issues are addressed proactively to minimize impact on cost, schedule, performance, and mission delivery.
• Financial and Performance Reporting: Maintain accurate financial, personnel, schedule, production, and performance information to support Government and corporate reporting requirements.
• Program Oversight: Assign and review tasks, establish priorities, monitor work in progress, verify successful completion of deliverables, and take corrective action when activities fall behind schedule.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Engage with Government, corporate, subcontractor, and program stakeholders at all levels, building strong relationships and ensuring ongoing support and commitment to the program.
• Quality and Compliance: Ensure program activities and deliverables comply with the PWS, applicable CDRLs, quality-control processes, security requirements, standard operating procedures, and customer expectations.
• Corporate Participation: Play a key role in supporting monthly and quarterly business reviews, both remotely and in person at ABSC headquarters in McLean, Virginia, by providing insights and updates on program status, achievements, financial performance, staffing, risks, and challenges. Participate in and contribute to ad hoc corporate meetings, ensuring program perspectives are represented and integrated into broader company strategies.
• Growth & Recompete Support: Assist ABSC's Growth team with proposal development, capture activities, and recompete planning, as needed. Provide program insights, performance data, staffing information, customer and mission context, past-performance inputs, and other content needed to support compliant and compelling submissions.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 14 years of experience managing Government programs, including at least one year of supervisory experience;

OR
Minimum of 10 years of experience managing Government programs, including at least one year of supervisory experience, for candidates possessing a Project Management Professional certification.

• Experience organizing, directing, and coordinating the planning and implementation of contract-support activities.
• Experience interfacing with Government personnel and managing contractor personnel, subcontractors, teaming partners, deliverables, cost, schedule, staffing, quality, and customer requirements.
• Experience formulating and reviewing project feasibility, determining costs, monitoring performance, and ensuring conformance with established work standards.
• Ability to interpret organizational policies, purposes, and goals and communicate them effectively to program personnel.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to take ownership of tasks, drive them to completion, and deliver results on schedule with minimal supervision.
• Excellent writing skills, including the ability to prepare professional reports, plans, briefings, presentations, and meeting minutes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with Government leadership, program personnel, subcontractors, teaming partners, and corporate stakeholders.
• Ability to provide on-site program management at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland full time until program is transitioned in and steady state; and then at least two days per week, with additional on-site support based on mission requirements.
• Ability and willingness to obtain the Project Management Professional certification within six months if not already certified.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Project Management Professional certification.
• Experience briefing senior leaders and decision-makers.
• Experience supporting Army acquisition, CPE IEW&S, PEO IEW&S, or related Department of Defense programs.
• Experience managing SETA contracts or multidisciplinary teams supporting systems engineering, acquisition, logistics, cybersecurity, financial management, operations, or business functions.
• Experience with eCRAFT, E2 ePRU, APG Vendor Reports, CDRLs, Deltek, or Government financial-reporting systems.
• Experience leading contract transition, surge staffing, risk management, and quality-control activities.
• Familiarity with Army acquisition processes, Programs of Record, Quick Reaction Capabilities, and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework.

An approximate salary range for this position is $125,000-$225,000. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Who we are:
ABSC is a technology and services company that combines the agility of a small business with proven processes refined over more than two decades in business. We specialize in supporting public sector clients in the Intelligence, Defense, Health, and Safety areas. Our team stands ready to deliver the next generation of programs, personnel, and solutions to help advance our federal government customers� driving innovation, agility, and security across all mission areas.
Some of our benefits include:

• Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
• Retirement Planning � 401k Fully Vested with Match
• Tuition Assistance Program � Annual contributions to help you pay down your loans
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance � buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
• Career Development � 5,250 Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
• Volunteer Time Off � Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
• Charitable Match � ABSC matches up to $250 of an employee's donation to a qualifying charity
• Paid Parental Leave �Employees receive 3 weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay
• Referral Program � We pay for internal and external referrals!
• LOV Awards � Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program

Apply to join our team today! We are always looking to grow our team - if you know someone who is seeking a new career opportunity, please share this job opening with them! ABSC offers generous external referral bonuses. You don't need to be an employee to benefit from our Referral Program!
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