Senior Program Manager
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About the Team
STRs Analytics Division develops novel solutions to the most challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our teams consist of motivated individuals with degrees in engineering computer science mathematics physics and data science. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to everyday use by our customers.
The Intelligence Tools and Applications (ITA) Group in the Analytics Division researches and develops novel analytic capabilities for operational users. We build solutions that make a difference in sensemaking and counter sensemaking using data in new and interesting ways to support our customers missions.
The Role:
We are looking for a leader who is passionate about collaborating with highperformance teams to solve unique national security challenges with novel technologies. An ITA Program Manager is accountable for the ultimate success of the product and is responsible for ensuring that what is developed and delivered to customers is operationally valuable. In this role a Program Manager will be expected to demonstrate: 1 expertise on the customers challenges desires workflows and acquisition processes 2 expertise on the product and the leveraged technologies 3 understanding of STRs business and the role the product plays and 4 deep knowledge of the market and industry including trends customer expectations and competition. The Program Management role requires creativity and strong intellectual curiosity in applying new technologies to solve customer problems. Because the technologies we bring to market often represent the state of the art and may involve process changes additional key skills for the Program Manager include persistence and strong communication to drive crossfunctional collaboration. Finally as the Program Manager is a key role within the ITA group they will play an important part in a variety of additional functions including business strategy business development and growing the team.
What You Will Do:
- Join an active distributed team working across a growing set of projects
- Work 75 time at the customer site in Washington DC and the rest of the time at STRs Arlington VA office (with flexibility to work from home): the split work location is designed to support strong engagement with our customers STRs onsite team members and STRs technical and business operations teams in Arlington VA and Woburn MA
- Engage directly with end users build strong customer relationships and constantlyseek to apply new technology to solve real customer problems
- Empower the designers engineers and scientists to act with a meaningful degree of autonomy by developing and clearly communicating a unifying product vision and strategy both STR employees and our subcontractors
- Understand all stakeholders the constraints in which those stakeholdersoperate and create customer solutions that work within the constraints of the business
- Foster team collaboration to embrace the give and take between software functionality user experience and enablingtechnology
- Continuously improve the product discovery process toestablish compelling value and identify key risks
- Hold highintegrity commitments to deliverviable solutions that work for the customer and business
- Work in a fastpaced environment to enable successful contract including financial planning and control contract coordination and subcontract coordination (in partnership with STRs Business Operations teams)
This role will take advantage of STRs flexible hybrid environment when the work does not require use of STRs facilities you are welcome to work remotely.
Who You Are:
- Active Top Secret security clearance (including willingness to undergo polygraph process) for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government
- US Defense or Intelligence Community expert with operational knowledge
- Experience in guiding technical projects to translate mission needs into production software whileidentifying and tracking product risk
- Aptitude for collaborating with stakeholders across a wide range of technical comfortlevels
- Team player and team leader with proven ability to motivate cross functional teams to perform at theirbest
- Comfortable working with data and complexanalysis:both business operations tools (e.g. Excel) and our custom analytics and intelligence tools
- Demonstrated success decomposing a problem into addressable component parts
- Entrepreneurial spirit and eager to engage in technical marketing and businessdevelopment
Even Better:
- Masters degree in a technical field or MBA
- Experience in managing a DevOps or Agile environment preferably related to large data/analytics.Able to manage programs using SAFe
- Prior military experience with emphasis on intelligence and delivering analyticproducts
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with CI poly
- 2years experience in product program management / product ownership for an operational production software implementation for projects 550 FTE
- Deep enough understanding of fullstack software technologies to consider capabilities and limitations
- Knowledge of software development best practices and tools
- Experience writing technical proposals or leading proposalefforts
- Working knowledge of DoD or IC mission and acquisition processes
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston MA Arlington VA near Dayton OH Melbourne FL and Carlsbad CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense intelligence and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors radar sonar communications and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STRis committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people culture and attitude along with their unique set of skills experiences and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We cant do it alone though we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us atwww.str.usfor more info.
STRis an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race color religion sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) marital status national origin age veteran status disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process email us atand provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
