Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:  Full Benefits Package
Clearance: TS\SCI
Work Location: Charleston, SC
Position is contingent upon award

Athena Technology Group (ATG) is seeking a Program Manager III (PM) to join our NIWIC team at Charleston, SC.  The PM III’s primary function is to support the NIWC’s Cybersecurity program.

Essential functions

• Lead and manage programs with a focus on cybersecurity and computer network defense design, development, and evaluation.
• Define program goals, objectives, and success criteria, ensuring effective monitoring from inception to completion.
• Supervise multi-disciplined teams, managing schedules, training, and development.
• Oversee contract and subcontract activities, ensuring compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and DoD procurement policies.
• Formulate and guide the technical approach, collaborating with agency personnel to secure necessary resources.
• Establish and control program milestones, schedules, budgets, and costs.
• Manage proposal writing and procurement processes, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Prepare status and financial reports for leadership, including FISMA compliance reports.
• Conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and provide schedule risk analyses.
• Maintain a Contractor Personnel Roster and report all Government Furnished Material (GFM) to government stakeholders.
• Perform administrative duties, such as calendar management, meeting scheduling, and training tracking.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Management Information Systems, or Business and one of the three following professional certifications: CISM, CISSP-ISSMP, PMP.

Experience:

• Fifteen (15) years of technical experience in support of program/projects, to include: Equipment Support, System Support, and Programmatic Support.
• Experience shall include at least eight (8) years of Program Management experience, to include: Technology Assessments, Systems Design, Systems Analysis, Programmatic Support, Acquisition Planning, and Budget Planning.
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and DoD procurement policies and procedures.
• Individual shall have written and oral communications abilities commensurate with this management role.
• Experience may be achieved simultaneously.