Job Description
Delaware Nation Industries (DNI) is seeking a Program Manager to lead contract and site operations supporting the Army’s Requirements Determination Division (RDD) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The Program Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for daily performance, coordinate a multidisciplinary intelligence and capability-development team, and ensure work is delivered accurately, on schedule, and in accordance with contract requirements.
This role supports the Intelligence Futures Capability Directorate and Requirements Division through operational, functional, and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) capability-development support. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with Army and DoD stakeholders, senior leaders, action officers, and technical subject-matter experts in a mission-focused environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the contract Program Manager/Site Lead and provide day-to-day leadership for contractor performance at Fort Huachuca.
- Manage staffing, workforce continuity, personnel status, projected gains and losses, and clearance status across the assigned team.
- Coordinate task execution, priorities, schedules, deliverables, travel, and customer communications across multiple concurrent efforts.
- Prepare and submit daily and monthly status reporting covering personnel, deliverables, planned work, planned travel, issues, risks, and recommended solutions.
- Participate in monthly and quarterly in-progress reviews, status meetings, working groups, conferences, briefings, exercises, and experimentation events.
- Develop, maintain, and implement the contract Quality Control Plan (QCP), including procedures to identify, prevent, and correct nonconforming performance.
- Monitor deliverable quality, completeness, coordination, formatting, and timeliness in accordance with Government direction and contract standards.
- Coordinate with the Contracting Officer (KO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), Government leads, subcontractors, and internal DNI leadership.
- Ensure formal and informal taskings are properly received, coordinated, assigned, tracked, and staffed through appropriate Government channels.
- Support preparation of studies, assessments, executive summaries, information papers, presentations, briefings, meeting minutes, trip reports, and other contract deliverables.
- Track travel requirements, approvals, schedules, funding, and post-travel reporting in accordance with applicable Government and company procedures.
- Identify performance risks and potential delays early; communicate impacts and mitigation recommendations proactively.
- Ensure contractor personnel understand and maintain their status as non-Government employees and comply with applicable security, installation, identification, training, and information-handling requirements.
- Foster a professional, collaborative team environment and maintain effective working relationships with senior leaders and mission partners.
Requirements
- Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.
- Demonstrated experience managing DoD or federal contract performance, including personnel, deliverables, schedules, quality, and customer communications.
- Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary teams in a Government or defense environment.
- Working knowledge of Army intelligence operations, capability development, requirements development, or related mission areas.
- Familiarity with JCIDS and/or Army capability integration and development processes.
- Ability to develop clear, accurate, concise written products and deliver effective briefings to senior leaders and Government stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving, organization, prioritization, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
- Ability to work on-site at Fort Huachuca during normal duty hours and support core hours as required by the mission.
- Ability to travel approximately 30–50% and meet requirements for occasional OCONUS travel, including maintaining required travel documents.
Benefits
Benefits Include:
- Covers 100% of employee benefit premiums, including Medical (PPO or HDHP Option), Vision, Dental
- Matching 401K
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Pet Insurance
- Professional Development/Education Reimbursement
- Parking and Transit Benefits for NY, NJ, ATL, and DC Metro areas
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans