Program Manager

Overview:

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

• Coordinates and monitors the scheduling, pricing, and technical performance of company programs
• Responsibilities also include aiding in the negotiation of contracts and contractual changes and coordinating preparations of proposals, plans, specifications, and financial conditions of contracts
• Develops new business and expands product line
• Ensures adherence to master plans and schedules, develops solutions to program problems, and directs work of incumbents assigned to program from various departments
• Ensures projects are completed on time and within budget
• Acts as advisor to program team regarding projects, tasks, and operations
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Performs a variety of complex tasks
• Manages large teams of employees and subcontractos - Data Center Ops, Enterprise IT Services

Requirements:

• 20 years of related experience leading and managing IT programs.
• 10 years of related experience leading and managing IT teams similar to PBGC size andscope, including service delivery contract, mission critical program, data center operations and Enterprise IT Services, including managing subcontractors
• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing contract performance similar to PBGC size and scope using Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Must have experience in managing 100 plus employee teams
• Experience establishing and implementing Project Management, IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT security services
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience

Desired Certifications:

• Project Management Professional Certification (Project Management Professional (PMP)
• ITIL V3 Foundation or better
• CompTIA Security Certification or better

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings

It is the policy of Empower AI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. In addition, we affirm that all compensation, benefits, company-sponsored training, educational assistance, social, and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.