Program Manager

Nakupuna Companies is seeking a Program Manager (PM) to lead a multidisciplinary team providing professional support services to a Navy program office. Support areas include program and acquisition management, financial management, integrated scheduling, engineering and technical analysis, strategic communications, and corporate operations. This individual will lead a dynamic team supporting complex Navy modernization and operational readiness objectives and will serve as both a team leader and a strategic advisor to government leadership.

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this position. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Provide overall project management oversight, ensuring the project meets cost, schedule, and performance requirements. Manage resources across the project to ensure exceptional performance. Lead the Nakupuna and subcontractor team by providing strategic direction aligned with the client’s mission and priorities.
• Maintain effective relationships with the client. Interface routinely with government leadership and task leads to align efforts and resources, resolve issues, and provide advice and recommendations.
• Ensure development and maintenance of project planning documentation outlining the management approach, management controls, organizational resources, deliverables, and delivery dates. Establish and maintain program management, communication, risk, and quality management plans.
• Drive performance improvement and process and cost efficiencies. Identify opportunities to improve workflows, reporting, and decision support through data analysis, dashboards, and technology tools.
• Perform personnel performance management functions, including setting performance goals, assessing performance, providing coaching and mentoring, and addressing performance or conduct issues. Recommend disciplinary actions when appropriate.
• Actively engage in hiring processes and ensure project teams are appropriately staffed to execute contract requirements and achieve client expectations. Coordinate onboarding, training, retention, and continuity of support across geographically dispersed teams.
• Coordinate projects with interdependencies between integrated product teams and functional areas. Oversee the team’s integration of acquisition, financial, scheduling, engineering, operational, and communications support.
• Ensure deliverables are aligned across projects within the contract and build a culture of excellence in service delivery. Establish quality reviews to ensure products are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
• Oversee and report to Nakupuna senior management and executive leadership on project execution and financial performance, including profit margin, utilization, and cost execution. Monitor staffing, labor expenditures, funding, and subcontractor performance.
• Ensure invoices are accurate and approved in a timely manner. Oversee preparation of monthly contractor progress, status, management, and financial reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the program office to ensure alignment in execution. Support governance reviews, leadership meetings, decision briefs, and tracking of action items and commitments.
• Keep government and Nakupuna leadership informed of execution performance, risks, and opportunities. Ensure the team integrates schedule dependencies, cost information, and risk assessments into actionable recommendations.
• Develop and drive long-term planning for employee development, contract success, recompetes, and growth.
• Ensure contractor personnel comply with security, information protection, training, travel, and site access requirements. Maintain contractor supervision of personnel and ensure recommendations and support products preserve government decision-making authority.

Skills/Qualifications: The ideal candidate possesses expertise and experience in program or project management supporting Navy program offices. The ideal candidate will be familiar with and have experience with the following technical knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) program management, acquisition, technical, or business management.
• Experience communicating with Senior Executive Service (SES) and Flag-level personnel, along with supervisory experience, is required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage subcontractors, and coordinate work across multiple locations and government stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation and review of executive briefings, management reports, and program documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and familiarity with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and business intelligence tools. Experience supporting complex modernization or industrial operations programs is preferred.

Education and Experience: The following education and experience apply to this position:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or managerial discipline is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in program or project management, engineering, or technical or business management is required, including experience independently overseeing projects and supervising personnel.
• Fifteen (15) years of professional experience in defense acquisition, program management, technical, or business management, including ten (10) years of relevant DoD or Navy program management experience, is preferred.

Clearance Requirements: Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a government-issued Common Access Card (CAC), obtain and maintain at least a Confidential security clearance, and satisfy Tier 3 background investigation and applicable site access requirements. An active Secret clearance is preferred. 

Physical Requirements: The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.

The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges commensurate with multiple factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, and position location. The projected compensation range for this position is $150,000.00 to $190,000.00 (annualized USD). The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Nakupuna Companies total compensation package for employees.