Sr. Program/Portfolio Manager

Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified 8(a) company with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal, State, Local and commercial customers. At WITS, we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.

Job Description:

• Reporting to the CEO and as a member of the executive team, the Program Manager will engage on overseeing existing/new contracts, deliverables, contract management, issues, process, and systems but will also be able to roll up his/her sleeves to execute other activities which are required to successfully managing the contracts and deliverables.
• The Program Manager will be a team player who lives our core values and will act as a steward to ensure that all decisions, programs, and processes are aligned with those values.
• The following are primary responsibilities but not limited to.

Primary Responsibilities:

• As the Program Manager you shall be accountable for meeting contractual performance for all our Federal Govt. contracts. You will be responsible for achieving excellent CPARS rating in all sections for our contracts.
• Contract administration to include CRDL deliverables, Management Plans, Milestones, Risk and Issue Tracking, Labor Category verification, and customer invoicing requirements.
• Sub-contractor administration to include teaming negotiations, technical evaluation, performance tracking, procurement requests and invoice approval authority.
• Direct resource performance management and matrix planning for organic resources and sub-contract resources.
• Managing relationship with clients and meeting Govt POCs and PMs on weekly/monthly/quarterly basis to make sure the customer satisfaction.
• Will be responsible for coordinating activities in support of contract activities and teams that support the provisioning, maintenance, tracking and monitoring requirements through completion and preparing finished deliverables (e.g., status reports, plans to Sponsor, corporate management, open issues, etc.).
• Program Monitoring and Control includes establishment of baselines associated with cost, schedule and EV reporting utilizing integrated master schedule, CWBS, project specific spend plans, burn rate reports and funds and man-hour deliverables per CLIN.
• Financial baseline/cost account oversight with the customer and corporate administration.
• Development of contract pricing models to support objectives in contract Labor, ODC's, G&A, Fee and Material Handling Costs with a price to win strategy.
• Final review and approval on all contract deliverables to either the contracting officer, the contracting officer representative or integrated operational program manager.
• Preparation, development and outline of company and customer presentation reports.
• Experience in starting new contracts which includes, preparing transition in-out plans, and performing transition of new contracts and managing the contracts to meet the client deliverables.
• Direct reports include Project managers, Leads, Contract staff, HR team, Recruiters and financial administrators, research analyst, subject matter experts, technical writers, testers, system/database administrators and configuration manager.
• Knowledge in HR issues that impact operations, including compliance issues, employee morale, performance, and productivity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Science (Engineering or Computer Science)
• 10-15 years of program management experience managing multiple contracts.
• 5+ years of experience in working with Federal Government contracts
• Experience in managing the Federal Government contracts and deliverables and maintaining the relationship with Customers.
• Direct work experience as program manager on programs requiring the client relationship, program deliverables, managing contract performance, staffing, and getting exceptional CPARS/Performance ratings.
• Experience in organically growing program and/or portfolio revenue.
• Project supervisory/execution experience including supervising and scheduling work for a team of multi-functional personnel to include analysts, administrators, financial management, subcontracts, project managers.
• Extensive experience in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and Microsoft Project.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Self-starter and able to negotiate with customers directly.
• Experience participating in the development of proposals (technical, business and cost).
• PMP certification is desired.