Program Manager

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia

. Provide senior-level program management leadership for a potential federal telecommunications transition and support program .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeIllinois • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive program management expertise in federal telecommunications transitions, including staffing, risk management, and quality control. Proficient in leading multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with federal acquisition frameworks and telecommunications standards.

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Program ManagementTelecommunications Transition ManagementRisk ManagementQuality ControlStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Program ManagementTelecommunications OrderingRisk Tracking SystemsQuality AssuranceTechnical Requirements DevelopmentFederal Acquisition FrameworksConfiguration ManagementDocument Control PracticesHigh-Volume Workflow ManagementIntegrated Scheduling Tools

Soft Skills

LeadershipWritten CommunicationNegotiationBriefing SkillsStakeholder Management

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Office SuiteMicrosoft ProjectPerformance Reporting ToolsProgram Management DashboardsQuality Control Procedures

Industry Keywords

Federal TelecommunicationsNetwork ModernizationEnterprise IT SupportCustomer OutreachService-Disconnect Coordination

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide senior-level program management leadership for a potential federal telecommunications transition and support program
Serve as the contractor’s primary point of contact for Government leadership and program stakeholders
Lead contract execution, staffing, quality, schedule, deliverables, risk management, customer coordination, and technical performance
Plan, direct, coordinate, and control integrated telecommunications transition, administrative, technical, engineering, data, and customer-support activities
Develop staffing plans, schedules, milestones, funding assumptions, and resource allocations
Manage staffing, workload distribution, cost, schedule, quality, risk, deliverables, and overall contract performance
Ensure the workforce is onboarded, operational, and prepared for uninterrupted performance at the start of the anticipated performance period
Oversee telecommunications inventory validation, transition ordering, customer outreach, engineering support, provisioning, installation, cutover, and service-disconnect coordination
Lead program reviews and provide briefings, schedules, performance metrics, risk registers, status reports, and corrective-action recommendations
Monitor milestones, order backlogs, customer dependencies, technical issues, and schedule risks; implement recovery actions
Establish and monitor quality-control procedures for high-volume telecommunications ordering and transition workflows
Coordinate workforce adjustments and surge support based on transition volume, priorities, and schedule demands
Ensure compliance with contract, quality, information-safeguarding, government-furnished-property, records-management, and reporting requirements
Support transition-in, continuity of operations, knowledge transfer, and transition-out planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, or a related discipline required
Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible program or project management experience required
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex federal, telecommunications, network, information technology, or enterprise transition work
Demonstrated experience managing staffing, schedules, deliverables, quality, risk, and customer relationships
Excellent leadership, written communication, briefing, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills
U.S. citizenship required
Ability to work remotely from an authorized location within CONUS required
Must be available and prepared to begin work at the anticipated contract start date of November 6, 2026
Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
Microsoft Project or comparable integrated scheduling tools
Program management dashboards and performance-reporting tools
Risk, issue, action-item, decision, and deliverable tracking systems
Quality assurance, quality control, and corrective-action processes
Federal acquisition and contract-management frameworks
Telecommunications ordering, provisioning, inventory, and transition environments
GSA Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions or comparable enterprise telecommunications programs
Configuration management and document-control practices
Management of federal telecommunications transition, provisioning, network modernization, or enterprise IT support programs
Oversight of telecommunications inventory validation, customer outreach, order development, installation, cutover, and disconnect activities
Management of high-volume workflows involving multiple customers, vendors, systems, locations, and interdependent milestones
Development or review of technical requirements, performance work statements, bid models, independent cost estimates, quality plans, and technical evaluation materials
Leadership of geographically dispersed teams and coordination with federal customers and telecommunications service providers
Development of executive briefings, integrated schedules, risk registers, corrective-action plans, and recurring performance reports
Working knowledge of enterprise telecommunications services, including data transport, voice, wireless, satellite, managed network services, and unified communications

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time employment
Remote work from an authorized location within CONUS
Periodic on-site support at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, may be required
Equal employment opportunity in accordance with applicable federal and state laws