Senior Program Manager, Government Technologies

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What we offer

• Competitive salary and bonus plan

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time - 15 days of vacation first year

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one

• Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

• JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)

• Check us Out: A Day in the Life of the Building of the Future 

What you will do 

• Under the direction of the Director of Operations, the Sr. Program Manager is responsible for the operational and financial management of large multi-faceted government projects in support of the US Government and serves as the Government Technologies (GT) authorized interface with their Sales partners and assigned government representatives. This responsibility is achieved through the direct management of several Project Managers and Project Engineers on existing and future projects. The role will be responsible for formulating and enforcing work standards, project resource management, reviewing work discrepancies, supervising contractor personnel, and communicating policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to subordinates.

• The Sr. Program Manager is responsible, through their team, for the overall contract performance and, as such, will establish and maintain procedures and controls to ensure that projects are completed in accordance with agreed to performance standards, budgets, and schedule specified in the contracts and task orders. They will also be responsible for managing close relationships with customer management, growing the project business, working closely with the JCI SSO's, assisting hiring personnel, and managing subcontractor relationships to ensure efficient and profitable business.

• The position supports all aspects of quality, safety, cost, and customer satisfaction in support of the contract objectives and will be required to travel into Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas throughout the work week, assisting assigned team in their onsite activities through oversight.

How you will do it 

• Lead and manage large multi-faceted government contracts and serve as the authorized interface with the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), government management personnel and customer agency representatives. Serves as the primary customer interface to effectively communicate and ensure customer satisfaction for both installation and service activities.

• Provide a support role to the sales and business development teams to lead sales related activities resulting in business growth to include GT growth initiatives through effective deployment of operations functions.

• Manage the contract operations budget to meet and exceed corporate targets set for the programs/projects.

• Lead and guide Sales and Engineering partners during presales activities to determine Project Management needs on future projects.

• Develop and maintain resource management tools to ensure existing and future project work can meet existing staffing levels.

• Responsible for the overall project performance and, as such, will establish and maintain procedures and controls to ensure that projects are completed in accordance with agreed to performance standards, budgets, invoicing, and schedule specified in the contracts and task orders.

• Responsible for planning, directing, and monitoring all project activities, including technical performance and financial profitability under the government contractual terms and specifications.

• Manage assigned teams delivery of daily, monthly, and quarterly pr