Program Manager

Program Manager
Program Manager, Senior
Peterson Space Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.
HX5 is currently recruiting for a Program Manager to join the team at Peterson Space Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies and plans to enable agile software development.
• Negotiates requirements with Government (ECQR) and stakeholders. Prioritizes requirements for their specific Agile analysis/development team.
• Attends and participates in contractor Agile events, such as, but not limited to: Daily scrums, program increment/sprint planning, sprint reviews/demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Coordinates events, such as Configuration Control Boards, Integrated Team Teams, Joint Configuration Control Boards, ensuring key stakeholders are in attendance to make decisions.
• Communicates expectations with the contractor Agile team, while communicating Agile team performance and progress to ECQR leadership.
• Coordinates with the ECQR government personnel to accept the work of the contractor Agile team.
• Develop and coordinate on design documents, requirements documents, contracts documents, enabling concepts, concepts of operations, system training plans, risk reduction strategies and recommendations, training material, test requirements, work specifications, and other technical documentation as requested to execute prototyping activities in support of Government demonstrations.
• Perform design studies and analysis, performance-based design reviews, high level detailed specification and scope preparation, configuration management and documentation control, fabrication, assembly and simulation, and modeling.
• Develop and perform technical insertions and risk reduction strategies, studies and recommendations to mitigate identified risk conditions.
• Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Develop, plan, and implement strategies and analysis for emergency/urgent depot level modifications, technology demonstrations, prototyping, and system test and evaluation activities.
• Prepare briefings, reports, informational analyses in support of ECQR systems.
• Coordinate and lead resolution of system issues, deficiencies, software bugs, etc. with prime contractors, depot contractors other support contractors.
• Develop and maintain technical requirements documents and architecture documentation to execute UEWR programs, upgrades, system modifications and enhancements.
• Provide expertise, to include proactively identifying and resolving potential risks, to Program Managers at technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, technical order in-process reviews, VTCs, telecoms, working groups and informational meetings to facilitate informed decisions.
• Provide relevant input to acquisition planning activities, upgrades and modifications and studies and interface with contractor logistics support personnel and product support integrators.
• Agile software program management experience
• Travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations upon government direction.

Salary: The salary range for this position is $70,000 to $104,000.
Education and Experience:
Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, and five (5) years of program management experience, and five (5) years of DOD acquisition and program management experience

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours.
Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Must be able to travel, up to 25% including air travel.
• DoD PM level III certification, Agile certification (PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, Scrum Master Certification CSM) preferred.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Identity Protection
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter/Transit Spending Accounts
• Group Legal Coverage Options
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please call (850) 362-6551.
CJ