Job Description:
Program Manager
Location: Falls Church, Pentagon, Alexandria, or Arlington
Hybrid (must be able to commute to one of the above offices 2-3 times per week)
Clearance Required: must have an active Top-Secret (TS) clearance (must be able to achieve a TS/SCI clearance with scope)
Position Overview:
Supports the Department of Defense's (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer's (CDAO) Mission Analytics / Core Analytics Products, Search Products Portfolio, and Unstructured Data Search Enhanced by AI/ML (UD/SEAM).
The Program Manager is responsible for overseeing two SCRUM teams of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and and Full Stack Developers, with a Product Lead.
Major Duties/Tasks:
• Assists with planning, developing, testing, and documenting Search Portfolio products.
• Applies business process improvement practices, modernizing projects, acquisition
process/planning, and reengineering old methodologies and principles.
• Support agency teams in development and management of milestones, goals, and
deliverables for each of the Search Portfolio products
• Coordinating and rationalizing CDAO's technical efforts to support AI/ML enabled
indexing, search, and augmented retrieval of unstructured data sets.
• Stays informed on latest AI system and software architectures and trends from design
patterns to DevSecOps and systems architecture patterns.
• Develops plans, road maps, software design strategies.
• Captures, develops, and reports reference architectures and documenting compliance
standards.
• Works with mission teams to engage with potential customers within the DOD and
identifies and evaluates prospective projects
Requirements:
Required Education:
• Bachelor's degree plus 7-10 years experience, or a Masters Degree plus 5 years of
experience.
Required Skills/Experience:
• Possess a minimum of ten years of Project Management experience managing complex
projects in an IT engineering or big data environment.
• Possess a minimum of an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance (must be able to achieve a TS/SCI clearance with scope)
• Possess a minimum of five years of experience managing projects utilizing non-
traditional program management methodologies (e.g., Agile) in big data, AI/MLOps, and
DevSecOps environments.
• Possess a minimum of five years of experience in a military or other Government
environment performing in a related subject area (e.g., project management,
engineering, or computer science).
• Ability to track and report aggregated personnel utilization and budget usage across the
Search portfolio.
• Strong communications skills: Ability to proactively engage fellow CDAO members
within and beyond the team as well as DoD cross-organizational communications.
• Possess an active certification in one of the following: Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional, PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification, or equivalent program or project management certification.
• Experience with multi-intelligence and multi-domain systems and understanding
of current object and activity-based models in the community.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
• Possess a Master of Business and Management (MBM), a Master of Business
Administration (MBA), or a master's degree in a related technical discipline (e.g.,
Engineering, Computer Science, or Electronics).
Experience with:
• the DoD's CDAO, Advana, or other CDAO products
• Agile methodology
• AI-enhanced search
• AI/ML for information retrieval and insight extraction
• An active TS/SCI clearance
About Elder Research, Inc
People Centered. Data Driven
Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.
Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.
Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a Tech Talk and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.
Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans
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