Program Manager

We are seeking a highly qualified Program Manager (Principal) with expertise in economics, government policy, and management oversight to lead our team in supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) enforcement operations. The ideal candidate will have strong academic credentials in economics and government policy, coupled with a proven track record of management oversight experience. This role requires a sound working knowledge of EPA's economic models and their applications, as well as the ability to manage assignments effectively to meet strict enforcement operations requirements and court deadlines. The Program Manager will be responsible for making assignments for appropriate expert witness support and expert testimony, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of services to support EPA's enforcement activities.

Responsibilities:

·      Preliminary identification and refinement of program and project user requirements.

·      Scheduling and facilitation of project-level meetings with Government representatives leading each of the projects to discuss preliminary program-level user requirements, program/suite development progress, challenges, opportunities for integration/synergy across applications, and opportunities to improve the development process. This includes drafting of agendas, preparing materials and capturing meeting minutes.

·      Maintaining a program-level GANTT chart to track milestones and deliverables for the full suite of applications under development.

·      Identifying risks to program timeline and deliverables and assisting in their resolution, including assuring that project/application-specific concerns are raised to the program level when appropriate and other program management tasks as appropriate.

·      Scheduling and facilitating Government project team meetings to identify and appropriately document and communicate preliminary user requirements prior to the initiation of development to allow development cycles to be used effectively. This includes drafting agendas, preparing meeting materials, and capturing minutes.

·      Assuring all internal project deadlines are achieved, and identifying risks to project timelines and sprints and assisting in their resolution.

·      Engaging with both Government and the development team to facilitate communication about programmatic and technical needs.

·      Coordinating meetings between Government and development team for technical and feedback discussions.

·      Relaying information and concerns between Government and development team to facilitate meeting of milestones and completion of deliverables.

·      Developing a communications plan for release of the applications and suite to government personnel.

·      Other stakeholder engagement tasks as appropriate and approved by the program manager

·      Capturing comments/suggested revisions to materials suggested by stakeholders and ensuring appropriate resolution.

·      Tracking and managing project documents, Must be able to develop Project Management Documents such as Project Management Plan, Stakeholder Register, Risk Register, Master Contract Schedule, Change Management Plan, Cost Management Plan, Communications Plan, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), Master Test Plan, Contract Transition Out Plan.

·      Must be able to report directly to Company's executive management team with clear information on Project tracking and deliverables.

Requirements

·      Must have at least 5-7 Years of Experience as a Program Manager.

·      Must be able to Pass a Government Public Trust Background Check.

·      PMI-PMP is required and must be active.

·      Other Certificates such as CSM, ITIL in addition to PMP are Preferred.

·      Must be able to clearly communicate previous experience.