Senior Program Manager (government

AT&T AT&T · Telecom · Washington, DC

Program Manager for AT&T Global Public Sector, focusing on rolling out FirstNet solutions, devices, and capabilities for the USMC MCICOM. The role involves serving as the primary interface between AT&T and the DoD customer, managing program reviews, developing program documents (PMPs, IMS), providing status reports, developing technology roadmaps, risk management plans, and strategies. It also includes driving project execution, coordinating RDT&E capture activities, developing program baselines, and making recommendations for strategic planning and execution of OSD R&E initiatives. The role requires incorporating AT&T strategic solutions, evaluating cutting-edge technologies for national strategic command, control, and communications modernization, and providing engineering expertise for emerging capability assessment and development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the primary interface between AT&T and the DoD customer to include Customer Program Lead, COR, Contract Specialist, and Contracting Officer.
  2. Manage the program review process to ensure that key entrance and exit criteria for major program milestones are met, and the program is prepared to enter the next stage of development, prototyping and demonstration
  3. Develop & maintain program documents to include the following: Program Management Plans (PMPs); Integrated Master Schedules (IMS); design review material; presentations; recommendations; Analysis of Alternatives; and briefings as tasked by the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).
  4. Provide ongoing status reports and planning documentation to DoD customer; Develop technology roadmaps, risk management plans, and strategies to acquisition and programmatic decisions relative to RDT&E mission objectives.
  5. Drive execution of project and program tasks through oversight and integration of key business areas to drive cost efficiencies and optimal schedule performance.

Skills

Required

  • Leadership and management experience, including analytical roles, in US military organization(s), especially the United States Navy.
  • Strong process improvement skills
  • Excellent organizational ability
  • Time/task management skills
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to effectively convey ideas, facts, and directions in either written or verbal form, both informally and formally.
  • Navy/DoD System Engineering/Program knowledge

Nice to have

  • Five years supporting AT&T Sales and/or Service Management, with a firm understanding of mobility products, processes, and systems used.
  • Knowledge of service management methodologies, tools, and templates and large, complex IT environments.
  • Experience in working with wireline and wireless telecommunications management systems, especially with AT&T’s systems and FirstNet knowledge.
  • B.S., IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or Telecommunications
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMI PMP)

What the JD emphasized

  • customer's mission
  • program management
  • strategic planning
  • strategic solutions
  • cutting-edge technologies
  • national strategic command, control, communications
  • emerging capability assessment and development
  • requirements analysis
  • operational needs determinations
  • technical systems application evaluations
  • science and technology planning