Preparedness and Emergency Response Program Manager – ASPR

The Program Manager will be responsible for managing all areas of operations on an Department of Health and Human Services/ASPR contract and will be expected to respond quickly to project-related issues and initiatives that require project management oversight. Employment is contingent upon contract award.

• Build project-wide knowledge by developing, distributing, and maintaining policies and procedures and related documentation
• Oversee management of project scope, technical resources, finances, technical integration, risk, change and communications
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Define project tasks and resource requirements
• Use strong analytical reasoning to understand business process management and end user’s business requirements to develop full-scale project plans
• Assemble and lead project staff of all levels
• Coordinate with business owners to manage project budgets and resource allocation
• Plan and schedule project timelines
• Track project deliverables
• Collect, evaluate, and compress data and information to monitor and report on trends and the progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Maintain deep knowledge of working systems and processes to recommend and implement efficient and effective changes for better performance
• Perform other duties as required
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience required, work experience may be substituted for a degree
• At least three (3) years of overall project management experience and working knowledge of quality assurance principles and methodologies required
• Project Management, reporting and data mining experience
• Experienced leadership skills, including delegation, motivation, negotiation, coaching, and conflict management
• Mathematical, analytical, deductive reasoning, and problem solving abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong customer service focus
• Past Federal Department of Health and Human Services Experience Required. ASPR experience preferred.