Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chartis Federal is a premier systems engineering and integration firm specializing in mission-critical IT and communications solutions for law enforcement, homeland security, and defense. The Program Manager will lead the execution of a project transitioning from an analog LMR system to a P-25 digital trunked Land Mobile Radio network, ensuring program performance, compliance, and stakeholder coordination.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for the multi-island P-25 modernization initiative
- Maintain overall accountability for scope, schedule, performance, and compliance
- Approve major technical decisions, schedule baselines, and milestone gates
- Serve as the primary executive interface to BIT leadership and DPP
- Establish program governance framework and reporting cadence
- Review and validate progress reports prepared by the Deputy Program Manager
- Monitor key performance indicators, risk registers, and mitigation plans
- Escalate critical risks and recommend corrective action strategies
- Provide high-level oversight of RF engineering, A&E design, and network architecture
- Ensure compliance with: P-25 standards; FCC regulations; applicable federal and territorial requirements
- Validate interoperability requirements between islands
- Review and approve technical deliverables at major lifecycle transitions
- Oversee subcontractor performance at the program level
- Support resolution of cross-functional or inter-island coordination challenges
- Serve as escalation authority for disputes or performance concerns
- Maintain alignment between BIT, DPP, construction contractors, and technical teams
- Approve system cutover strategy and migration plan from legacy LMR to P-25
- Ensure appropriate testing, validation, and acceptance criteria are met
- Oversee readiness for final system handover and operational transition
- Provide direction and oversight to the Deputy PM responsible for:
- Daily field coordination
- Construction monitoring
- Installation oversight
- On-site issue resolution
- Conduct regular leadership syncs to ensure alignment between strategic and operational execution
Skills
- Minimum 10 years of experience in radio telecommunications
- Demonstrated delivery of at least one P-25 Digital LMR Network
- Minimum 10 years of interconnectivity experience (microwave, satellite, or fiber)
- Proven experience leading complex, multi-site public safety communications programs
- Experience managing technical teams and subcontractors in geographically distributed environments
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent formal project management credential
- Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred)
- Experience in hurricane-prone or island environments
- Experience with grant-funded infrastructure modernization efforts
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