Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Leidos is a technology leader serving government and commercial customers, and they are seeking a Project Manager for the Force Protection Division. This role involves leading subcontractor management, coordinating project controls, and ensuring successful execution of contractual commitments throughout the prototype lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Program Office lead for subcontractor execution
- Manage subcontractor cost, schedule, and technical performance
- Monitor subcontractor deliverables and milestone completion
- Conduct recurring subcontractor performance reviews
- Coordinate issue resolution and corrective action activities
- Ensure subcontractor performance remains aligned with program objectives
- Coordinate activities across Leidos engineering teams, subcontractors, Supply Chain, Contracts, and Program Management
- Maintain regular communication with teammate project managers and technical leads
- Support integrated planning across multiple organizations
- Facilitate collaboration to resolve execution challenges
- Coordinate with Contracts and Supply Chain to support subcontract award activities
- Track subcontract status from proposal through award and execution
- Ensure subcontract documentation supports program schedule requirements
- Monitor subcontract modifications and funding actions
- Assist in onboarding new subcontractors following contract award
- Monitor subcontractor budgets and funding utilization
- Track schedule performance against contractual milestones
- Identify cost and schedule variances
- Support corrective action planning
- Coordinate subcontractor inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
- Measure subcontractor performance against technical, cost, and schedule objectives
- Monitor action items, deliverables, and contractual commitments
- Develop performance status reports for Program Management
- Support subcontractor performance assessments
- Identify subcontractor execution risks
- Develop mitigation strategies in coordination with Program Management
- Track subcontractor issues through resolution
- Escalate critical risks affecting program execution
- Support recurring Program Management Reviews (PMRs)
- Prepare subcontractor performance metrics
- Support Earned Value or milestone performance reporting, as applicable
- Assist with financial forecasting and execution planning
- Support Government meetings involving subcontractor execution
- Coordinate responses requiring subcontractor input
- Assist the Program Manager in communicating execution status to Government stakeholders
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 2 – 4 years of prior relevant experience or Master's with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience
- Candidates should possess demonstrated experience in several of the following areas:
- DoD Program or Project Management
- Supplier Performance Management
- Cost & Schedule Management
- Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Coordination
- Government Contract Execution
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Risk & Issue Management
- Program Controls
- Technical Program Coordination
- Multi-Organization Collaboration
- Bias for action and problem resolution and collaborative decision-maker
- US citizenship and current secret clearance
- Experience supporting complex DoD programs involving multiple subcontractors and teammates
- Familiarity with subcontract administration processes and Government contracting environments
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
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