Executive Program Manager

Executive Program Manager

Job Category: Project and Program Management

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Local

Anticipated Posting End: 9/27/2024

The Opportunity:
CACI is searching for an experienced, executive-level Program Manager to lead the NGA SAFFIRE contract in the delivery of cutting-edge Structured Observation Management (SOM) and Computer Vision (CV) capabilities on an aggressive schedule.  Selected candidate will provide strategic and operational oversight of the Delivery Areas and serve as the primary POC with the Government leadership team, CACI program leadership and CACI executive leadership.  Responsible for managing the contract in several areas, including work scope selection and allocation within an agile development construct, cost management & avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a large, geographically diverse team responsible for cutting-edge solution design, development and sustainment across multiple solutions and target networks
• Drive the team to maximize software capability output by efficiently transforming Government interactions into high-quality software deliveries within an agile framework
• Tune the program interactions within its agile framework to ensure mission and delivery success while ensuring the stability and usability of existing systems
• Drive innovation into the daily tasking of a large engineering team
• Lead an agile software team in meeting evolving customer requirements in a flexible manner while creating/executing a high-level roadmap that highlights the program direction to senior members of the customer organization
• Partner with support functions (e.g. Finance, Contracts, Procurement, HR, TA, Program Performance) as required to make our customer successful in the accomplishment of their mission
• Establish and maintain an organizational element that engages with end-users to anticipate their needs and ensure delivered capabilities streamline their workflows
• Develop and mentor program leads and managers, positioning them for larger roles over time
• Manage program P&L and present it to CACI Corporate leadership in contributing to the overall corporate financial goals
• Participate in proposal activities for the follow-on contract

Qualifications :

*Please note, to be considered, candidates must have these requirements in their background.*

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• 15+ years leading successful solution deliveries for US Government customers, including 5+ years as the named Program Manager
• Significant experience and track record of delivering functional software via agile development methods
• Experience managing agile programs at the solution level and above.
• Knowledge of the SAFe methodology
• Demonstrated success delivering functional code to the Government’s satisfaction using agile design and development techniques (specifically, delivering alpha and beta quality code to the Government in time frames less than one month, and production of quality code in three-month time frames.)
• Strong command of scheduling practices, including change impact assessment and associated schedule coordination/modification
• Understanding of the US Government marketspace, specifically within the IC (preferably NGA), with an emphasis on solution development
• A strong internal drive for excellence and the ability to demand/achieve results across an organization
• Strong cognitive & communication skills with a collaborative outlook
• A temperament that is able to function at a high level despite experiencing unforeseen challenges on multiple fronts
• Depth of understanding in Program Finance, Contracts, Scheduling and Risk Management
• Ability to drive contract performance and growth while ensuring customer satisfaction
• Experience leading large agile software development programs
• Active TS clearance with ability to obtain SCI

Desired:

• SAFe Agilist or SAFe Government Practitioner certification
• Experience in one or more of the following technologies: Big Data Management/Exploitation/Visualization, DevSecOps princip