Program Manager

**Program Manager****Description****RiverTech, an Akima Company,** delivers mission support services in the areas of engineering, communications, training, operations and maintenance, intelligence, aviation, logistics, and space systems that protect and defend sea, land, air and space operations and their personnel. Providing the talent, tools, and technologies to ensure exceptional performance in todays most demanding and strategically critical global environments. This is RiverTech. Our personnel enjoy competitive benefits packages and challenging roles in work environments committed to innovation, diversity and opportunity for career growth. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), 100% of our companys profits go back to our 14,300 Iupiat shareholders that have resided near and above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years. Our business helps support their way of life and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived in a challenging environment.**Job Summary:**The Program Managers (PM) primary responsibilities are to managecrucial administrative, operational, surge, and technical support services for the U.S. Agency for International Developments (USAID) Bureau for Asia, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, and the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs.The PM has operational responsibility for program execution, supervision, administration, management, subcontractor management, and financial performance for services. The PM plans for and assigns resources to ensure that all projects are completed on time and within the budgeted cost.The PMis the primary interface to the USAID CORand will work closely with the Financial Analyst to provide day-to-day financial oversight and management. The PM will work closely with the USAID COR to ensure proper financial record keeping and to notify the COR of any potential funding issues.**Responsibilities:**+ The PM will support the USAID with planning and executing all projects to achieve the CORs objectives, milestones, and benchmarks.+ Serve as the primary point of contact for task order requirements definition, planning, execution and reporting for all assigned projects.+ Establish performance management systems to track task activity, quality, and progress against specified tasks.+ Coordinate regularly with the client to ensure that the resources available and the execution plan is enough to achieve the CORs goals and objectives.+ Plan and budget for all resources required to successfully execute all assigned projects, including, but not limited to direct project labor, contracted labor, material, and travel.+ Ensure proper financial record keeping and notify the COR of any potential funding issues.+ Provide day-to-day financial oversight and management of task order funding, maintain funding pipelines for all task order elements, provide funding analysis, budget requests, and forecasts as requested.+ Ensure that project team performance consistently meets or exceeds customer satisfaction benchmarks.+ Manage personnel and subcontractors as appropriate to achieve the CORs milestones.+ Take necessary actions to correct performance problems to assure quality control.+ Develop and implement a recruitment and retention strategy to meet staffing requirements; supervise recruitment and hiring.+ Oversee staff training and development to ensure professionalism and skill enhancement.+ Work with recruiting to attract, recruit, and retain team members who meet or exceed our high standards.+ Develop and document personal and project goals that support program goals.**Qualifications****Minimum Qualifications:**+ Bachelors or higher in Management, Human Resources or related field, such as Public Administration, Organizational Development, or Industrial Psychology.+ 5 8 years of project manager experience in personnel/performance management.+ Demonstrated management and supervision of staff.+ Experience in setting up management, administrative, and financial systems.+ Excellent diplomacy and inter-personnel skills.+ Ability to interact with all levels of staff from senior management to line staff.+ Knowledge of federal program management.+ Ability to use sound judgment in problem solving.+ Ability to coordinate multiple sites and complex issues at any given time required.+ May have to travel locally and internationally.+ Active Secret clearance required.The duties and responsibilities listed in this job description generally cover the nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. This is not intended to be a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Subject to the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, the company management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as may be necessary. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted._We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law._We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you have a physical and/or mental disability and are interested in applying for employment and need special accommodations to use our website to apply for a position please contact, Recruiting Services at job-assist@akima.com or [Register to View] . Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.The dedicated email and telephonic options above are reserved only for individuals with disabilities needing accessibility assistance to apply to an open position using our website.Please do not use the dedicated email or phone number above to inquire on the status of your job application._In order for our company to stay compliant with government regulations, please apply on line. Please DO NOT email resumes or call in lieu of applying online unless you have a physical and/or mental disability and need assistance with the online application._**Job:** Program & Project Management**Primary Location:** US-VA-Herndon**Shift:** Day Job**Req ID:** RIV01193