Deputy Project Manager

Job Title

Deputy Project Manager

Location

US (Primary)

Category

Research, Development, and Engineering

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Manager

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Deputy Project Manager to support a federal government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Job Requirements

Desired experience:

Oversee the execution of Technical Direction Letters (TDLs) and performance in various CONUS and OCONUS environments. The Deputy Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met.
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.
• The ability to pass a Pre-Deployment medical screening required by the CONUS Replacement Center (CRC) for OCONUS deployment to many foreign nations.

 

AFSOC

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Testing and Evaluation of Air Platforms.
2. Mission support to ISR Collection operations.
3. Integration, testing, and evaluation of Mission systems onto air platforms.
4. Course material development and training on ISR operations and implementation of mission systems.

 

 

AFWERX

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Testing and Evaluation of Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) platforms.
2. Support of field-testing exercises for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf technologies.
3. Integration, development, testing, and evaluation of aerial autonomy systems.
4. Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation for innovative mission systems intended for use on air platforms or related functions, such as ground stations.

 

ANG AATC

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Testing and Evaluation of air platforms.

2. Integration, testing, and evaluation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

3. Integration, testing, and evaluation of air mission systems and technologies.

 

DIU NSIN

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Evaluation of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Solutions to fill DoD requirements.
2. Systems Integration of new capabilities on existing platforms.
3. Testing and Evaluation of prototype systems and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Platforms.
4. Engagement with end users, educational institutions, and commercial technology manufacturers for defense purposes.

 

Joint Hypersonic Transition Office

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Research, development, and engineering on hypersonic systems and platforms.
2. Modeling and simulation of Hypersonic systems for evaluation and research purposes.
3. Technology transition services for Hypersonic systems.

 

OSD

Expected TDL Technical Support areas for include:

1. Test and Evaluation of new and emerging technology capabilities.
2. Lead Systems Integrator functions for integrating new technologies onto existing platforms.
3. IR Sensor Integrations for ISR mission platforms.
4. Management of large scale Research and Development testing exercises and prototyping events.

 

SCO

Expected TDL Technical Support areas include:

1. Research and Production of capability assessments for US and Adversary Nation technologies.
2. SETA assessments of technology and innovation programs in support of strategic capabilities.
3. Transition of innovative or emerging technology capabilities to end users within the DoD.
4. Developmental engineering, test and evaluation as part of technology transition processes.

Desired education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• 10 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above, or a master’s degree and 8 years of experience providing technical support in a related area to one of the support tasks listed above.
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership position overseeing a team of at least 5 subordinates in the execution of technical, engineering, or intelligence tasks.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• NCR area

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.