Washington, DC

POSITION SUMMARY:MELE Associates, Inc. (MELE) is looking for an exceptional NNSA Program Manager to join a growing National Security & Intelligence Division to manage programs and projects within the division portfolio. The NNSA Program Manager will work with clients and staff on a wide range of related tasks, including working with clients in the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, and other nuclear programs such as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. This part-time position is available immediately for the selected candidate.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:The selected NNSA Program Manager should be proactive, take initiative, and must be comfortable being assertive as the qualified person interacting with clients, corporate management, and employees. The NNSA Program Manager will lead a portfolio of selected projects, with the following essential duties:

• Report directly to the Vice President for National Security and Intelligence with portfolio management and assistance with business development.


• Provide overall management, tracking, and reporting of deliverables in support of client projects, ensuring they are on time and within budget, while adhering to compliance and quality standards.


• Ensure a coherent, integrated corporate message to the customer while promoting capabilities and solutions to meet customer needs.


• Build, improve, and manage significant key individual customer relationships.


• Provide solutions to problems that arise through effective communication, facilitating the resolution of any conflicting internal or customer-based issues.


• Implement effective change control processes to identify impacts (scope, schedule, cost, business case benefits) with our clients and staff.


• Develop and grow client relationships by acting as a single point of contact for client account leadership and generate new business opportunities through identifying areas of success and improvement.


• Assist in other business development and capture management activities to contribute to the continued growth of the division.


• All other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in business, management, public administration, or related field.


• 3-5 years of program management experience with the federal government.


• Demonstrated experience with effective communication to clients, corporate management, and personnel.


• Must be able to take on client work and corporate initiatives with minimum guidance.


• Maintain superb attention to detail, be self-reliant, demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and have strong self-initiative skills.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in business, management, public administration, or related field.


• 5-10 years of program management experience with the federal government.


• An active DOE Q or DOD Top Secret security clearance.


• Experience working with DOE, NNSA, DTRA, and/or the US Intelligence Community


• A PMP certification.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)