Sr. IT Program Manager - Experience with 100+ Person Teams

Company: Empower AI
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 4, 2025

Job Description:

OverviewEmpower 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.Responsibilities

• 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 ServicesQualificationsRequirements:
  • 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 experienceRequired Certifications:
    • Project Management Institutes' Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
    • Azure certification of at least the MS Azure Fundamentals level.
    • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
    • ITIL Foundation or Practitioner v.4 certifications and the DevSecOps FoundationSM certification from the DevOps Institute.Preferred Education and Experience:
      • Bachelor's and Master's degrees in relevant information technology disciplines.
      • 15-20 years of demonstrated experience in the management and control of complex information technology infrastructure involving the technology domains, of similar size and scope
      • Demonstrated experience with the management, manpower utilization, and supervision of employees (including subcontractors) of various labor categories and skills in projects similar in size and scope.
      • Demonstrated experience in a quality assurance environment that includes, at a minimum, knowledge of customer satisfaction tracking, user complaint and monitoring programs, and quality control (QC) programs
      • Demonstrated experience with the management of either a broad and complex cybersecurity environment or of a broad and complex DevSecOps environment, of similar size and scope.
      • Demonstrated ability for oral and written communication with the highest levels of management including the ability to effectively communicate technical details.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:
        • Sitting for long periods
        • Ambulate throughout an office
        • Ambulate between several buildingsAbout Empower AIAll hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm's overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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