Program Manager EPMO - Data Science (Defense Business Segment)

Manage a portion of a major engineering program or a small technical program to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met.Assist in managing the reporting/dashboards developments used by the programs.

Essential

Duties And

Responsibilities

Interact and coordinate with Business Program management and Contracts Administration on issues pertaining to

requirements, changes, interpretations, and financial conditions of the contract.Accountable for all schedules, control accounts, financial reporting, quality, and customer satisfaction on project(s).Develop and maintain tools, reporting/dashboards to provide portfolio visibility to key stakeholders and drive accountable business results.Automate portfolio data collection and presentation where possible.Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident.Assign and manage internal, external, multi-divisional, direct and matrixed resources to ensure all project objectives and goals are met.Develop, prepare and present briefings to both executive management and the customer related to program status, direction and performance.Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout project life cycle.Provide leadership to cross functional team. Assure communication and cooperation among team members and resolve areas of conflict.Assure communication and cooperation among program and project team members and resolve areas of conflict.Other

duties as assigned.

Basic

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

experience in engineering, business, finance, operations management, data science or other related field6 plus years of relevant

experiencePMP certification

Preferred

Qualifications

Strong Analytical

skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.Knowledge of and

experience with data visualization and reporting packages (Power BI, etc.), database (SQL, etc.), and programming (Python, JavaScript, ETL tools, etc.).Knowledge of and

experience with advanced Microsoft Excel tools including macros, VBA, and Power Query.Proficient

skills in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel (Intermediate to Advanced), PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.Skilled with MS Excel – pivot tables, graphs, macros, VBASkilled in Microsoft Power BI, data analytics, BI (Business Intelligence) reportingEngineering project management and contract management

Experience with project portfolio management.Working knowledge of Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project or equivalent with at least 6 years of

experienceAbility to develop training material and

experience training othersIndependent judgment and decision-making abilityStrong verbal presentation and written communication

skillsExcellent time management and organizational

skillsAbility to influence othersCMMI or TS16949 Certification

experience, Systems EngineeringBasic knowledge of defense government contracts to include CLIN, FAR, DFAR etcBasic knowledge of Defense Acquisitions process, decision milestones and funding procedures

Required

As this is a program manager position, we are looking for someone who has a strong background in project management with a PMP as a foundation to communicate with our integrated product development teams (Business Program Management, Systems Engineering, Test and Development, Operations, contract management).We manage a lot of data so this person will be required to have intermediate to advanced

skills in Excel and other Microsoft applications.We need someone who has made the transition to using tools like Power BI for big data reporting and analytics.

Preferred

If They Have Strong Project Management

skills not in engineering, but another discipline that is okay.We have resources that have a variety of backgrounds (finance, operations, construction, engineering, IT, business, etc) that have done well in this position as long as they have good project management

skills in managing costs, schedule, labor.If they have the PMP they should be qualified to cover the project management

requirements.

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our

benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the

benefits you need or want, options include:

Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)VisionPersonal Time Off (PTO) ProgramLong Term Disability (100% paid)Life Insurance (100% paid)401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of

salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

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