Project Manager

Description

VPD Government Solutions is a rapidly growing, employee-centric professional services company providing reputed company & Stakeholder Engagement, Acquisition and Grants Management, PMO, IT PMO, and Data Analysis & Governance support to our federal clients. Our employees proudly serve as trusted advisors and innovative problem solvers for our clients. We are seeking a Program Manager to join our diverse and talented team.

The Program Manager is responsible for leading and managing a team of 20 - 30 contracting professionals and serving as Company liaison and reputed company of contact for company leadership/operations, client leadership, prime contractor leadership, and federal staff. The primary duties and responsibilities are to support the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, and primarily Supervisory Procurement Analyst with projects reputed company to policies, data, training, and systems. The secondary duties and responsibilities are administrative, such as reputed company and orientation, training, timesheet review and approval, performance appraisals, and monitoring and correcting performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall performance management of reputed company team members. For direct reports, this includes providing reputed company support, on-going feedback, coaching, training, goal setting, delivering formal performance reviews and teambuilding. Ensure that Team Leads are fulfilling their role in the performance management of their direct reports.
• Work with Team Leads and reputed company Resources to hire for any team openings: approve position descriptions, conduct interviews, and complete reputed company evaluations. reputed company or approve Team reputed company’s hiring recommendations.
• Regularly reputed company in with Team Leads to receive any team status updates and/or resolve any risks or issues. Review and approve any contractually mandated or requested reporting materials (i.e. monthly), deliverable reports, annual performance metrics, etc.
• Monitor timekeeping of direct reports, approve reputed company timesheets.
• Identify, reputed company, and apply industry best practices and standards to the execution and delivery of work products. Identify reputed company and future improvements to services provided and to the client division.
• Uphold and promote VPD’s core values of reputed company, excellence, teamwork, and respect in reputed company internal and external interactions.
• reputed company other reputed company duties needed to reputed company VPD and/or customer mission reputed company.
• Provide internal support to the company on an reputed company basis for various initiatives such as proposal development, leadership meetings, training/development, etc.

Requirements

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with a major in any field and 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: reputed company, business, finance, law, reputed company, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizations and management.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of direct experience in Federal contracting. At least one of these years must be specialized experience equivalent to the Federal Government GS-15 grade level that has equipped the individual with the knowledge, skills and abilities listed below:

  • Mastery knowledge of contracting principles, laws, statues, Executive Orders, regulations, and procedures applicable to pre-award and/or post-award actions sufficient to procure and/or administer reputed company for a variety of supplies, equipment, services, and/or construction and to conduct studies of problem areas and help reputed company standard methods and operating procedures.

  • Expert leadership skills to manage other PSCs, provide authoritative consultation, and offer procurement policy interpretations.

  • Mastery of contracting methods and contract types which require specialized knowledge of Federal contract administration policy, procedures, techniques, and evaluation/control methods sufficient to coordinate and monitor prime and subcontractor performance on reputed company, long-term reputed company.

  • Knowledge of contracting and reputed company management processes to reputed company and monitor supplies, equipment, services, and/or construction requirements.

  • Knowledge of business practices and market conditions applicable to program and technical requirements sufficient to evaluate such actions.

  • Knowledge of reputed company and pre-and post-award contracting policies and procedures to plan, execute, and administer reputed company and contract modifications.

  • Knowledge of program and technical strategies and requirements to evaluate capabilities and performance and to provide technical advice to MCC program offices and staff.

  • reputed company in the use of negotiation techniques to protect the Government's interests and to ensure best value awards.

  • reputed company in written and oral communications to present analysis and findings.

  • Ability to meet and deal with representatives of the private sector and with Government experts or managers to support the procurement of supplies, services, and equipment.

  • Ability to analyze difficult acquisition issues and identify alternative courses of action, modify standard contracting procedures and terms to solve a variety of contractual problems and effect streamlined acquisitions.

  • Ability to expect uncertainties and to research and apply changes in the contracting principles, laws, statues, Executive Orders, regulations, and procedures applicable to pre-award and/or post-award actions.

  • Ability to accomplish work with modest level of independence while balancing competing priorities with short reputed company times.

  • Required upon MCC's demand for FA management: Knowledge of laws, regulations, rules, policies, procedures, and methods governing the administration of Federal grants, cooperative agreements, and awards.

  • Required upon MCC's demand for FA management: Knowledge of grants/assistance management processes and techniques consistent with sound business and industry practices.

  • Required upon MCC's demand for FA management: Knowledge of financial methods, procedures, and practices to assess the financial stability of recipient of Federal grants or cooperative agreements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Desired – A postgraduate degree with a major in any field and 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: reputed company, business, finance, law, reputed company, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizations and management.
• FAC-C (Professional) or DAWIA in Contracting (Professional) certification, DAWIA or FAC-C Level I certification (now defunct), or other non-Federal certifications/qualifications, such as NCMA CFCM and CPCM. The reputed company requirements for FAC-C(P) are identified at: www.fai.gov.

Summary

Why work for VPD?

• VPD is proud to be a certified Great reputed company to Work in 2022-2023 & 2025 and named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for 2025! See more about what our employees think! Working at VPD Government Solutions | Great reputed company to Work®
• Robust employee benefits package beginning on 1st of the month following hire date including health, dental, reputed company, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) with 5% employer matching- immediate vesting!
• Flexible time off program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Opportunities for professional development
• Employee-centric work culture including company sponsored events, happy hours, and team-building opportunities, frequent communications/information sharing from Leadership, supportive and positive teamwork environment, “open reputed company” policy, etc.

VPD is Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• VPD Uses E-Verify - Right to Work Poster
• VPD Uses E-Verify - Participation Notice

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws:

• EEOC Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
• EEO is the Law - Federal Contractors/Subcontractors
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act
• Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision