Responsibilities
- Serve as Ascension’s single point of contact for the Government on contract performance, technical issues, staffing, risks, concerns, and corrective actions.
- Lead execution across Task Area 1 and provide oversight across Task Areas 2 through 5.
- Develop, maintain, and brief the Contract Management Plan as the foundation for technical, resource, production, and management planning.
- Schedule, prepare, and facilitate the contract kickoff meeting within required timelines.
- Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, action item trackers, and follow-up documentation.
- Conduct monthly reviews with the Government Lead to discuss task progress, plans, issues, risks, action items, performance, cost, schedule, and recovery actions.
- Lead quarterly Contract Management Reviews with the COR and prepare CMR agendas, presentations, mitigation plans, and meeting minutes.
- Monitor performance standards and submit monthly Contract Status Reports covering task status, resources planned and used, risks, issues, deliverables, schedule, and performance.
- Manage quality assurance processes and ensure deliverables meet acceptance expectations with minimal rework.
- Oversee version control, records management, document standardization, and Government-approved repository use.
- Coordinate with task area leads supporting C4/IT portfolio management, data governance, financial management, and information management.
- Identify contract performance risks early and develop mitigation plans before issues affect delivery.
- Oversee staffing readiness, onboarding, phase-in activities, and transition planning.
- Ensure key personnel and staffing commitments are met, including onboarding expectations identified in the PWS.
- Prepare executive-level briefings and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support compliance with DoD, DON, MSC, security, quality, and contract reporting requirements.
Minimum qualifications
- Master’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant program or project management experience.
- Federal contract leadership and complex project oversight are expected.
- Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint and scheduling tool proficiency are required.
- PMP certification.
Preferred qualifications
- ITIL, PMI-ACP, FAC-P/PM, DAWIA, CFCM, or similar federal program/acquisition certification.
- Prior Navy, MSC, DoD, or C4/IT governance experience.
- Experience supporting IT portfolio management, investment management, PPBE, POM, DADMS, DITPR-DoN, eMASS, Navy ERP, PBIS-IT, or related DoD systems.
- Experience implementing ISO 9001:2015 quality management practices.
- Experience managing contractor teams in secure Government environments.
- Experience supporting phase-in / phase-out transitions with no degradation of services.
- Experience overseeing data governance, dashboards, financial reporting, acquisition packages, and executive decision support.
- Experience managing subcontractors, surge staffing, and distributed teams.
- Strong ability to write clearly for DoD, DON, and senior leadership audiences.
- Security and access
- Secret eligibility is required; active Secret is preferred. Citizenship is expected for relevant access. Government credentials and security training are required.
Job description provided by Paragon Technology Group.
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