Program Operations Manager

NT Concepts is seeking a Program Operations Manager to join our team. Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security. We’re looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting this mission. If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career, join our growing team and discover What's Next for you.

Mission Focus: This program will provide support to the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) Training & Evaluation Directorate.  You will be on the ground floor of developing a testing program of record whose aim is to provide a comprehensive suite of integrated testing tools which can be deployed widely across the Department of Defense enterprise to address key T&E gaps. In particular, you will support the testing of AI system performance, cybersecurity, adversarial resilience, and explainability.

Clearance: US Citizenship required

Location/Flexibility: This work shall be performed onsite in Falls Church, VA and Arlington, VA. Remote work is permitted with several in person meetings per month required

Travel: May include deployment to hazardous duty areas. May include frequent flights for tasking at remote locations in support of US Government exercises and operations.

Responsibilities:

As a Program Operations Manager you will:

• Demonstrate initiative and be a self-starter, work in a highly collaborative, virtual, and versatile environment handling an array of duties and responsibilities with particular focus on coordination, event organization, team facilitation, time management, and multi-tasking abilities
• Maintain organizations charts, recall rosters, and email distribution lists
• Schedule appointments and make arrangements for meetings, to include agenda and calendar reminders
• Attend meetings; record actions and prepare minutes for distribution
• Create various weekly, biweekly, and monthly reports
• Plan and execute periodic events and information sessions for government workforce, including identifying the topics, handling all event logistics, preparing presentation materials, and marketing the event.
• Develop outlines and drafts for review and approval by technical specialists and management ensuring that final documents meet applicable contract requirements and government regulations.
• Support program manager on budget, scheduling, operations, and project execution decision making.
• Plan project budget and funding execution across agile schedule
• Create work breakdown structures (WBS) for software project
• Create and ensure consistent alignment to project scope
• Create and consistently track project schedules and Gantt charts, following agile best practices
• Coordinate operations of project event planning and technical demonstrations

Required Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of project management experience in Government contracting
• Demonstrated leadership qualities through prior experience working with management to find solutions for customers and coaching teams on agile development best practices
• Proven experience with agile techniques and understanding of practices for software development
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple specialties in a "one-team" environment.
• Strong communications skills
• Ability to proactively engage members both inside and outside of your team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including capability to make presentations to and interact with end-users
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Advanced level proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Working knowledge of project management concepts and principles.
• Willingness to travel outside the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting DoD programs as a Government contractor
• Understanding of Artificial Intelligence development and testing

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 10-15 pounds at times

About NT Concepts

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area, NT Concepts is a private, mid-tier company with clients spanning the Intelligence and Defense communities. We deliver end-to-end ​data and technology solutions ​that advance the modernization, transformation, and automation of the national security mission—solutions with real impact developed in a strong engineering culture tha