Job DescriptionJob DescriptionProgram Manager, DOD Federal Programs: Drive Critical National Security MissionsLocation: Hybrid Work, Columbia, MarylandAre you a visionary leader with a passion for national security and a proven track record in large-scale systems engineering, test, and integration?We are seeking an exceptional Program Manager to spearhead mission-critical Department of Defense (DOD) programs. This is a unique opportunity to not only lead a vital new program from its inception but also to significantly influence the strategic direction and growth of a dynamic Small Business at the forefront of Technology Modernization, Systems Engineering and Integration, Data Infrastructure, Architecture, & Advanced Analytics, and Cyber Security.The Mission: Impact and InnovationThis strategic leadership role is contingent on an upcoming award anticipated in September 2025. You'll begin by orchestrating the seamless transition and stand-up of a new program team dedicated to a critical defense mission. Beyond this initial phase, your role will evolve into portfolio management, overseeing a diverse array of programs and playing a pivotal part in shaping the firm's strategic vision for future growth.You'll be instrumental in ensuring the success of our DOD programs, becoming a guiding force in designing, developing, testing, implementing, and sustaining innovative solutions that directly support long-term defense strategies. Your expertise will integrate across all business facets, with a specific focus on overseeing the complex engineering efforts for sophisticated products and systems vital to national security.Your Impact and Growth Opportunities:As a Program Manager, you will:Lead with Vision: Translate organizational strategy into concrete program objectives, identifying groundbreaking opportunities for innovation and ensuring complete alignment with critical business goals.Drive Integration Excellence: Masterfully coordinate interdependent projects, meticulously aligning outcomes with overarching program objectives, and expertly managing complex cross-project dependencies and sequencing.Orchestrate Comprehensive Testing: Take the helm of comprehensive test efforts across intricate hardware and software systems, developing sophisticated test plans, championing automated testing solutions, and collaborating across diverse teams to ensure robust validation of mission-critical systems.Cultivate Strategic Partnerships: Forge strong relationships with key sponsors and cross-functional teams, managing expectations through proactive communication, influencing crucial decisions with data-driven insights, and leading high-stakes stakeholder meetings (e.g., TRR, IPT, TWG).Champion Performance & Insights: Define critical success indicators aligned with program goals, develop dynamic dashboards and reports to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), risks, and benefits, and provide in-depth analysis of testing defects to drive design improvements and inform stakeholders.Optimize Resource Deployment: Strategically plan resource allocation across multiple projects, adeptly resolving constraints through insightful trade-offs, and collaborating seamlessly with functional leads to ensure optimal team capacity and capabilities align with program demands.Implement Robust Governance: Establish and enforce a resilient governance framework to meticulously manage scope, quality, and change, ensuring unwavering compliance with organizational policies, external regulations, and ISO standards, while maintaining audit readiness through rigorous documentation practices.Navigate Change with Agility: Partner effectively with change agents, proactively addressing stakeholder resistance, and ensuring program alignment with established change management frameworks.Demonstrate Financial Stewardship: Exhibit strong financial acumen by meticulously managing program budgets, forecasts, and cost controls, tracking Return on Investment (ROI) and benefit realization, and proactively identifying financial risks and opportunities.Mentor Future Leaders: Provide invaluable coaching and mentorship to project managers and engineers, fostering professional growth by sharing best practices, offering expert guidance on systems engineering, testing methodologies, tools, and career development.What You Bring:Citizenship & Clearance: Must be a US Citizen with an Active or Interim Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Engineering, Science, Math, Computer Science, or an equivalent discipline.Experience:10+ years of progressive Project/Program Management experience, with demonstrated success within the DOD, specifically in Navy, Army, or Air Force mission programs.A strong foundation in Systems Engineering, Testing, and large-scale Systems Integration of DOD programs.Proven knowledge and experience with automated testing frameworks, tools, and CI/CD pipeline integration.Hands-on experience working with leading cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).Familiarity with cloud-based and virtualized environments for testing purposes.A strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, and AI model development.Understanding of AI/ML frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras).Familiarity with Agile methodologies.Must be available to travel to locations CONUS and OCONUSSkills: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, coupled with strong leadership abilities.Our client offers great benefits and a competitive compensation package. The base salary for the Program Manager position will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors, and it is expected that the range for the role will be between $145K and $185k.Established in 2010, @Orchard has built an exceptional reputation for providing staffing solutions that address time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues, delivering superior talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in critical program talent acquisition and resource management across diverse technical and functional areas.
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionProject ManagerMust be a US Citizen able to pass a Federal Background CheckSilver Spring, Maryland (Hybrid)@Orchard LLC, a Federal Contractor, is leading a proposal opportunity within NOAA under our prime contract vehicle, and we are seeking a team of experienced Project Managers with capabilities in the areas of Strategic Communications and Strategic Program Management, including Facilities Services. This is a bid-as-key opportunity where we would need individuals able to sign a letter of intent and join the program once awarded.Some of the tasks incorporated in the Project Management Team for this engagement include (not all tasks are the responsibility of one PM):· Enhance Project Management capabilities by developing and executing processes to ensure effective planning through the execution of projects, to include detailed plans, accomplishments, and schedules.· Assist with drafting, updating, and maintaining multi-year strategic plans.· Support the development of roadmaps that enable the achievement of strategic objectives over the planning cycle.· Work with Project Managers and client management to maintain project schedules and risk registers, update, and re-baseline as needed.· Plan and execute program and project management meetings, including but not limited to: annual operating plan meetings, quarterly reviews, process improvement meetings, and weekly project management coordination meetings.· Track actions from meetings and coordinate with project managers to facilitate completion of those actions.· Develop artifacts for NOAA planning and review meetings.· Provide data analytics support to enhance project management and operational efficiencies.· Support NOAA and Commerce taskers regarding strategic plans, including the development of associated documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other materials.o Leverage Smartsheet to monitor and control the scope, quality, budget, risks, and schedule in a matrixed environment.o Train OCAO Federal staff on the Smartsheet solutions utilized across the organization.o Develop and maintain Smartsheet features, including workflow automations, dynamic forms, notifications, and dashboards to coordinate and facilitate the team’s planning and execution of tasks and deliverables.· Implement Change Management practices with Line Offices to facilitate the transition to a new workplace environment and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.· Assist with scheduling and coordination of training for NOAA’s transition to electronic records-keeping and new workplace practices in a modern environment.· Develop an internal organizational communication plan and an external/customer-facing communications plan that educates and socializes the work being conducted by the Agency.· Develop outreach programs for NOAA employees (e.g. Town Hall meetings, expos), external stakeholders and partners, Department of Commerce (DOC), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional Staff with a mission to educate and socialize the change management resulting from OCAO’s initiatives and the impact on the NOAA community.· Develop and/or update media channels.· Write and edit content for websites, toolkits, social media, graphics, video, news articles, PowerPoint briefings, and briefing papers for special projects & briefings.The background for the Project Managers in the team will include:· A Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred· A PMP certification is required· At least 5 years of experience in strategic project management in areas such as strategic planning, strategic communications, and administrative program management.· At least 3 years supporting the NOAA mission either as an employee, affiliate, or consultant.· Certification in SmartSheets (preferred)· Certification in Change Management (preferred).Compensation for the Project Managers on this engagement is based on experience and qualifications, and the role assigned relative to Government labor categories. It is expected to be in the range between $80,000 and $160,000.If you match the requirements for this opportunity and believe you have the experience and talent to succeed in the role, we need to hear from you!Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSenior Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)Mechanicsburg, PAMust be a US Citizen, able to pass a Federal Background Check@Orchard LLC is pursuing an opportunity in support of the Department of the Navy, located in Mechanicsburg, PA, supporting vital IT Infrastructure work including Cloud Services, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehouse (Yellowbrick), AI, and Machine Learning (ML). We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to be proposed to lead this critical multi-year engagement. Please review the details below and apply if your experience aligns.As the Senior IT Project Manager, you will:· Perform planning and execution management for applications in the AWS GovCloud.· Provide Architecture support for an existing Cloud environment.· Provide a road map for the next phase of application rationalization.· Provide oversight and support for a knowledge transfer from lessons learned from the next phase of research, so that it can be implemented with minimal possible disruption to any other work in progress on the program.· Manage resources for sustaining SAS applications within the cloud.· Provide a sizing review post-cloud go-live of the lift and shift and recommendations to adjust the sizing of the hardware/software in the cloud.Your background will include:· Must be a US Citizen able to pass a DOD Background Investigation.· Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field· DOD 8570 certified· PMP certification· Demonstrated experience in architecting at an Enterprise level and supporting AWS Cloud environments as a Project Manager, including Data Warehouse and BI reporting components.If you match the requirements for this opportunity and believe you have the experience and talent to succeed in the role, we need to hear from you!Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionBudget Specialist – Navy Budget SystemsInterim or Active Secret Clearance RequiredArlington, Virginia (the Pentagon) – Hybrid 3 days per week on-site, 2 days Remote.@Orchard has been retained by an award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that brings industry veterans with a fresh perspective to stay ahead and thrive in an unpredictable world. Our client is seeking a Budget Specialist to play a critical role supporting the Department of the Navy (DON), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller (OASN (FM&C)) Secretariat Comptroller & Resources Department (SCRD) concerning both Budget Formulation & Justification and Budget Execution. As a Budget Specialist, you will work hands-on with DON budget, leveraging your comprehensive knowledge and experience with relevant software (specifically, Navy ERP and PBIS) and relevant processes (i.e., DON budget formulation, justification, and execution). You will work as part of a team of 3-5 consultants and specialists in providing day-to-day support to the client. The Budget Specialist will be responsible for the following areas of work:· Working closely with the client and team members to support the development and submission of budget priorities and provide input on strategic planning initiatives.· Support delivery of advice to senior leaders on budget submissions and justifications.· Conduct analyses, reviews, and special studies of budget and/or related information.· Perform specialized, individual economic analyses and impact studies in support of a variety of budget programs· Use automated budgetary system(s) and computer-generated products in accomplishing budgeting assignments.· Work collaboratively with senior staff to develop and recommend milestones, objectives, and plans to achieve Navy FM&C’s long- and short-range mission priorities.· Develop procedures to link budgetary and program information to meet reporting requirements and assist managers in meeting their programmatic responsibilities.· Support budget formulation work involving the preparation of detailed analyses of annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations/programs into a consolidated budget request.· Support the development of operational and financial plans for the organization’s programs, estimates of the financial resources needed for the programs, and recommendations for how to fund the programs.· Provide QC review of these proposals to make sure they are complete, accurate, and follow the organization’s procedures, regulations, and objectives o Utilize cost-benefit analyses to review financial requests, evaluate program tradeoffs, and look for alternative funding methods. · Support Budget Formulation Guidance provided to Secretariat Staff Offices to support the preparation of Budget Exhibits by appropriation and other topics, including the Audit Resources Budget Exhibit.· Support preparation of SRB and POM/DON/OSD/Congressional Submissions.· Support preparation of responses to Congressional RFIs and Appeals, working with FM&C leadership to understand the requirements & align messaging to budget strategy & roadmap.· Combine individual departmental budgets into operating and capital budget summaries that contain statements that support or advocate against funding requests.· Support the submission of the budget summaries to leadership and recommend alternatives if the budget does not meet current needs and restrictions.· Support the provision of Budget Execution Guidance to Secretariat Staff Offices.· Perform budget execution and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of a budget with different sources and types of funding, such as direct annual, multi-year, and no year appropriations.· Maintain a system of internal controls over all aspects of Navy FM&C budget formulation and execution to guard against waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement.· Assemble and compile background and historical data and documentation to develop budget estimates and justifications, and to identify the cost of the operations.· Support additional Budget Execution activities, including Execution Tracking and Reporting, conducting Dormant Account Reviews, and supporting the Services Requirements Review Board (SRRB).Your background will include:· 5+ years of experience working daily with budgetary data in Navy ERP and PBIS systems (required).· 5+ years of experience working specifically in Navy budget formulation, justification, and execution.· The ability to analyze financial statements and budget execution reports.· Highly proficient knowledge with Excel (pivot tables, formulas, etc.).· Relevant certifications, including but not limited to Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), DoD Financial Management Certification (FMC), etc. · Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess and maintain an Interim or active Secret Clearance. · Bachelor's degree in business or a relevant field. While the role is currently hybrid with 3 days/week at the Pentagon, it is at the discretion of the government client and could increase to 100% onsite (5 days/week) later.Compensation for the Budget Specialist is based on experience and qualifications. It is expected to be in the range between $120,000 and $150,000.If you match the requirements for this opportunity and believe you have the experience and talent to succeed in the role, we need to hear from you!Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.
