Idaho Scientific
Program Manager
Boise, ID - Full Time
Life is Short. Solve Hard Problems with Cool People.
Idaho Scientific is the Goldilocks of the spirit and growth of a startup, with a financial footing and safety of a stable corporation. The perks of working at Idaho Scientific include all the benefits you’d expect from an employer who prioritizes a balanced human experience:
- Competitive Pay
- Flexible Work Schedule
- Health Benefits and Insurance
- Retirement fund contributions
- Profit Sharing
- Generous Paid Time Off Policy
Idaho Scientific designs and deploys secure system solutions through novel CPU design, crypto cores, purpose-built system-on-a-chip architectures and hardened operating systems. Our solutions are the foundation for how military systems will remain safe and secure in the conflicts of the future. We need smart people like you to join us in solving hard problems that matter.
Position Description
The Program Manager is a full-time position that emphasizes a candidate’s ability to provide technical and managerial leadership to achieve program contractual requirements and company goals in a highly efficient, reliable, and organized manner. This position reports to company leadership. As a Program Manager of technical engineers, you will be responsible for developing the program execution plan, managing development, and ensuring deliveries achieve required performance within budget and schedule. Your involvement will play a key role in creating a streamlined, organized, and positive experience for our customers and employees.
What You’ll Get to Do:
- Develop a Program Plan
- In conjunction with the program technical leads, define program objectives, program scope, and roles & responsibilities based on the contract, the proposal and company objectives
- Define resource and technical requirements and manage resource availability & allocation
- Prepare a detailed program plan to schedule key program milestones, work streams & activities
- Outline a budget based on requirements and track costs to deliver program on budget
- Lead Program Execution
- Managing delivery of the program according to the program plan and the contract
- Track program progress and provide regular reports on program status to company leadership, the program team and key internal and external stakeholders
- Manage and adjust the program as scope, requirements or goals evolve.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks; Identify and capture potential opportunites.
- Manage the relationship and communication with the customer and all stakeholders, ensuring the program is delivered to their satisfaction
- Provide input to proposals led by Business Development
- Support Business Operations
- Support company oversight and coordination activities, including program weekly synch meetings, and monthly program management reviews
- Manage invoice tracking and reconciliation of internal systems, to ensure accurate billing with internal systems
- Manage support tasks, such as expense tracking, and inventory asset management
- Input to corporate strategy and compliance
- US Citizenship
- Ability to get and maintain a security clearance
- STEM Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of experience in Program Management, Integrated Product Team Leadership (IPTL), or project management roles, where you were responsible for leading tasks to achieve schedule, cost, and performance objectives.
- Ability to work with a range of highly technical engineers and lead/motivate them to achieve their maximum potential on program tasks
- Ability to clearly capture and explain complex technical concepts in writing and presentations, for both technical and general audiences
- Must have high attention to detail
- Demonstrated leadership ability across multi-functional and highly technical teams, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and integration.
- Experience managing external customers/stakeholders, including interfacing directly with DOD or IC customers
- Experience with program financial management, including program baselining, Earned Value Management (EVM), Estimates At Completion (EACs), and financial reporting.
- Experience in proposal development and negotiations.
- Excellent communications skills, including written, oral, and presentation.
- Active US Security Clearance
- 15+ years of experience in program management or program management roles, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and oversight.
- Subcontract management experience, including contract negotiations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead in a challenging environment with competing priorities to achieve positive outcomes.
- Familiar with the components of a Program Protection Plan and the basic principles of each embedded security discipline (anti-tamper, cybersecurity, supply chain security)
- Experience with software assurance, system integrity, trust strategies, supply chain exploitation methods and countermeasures and/or general vulnerability analysis
- STEM Master’s Degree or MBA
- PMP certification or equivalent.
- Experience managing programs using a range of approaches, including traditional waterfall and agile approaches.
- The preferred work location is at Idaho Scientific headquarters in Boise, Idaho, or in Salt Lake City, Utah
Equal Opportunity Employer
Idaho Scientific is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against due to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition including pregnancy, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
