Program Manager

Serves as Five Rivers Analytics front line manager responsible for providing contractor supervision and interfacing with Government managers and contracting representatives.

Responsibilities

• Work includes routine project/program tasks based on established policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Setting priorities; assigning tasks/projects; providing technical assistance to subordinate employees; monitoring and evaluating performance of subordinate contract employees.
• Reviewing and providing acceptance of deliverables prior to submission to the Government client.
• Providing management of contractor performance in terms of quality, quantity, and timeliness.
• Coordinating and developing program, administrative and technical talent through on-the-job and formal training.
• Working and communicating with Government managers on programmatic issues.
• Ensuring Government client approval is obtained for contractor travel, overtime, and purchases, reviewing travel vouchers to ensure accuracy before submission to the Government Client
• Coaching and developing contract employee capabilities; approving contractor leave; writing appraisals for contract employees under their supervision.
• Submitting reports and other information requested by the Government.
• Working with FRA and the Government managers to ensure contract employees are on-boarded and off-boarded successfully.
• Ensuring training forms have been submitted to the training team and approved by the Government client prior to allowing attendance in training courses; ensuring accurate submittals of training cost estimates before submission to the training team; ensuring project expenses are tracked.
• Taking or recommending corrective/disciplinary action for contractor employees, as appropriate.
• preparing Task Order (TO) kick-off meeting reports and minutes.
• Preparing detailed project management plans.
• Participating in Status Review Meetings and Program Management Reviews and produce minutes.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance for consideration
• Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering or business discipline with experience in managing complex programs.
• 10+ years’ experience executing the Program Management Process to include initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing a project.
• 8+ years’ experience in managing teams providing advisory and assistance services.

Job ID

2025-18940
Work Type

On-Site
Pay Range

$175,000-$215,000
Benefits

Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.
Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Five Rivers Analytics (FRA), an Akima company, is not just another federal IT contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At FRA, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, FRA provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, FRA delivers streamline operations in support of an increasingly fast-paced, complex, and dynamic digital environment.

As a FRA employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.