Core4ce is looking for a Program Manager to join our team supporting the CDAO effort which is responsible for the acceleration of the DoD's adoption of data, analytics, and AI to generate decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. The CDAO is the lead for all AI work within the DoD. 

Responsibilities

·         Planning, developing, testing, and documenting Search Portfolio products.

·         Applies business process improvement practices, modernizing projects, acquisition process/planning, and reengineering old methodologies and principles.

·         Support agency teams in development and management of milestones, goals, and deliverables for each of the Search Portfolio products

·         Coordinating and rationalizing CDAO’s technical efforts to support AI/ML enabled indexing, search, and augmented retrieval of unstructured data sets.

·         Stays informed on latest AI system and software architectures and trends from design patterns to DevSecOps and systems architecture patterns.

·         Develops plans, road maps, software design strategies.

·         Captures, develops, and reports reference architectures and documenting compliance standards.

·         Works with mission teams to engage with potential customers within the DOD and identifies and evaluates prospective projects

Requirements

·         Bachelor’s degree plus 7-10 years experience, or a Masters Degree plus 5 years of experience.

·         Possess a Master of Business and Management (MBM), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), or a master’s degree in a related technical discipline (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, or Electronics).

·         10+ years of Project Management experience managing complex projects in an IT engineering or big data environment.

·         Possess a minimum of an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility

·         5+ years of experience managing projects utilizing non-traditional program management methodologies (e.g., Agile) in big data, AI/MLOps, and DevSecOps environments.

·         5+  years of experience in a military or other Government environment performing in a related subject area (e.g., project management, engineering, or computer science).

·         Ability to track and report aggregated personnel utilization and budget usage across the Search portfolio.

·         Strong communications skills: Ability to proactively engage fellow CDAO members within and beyond the team as well as DoD cross-organizational communications.

·         Possess an active certification in one of the following: Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional, PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification, or equivalent program or project management certification.

       Active TS (SCI Eligibility) Required

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.