Federal Portfolio Department Manager

GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production solutions, including Thresher and Dragonspell, for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class, all-domain, and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been, and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in! 

GA-CCRi is looking for a Federal Portfolio Department Manager to report to the VP of Federal Programs.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Typically accomplishes objectives through subordinate management. 

• Acts as the primary customer contact for activities and technology roadmaps for the department above individual program level that span a 1-to-5-year time horizon. 

• Program lifecycle management 

• Collaborate with the VP of Federal Programs, VP of Business Development and the Federal Programs Technical Director to evaluate new business opportunities and expand existing business opportunities based on the capacity and core competencies of the department. 

• Lead, influence, and review the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms/conditions of contract(s). 

• Collaborate with the Department Technical Lead to oversee the development of design concepts and acceptance criteria for solutions, product, and services research, development, testing, and integration. 

• Represents the Federal Portfolio in relationships with customers, General Atomics organizations, partner businesses, and local community. 

• Develop Department long-term vision 

• Consults with VP of Federal Programs and executive management to develop and implement current, annual and long-term technical, business, and financial objectives for the assigned department within the federal business solutions and services. 

• Participates in developing Federal Portfolio objectives and long-range forecasts that align with and enable achievement of corporate objectives.

• Defines and coordinates strategy, vision, roadmaps and delivery methods across multiple solutions, products, and services while serving multiple customers.  

• Influences Federal customer roadmaps to drive future portfolio growth.

• Team Leadership 

• Provides direct supervision to Product Management staff members. Product Management aims to maximize value delivered to customers through solutions created by the portfolio and answers the question of what capabilities should we build, and with what priority, to generate value.  

• Ensure technical leadership and excellence is maintained by providing collaborating with Department Technical Lead on the planning, attraction, selection, retention, and development of the required management, professional, and technical talent. 

• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information. 

• Perform other duties as assigned. 

• Typically requires fifteen or more years of progressively complex program administration experience with at least eleven of those years managing multiple teams and efforts. 

• Demonstrates extensive application of program management principles, concepts, and practice as well as comprehensive program management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet agile software product delivery objectives. 

• Strong financial acumen at a project and business level; Successful experience of budget management. 

• Strong communication, leadership, presentation and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives. 

• Experience collaborating with technical leads and customers to support creation of technology roadmaps that span multiple solutions, systems, or programs. 

Desired Skills and Experience 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification  
• Experience delivering programs using SAFe Agile approaches 

• Experience delivering Tracking and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies to the Federal government 

Travel Percentage Required 

0-10%

Relocation Assistance Provided 

Yes 

US Citizenship Required? 

Yes 

Clearance Required? 

Yes 

Clearance Level 

Ability to obtain/transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.

Pay Range 

$145,000-$220,000

• Casual Work Environment

• Intellectually Challenging Work
• Health Insurance including FSA, HSA and Tricare Supplement options
• Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• Generous Defined Retirement Benefit, including both a 401K match and pension plan.
• Very Flexible Vacation Policy
• The job description above is not intended to be comprehensive list. Responsibilities, activities, duties, and/or tasks may change or be assigned at any time.

CCRi is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce because we know that our differences benefit our employees, our customers, and our community. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a an individual with a disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.