Assistant Program Manager - Security Clearance Required

Position Title : Assistant Program Manager

Reports To : Program Manager and Corporate PM

Clearance Type : Active Top Secret / SCI (willing to take CI Poly)

Work Location : National Capital Region

Start Date : On Contract Award

Job Description :

Advantage SCI is accepting applications to support a federal agency personnel security program.

Summary of duties include but not limited to :

• Assume the role of PM when the PM is absent, or the position is temporarily vacant
• Coordinate manpower and resources, assure quality control programs are in place and consistent.
• Serve as PM’s representative in daily operations and liaison activities. The following bullets are a sampling of PM duties :
• Manage and oversee the administrative and daily operations of the program.
• Serve as overall program lead and as the principal liaison between the Government and the Contractor.
• Serve as a consolidated point of contact that facilitates effective communication and proactively identifies and mitigates issues within the Contractor’s team and between the Contractor and the various Government customers.
• Attend regular meetings with Government customers to discuss workload, contract performance, and emergent issues.
• Assure quality control implementation.
• Produce required contractual and programmatic reports and briefs.
• Implement and exercise quality - control measures over Contractor staff to deliver services and products on budget and schedule per SOW requirements.
• Be responsible for overall project personnel, delivery of reports, and other deliverables.
• Implement short (tactical) and long term (strategic) work plans to ensure work performance.
• Be responsible for formulating and enforcing work standards.
• Coordinate with Government customer for assignment of work schedules.
• Review and remediate work discrepancies.
• Supervise Contractor personnel, communicate policies and organizational goals.
• Responsible for ensuring all incoming contractors are adequately trained for contract positions.
• Be responsible for contract performance.
• Be responsible for tracking all incoming Contractor personnel and weekly reports to Government customers of status and processing issues

Required Qualifications

• Must have a current TS / SCI and be willing to take a counterintelligence (CI) polygraph examination at the Government’s discretion
• Bachelor’s degree in any field of study.
• Minimum of eight (8) plus years federal, state, local or military LE or 10+ years of experience managing tasks and supervising people to include experience in human resources and personnel security.
• At least five (5) years of experience directly related to managing or performing responsibilities similar to those described herein
• Experience with EO 12960 and 12968, SEAD 4 and SEAD 7
• Experience as a functional practitioner of Continuous Vetting and Trusted Workforce 2.0 or programs similar in scope and scale

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in any field of study.
• Prior security program management experience
• Prior experience managing all aspects of a full scope background investigation program

Working Conditions :

• Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
• Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach
• Able to sit, stand, walk, run
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds

Advantage SCI, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Advantage SCI is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.