Senior Program Manager
Springfield, Virginia / Washington, District of Columbia
Management /
Full-time /
Hybrid
NextGen Federal Systems is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support our Federal law enforcement program in Northern Virginia. The Senior Program Manager will lead NextGen staff in our efforts to innovate and modernize multi-cloud platform services, including application development, improve operational efficiency, promote scalability, ensure high availability and reduce Disaster Recovery (DR) time across the organization by providing a stable, reliable, and standardized cloud infrastructure. The Senior Program Manager serves as the primary point of contact and authorized interface between NextGen and the Federal government including the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), Alternate CORs (ACORs), and Task/Technical Points of Contact (TPOCs). The Senior Program Manager is responsible for overall leadership, strategic oversight, and operational excellence for all personnel and activities performed under the call order.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as NextGen’s lead representative and authorized decision-maker on all programmatic, contractual, and operational matters
- Provide leadership, guidance, and supervision to all NextGen staff assigned under the call order, including task assignment, performance monitoring, and resource coordination.
- Manage overall call order performance to ensure delivery of high-quality, timely, and cost-effective solutions aligned with contract requirements and government objectives.
- Oversee the delivery and quality of technical efforts, ensuring alignment with government strategy, performance requirements, and high-level IT objectives.
- Collaborate regularly with the customer’s Chief Information Officer and senior IT leadership to ensure program activities support organizational and programmatic goals.
- Supervise cost, schedule, technical capabilities, resource allocation, and risk management to maintain performance excellence.
- Proactively identify and escalate potential programmatic or contractual risks to the Government, including any issues that may impact NextGen's ability to meet service delivery commitments.
- Ensure the effective management of contractor and subcontractor staff across a range of labor categories and skillsets, supporting diverse and dynamic program needs.
- Operate independently and take ownership of the successful execution of the program while maintaining compliance with industry best practices and Federal standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, or a related field
- Minimum of ten (10) years of recent experience (within the last two years) in program management roles with responsibilities similar to those described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).
- Direct experience supervising and managing a multidisciplinary workforce (including subcontractors) across projects of comparable size and scope.
- Possess a current Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
- Proven ability to manage program investments, costs, scheduling, and technical performance while maintaining client satisfaction and compliance.
- Experience supporting programs within the Department of Justice or similar Federal law enforcement or justice-focused environments.
- Familiarity with the Federal Acquisition Lifecycle and compliance requirements for IT service delivery and performance reporting.
- Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to manage senior-level stakeholder relationships.
About NextGen:
NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:
•Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
•Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
•Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
•Strive to achieve results as an organization.
•Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
•Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
•Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
•Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
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