Program Manager (Department of Commerce)

LTS is seeking a Program Manager in the Department of Commerce with strong customer relations and IT program knowledge. This position is 100% remote. The successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of government procurement processes, regulations, compliance requirements, as well as a strong business development acumen to identify and pursue new opportunities within the government contracting space. The Program Manager will play a critical role in expanding LTS footprint in the industry by leveraging their existing network while establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and customers.

The successful candidate for this role will be engaged in various projects from inception and throughout to ensure successful timely delivery; within budget, while providing the highest level of customer satisfaction. You will provide day-to-day oversight for federal programs with the Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ensure that the overall scope, cost, and business/technical requirements are understood, implemented, and monitored.

LTS provides trusted consulting, and solutions in an increasingly complex and growing world. Our deep expertise in technology and analytics helps us serve a broad constituency of clients that range from cabinet-level departments of the U.S. Government to the largest Federal IT contractors in the world.

LTS is a leading information technology (IT) provider for mission critical systems leveraging the latest technologies to deliver innovative solutions from small mobile applications to large, complex enterprise applications. Our professionals specialize in multiple disciplines including program management, system integration, system design, system development, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and data analytics.

LTS is committed to offering eligible employees comprehensive benefits that will provide them with options intended to meet their needs and the needs of their family.

Qualifications and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers with various government agencies, contracting officers, and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate development and technical teams toward coordinated consensus and action plans.
• Assess the relative impact of IT industry trends on current and future enterprise infrastructure needs and projects.
• Interface with business unit executives and other IT functional area executives to define infrastructure support initiatives and solutions for improving service efficiency and effectiveness.
• Lead the development of infrastructure strategy, architecture, service delivery standards, and procedures for the enterprise.
• Analyze and predict trends and develop longrange plans designed to maintain cost effectiveness and competitiveness of the enterprise s IT infrastructure.
• Participate in IT strategy planning activities, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of infrastructure technology and systems and best practices (e.g., ITIL) as related to the needs of the business.
• Proactively research and recommend courses of action to prevent problems and to maintain high infrastructure service levels for the user community.
• Utilize metrics, key performance indicators, and service level agreements for driving the performance of IT service delivery.
• Lead the development of high-quality proposals in response to government solicitations and RFP's.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams including technical experts finance illegal to develop comprehensive and competitive proposals
• Ensure the proposals are compliant with government requirements and align with the LTS strategic objectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor s Degree with 10+ years of government contracting and program management experience (DOD, DHS, FedCiv, etc.) PMP certified preferred.
• Must have extensive experience and knowledge in successfully managing large scale programs and portfolios of at least 25M+ in size.
• Must be customer-centric with a successful history in understanding/addressing customer needs and concerns to provide innovative, efficient, sustainable solutions for the program.
• Must have strong financial management experience P&L, growing margins, etc.
• Successful growth-oriented leader with the ability to drive organic growth through re-compete wins and new business.
• Expertise in leading projects at the Department of Commerce (DOC), specifically with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• Proven track record of successfully managing staff of at least 50+ FTE s, crossfunctional teams, subcontractors, and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to conduct market research to identify trends and potential opportunities to successfully drive growth of our government contracting portfolio.
• Solid experience in proposal writing, development, forecasting, pricing, and negotiation.
• Demonstrated experience with managing performance metrics that must conform to KPIs.
• Must have a keen sense in leveraging existing networks to develop strategies for growth and sustainment.
• Experience in IT, enterprise architecture, network design and administration, database administration, and systems programming and administration.
• Demonstrated ability and experience managing multiple enterprise technical environments efficiently and effectively.
• Strong networking, relationship building and communication skills
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft (Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) and CRM software.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a solid growth mindset developing new markets/customer bases for expansion.
• High standards of Ethics/Integrity

LTS 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, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.