Program Manager

Would you love to work for a fast-growing company with amazing perks and benefits including educational and professional development and a great Work-Life balance? Then Forward Slope wants you to join our team! We are a fast-paced global engineering company with a great reputation in the Department of Defense industry for over 20 years.

Forward Slope currently has a full-time position for a Program Manager to join our Global Security and Engineering Solutions Team. This position is located in Charleston, SC.

Job Description:

This position manages programs to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives. In addition, the Program Manager is responsible for planning and developing methods and procedures for the specific programs, directing and coordinating program activities, and exercising control over personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of the program.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Management

Information Systems, or Business.

• Fifteen (15) years of technical experience in support of C4ISR Systems as well as Program

Management to include: Equipment Support, System Support, and Programmatic Support.

• Eight (8) years of Program Management experience, to include: Technology Assessments, Systems Design, Systems Analysis, Programmatic Support, Acquisition Planning, and Budget Planning.
• Five (5) years as manager of DoD or Foreign Military Sales (FMS) C4ISR Programs (experience requirements may be concurrent).
• Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and DoD procurement policies and procedures.
• Overseas travel may be required.

Other Requirements:

• DOD contracts specify US Citizens. Candidate must have an active Security Clearance at the SECRET level.

*Salary Range: $140,000 - $180,000

Job Type: Full-Time Salary

Why Join Forward Slope?

• Fast-paced global company with a great reputation in the DoD industry for over 20 years
• Telework option available
• Flexible working hours based on job needs
• Great and fun work culture
• Amazing benefits package for full time employees (including 90% employer contribution for employee medical benefits)
• 3 weeks of PTO a year
• 11 paid company holidays a year
• Team Building - Continuous appreciation events for our employees
• Education and Professional Development – programs to help you with your educational and professional growth!

Forward Slope is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

*The listed pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this position for the location for which it has been posted and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Other compensation considerations may include, but are not limited to, job responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, or other applicable factors.
 

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