Deputy Operations Manager, Senior (PMA 271)

Description

Position Title: Deputy Operations Manager, Senior (PMA 271)            

Requisition #: 264 

Position Type: Exempt      

Work Environment: On-Site    

Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000 ***This is an estimated salary range. Compensation will be commensurate with experience***  

Location: Patuxent River, MD             

Clearance Level Required: Secret     

Davis Defense Group, Inc. has secured a stellar reputation as one of the premier Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) in the aerospace and defense industry, steadfastly supporting the Department of Defense since 2002. A critical combination of vision and dedication to excellence has helped our customers achieve numerous significant milestones on schedule and within budget. Today we employ over 700 personnel around the globe in a mix of analytical, advisory, technical, and support positions. The common thread across our organization is our commitment to our customers and an unwavering dedication to our principle motto: “Mission Focused, Future Ready. Innovating today, Leading tomorrow.”            

Functional Description:  

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants. 

Duties and Responsibilities:  

As the Senior Deputy Operations Manager, you provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership in support of operations within the U.S. Department of Defense’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) program office, which ensures survivable and reliable airborne communication between the U.S. National Command Authority and its nuclear forces. This role reports to the Operations Lead and is responsible and accountable to the Ops Team, the Program Manager and the Deputy Program Manager for day-to-day operations, providing business management support to the Program Management Office. The Deputy Operations Lead will manage and coordinate IPT activities as requested from the IPTLs to effectively achieve program performance objectives, advise and participate in the development and coordination of required program documentation and briefings, and ensure program requirements and milestones are communicated and coordinated with program leadership. 

Specific Duties and responsibilities include: 

• Analyze needs and synthesize requirements in coordination with the Operations Lead to develop clear objectives for program initiatives and planning. 
• Establish initial and long-range program objectives. 
• Ensure compliance of objectives with PMO and PEO(A) direction and initiatives. 
• Serve as the central point of contact within the Program Management Office (PMO) for all internal and external tasks, actions, and communications involving stakeholders across the PMA, PEO, ASN(RDA), STRATCOM, OPNAV, SECNAV, DoD, Congress, and the media, as well as matters impacting the program office as a whole. 
• Establish, monitor, and track suspense dates to ensure timely completion of deliverables. 
• Maintain day-to-day operational integrity across IPTs. 
• Maximize the use of digital tools to enhance efficiency and collaboration. 
• Integrate planning efforts across the program team and coordinate with participating organizations and agencies as required. 
• Coordinate and consolidate inputs for weekly Leadership Team meetings, PEO engagements, and PMRs; prepare and document meeting outputs including briefs, issue papers, white papers, quad charts, and trade studies. 
• Develop and implement program office procedures, applying process improvement methodologies to address issues and enhance performance. 
• Identify and recommend training and professional development opportunities. 
• Prepare, update, and manage program office correspondence and documentation, including routing, distribution, research, retrieval, and records maintenance. 
• Participate in required meetings, including calendar synchronization sessions with Operations, Executive Assistants, Leadership, and Operations meetings. 
• Support the Executive Assistants with calendar management for PM/DPM leadership, scheduling and work prioritization. 
• Coordinate and schedule secure and non-secure communications. 
• Plan and execute All Hands meetings, including scheduling, venue coordination, and overall event support.