Senior Technical Program Manager chez ECS Federal

ECS is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to work in our Fairfax, VA office in a hybrid onsite/remote capacity with regular travel to Falls Church, VA, and Suffolk, VA. 

ECS is a rapidly growing company that considers our employees to be our most important asset. People truly are number one at ECS. We are situated in Merrifield, VA – well positioned for most commutes in the Northern Virginia area. Our newly renovated office spaces are first class and provide an inspirational environment. We offer opportunities for telework and have one of the most interesting, advanced IT businesses in the DC area. ECS has extraordinary customers who are key action leaders in the AI/ML field. We offer highly competitive compensation and benefits to the right person for this key position.

This position is a demanding, high-energy role that requires hands-on oversight, execution, and management of a highly visible program that supports innovative solutions to network, hardware, and software challenges. The successful candidate must be able to provide coaching, guidance, and mentoring to a team responsible for managing and maintaining multiple network enclaves to support the DoD community.  

The ideal candidate has a broad and varied technical background; experience with DoD environments and components/organizations; and the ability to interface with constituents from end-users to executive management. This candidate can take full ownership and accountability for tasks and deadlines; work with limited/no supervision; commit to high quality results and deliverables; and assist in the identification and implementation of common-sense, technical solutions. This candidate is also highly adaptable, detail-oriented, and has well-developed written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

This position is responsible for supporting matrixed technical project teams, activities, and stakeholders as follows:

• Directly support a dynamic program that includes network, systems, and security engineers; development teams; and technical leadership.
• Lead phased program initiation, planning, execution, and monitoring activities.
• Plan, organize, and direct the completion of medium to large projects on time, on budget, and within scope.
• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings with end-users through high-level government stakeholders to corporate executive management.
• Oversee the development of required program documentation (e.g., charters, CONOPS, ROMs, requirements, design documents, implementation plans, test plans, schedules, etc.).
• Assign program tasks, track timely task completion, and communicate / mitigate task delays.
• Identify and assist in the development and finalization of required program deliverables.
• Oversee program-related contract actions and financial tasks.
• Communicate status and escalate issues to leadership as appropriate.
• Assist with / co-manage correlated transition planning efforts.
• Other duties, as assigned.