
Program Manager
Defense Contract Management Agency
Orlando, FLFull-time$90–138K/yrPosted 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Program Manager leads a team of program integration and earned value management personnel in a DCMA Contract Management Office. The role supervises support for complex Acquisition Category I contracts, evaluates program cost, schedule, and technical performance, and reviews contractor performance reports. Candidates need one year of specialized experience; education cannot substitute for that experience at this grade level.
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Summary
See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.
Duties
- Leads team comprised of program integration and earned value management personnel and reports to Engineering/Manufacturing Group Leader in a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Contract Management Office (CMO).
- Supervises personnel performing support of critical/complex Acquisition Category I system design, development, and production contracts. Assigns/prioritizes work; ensures subordinates have capabilities/resources to accomplish their tasks.
- Evaluates performance of subordinates. Provides advice, counsel, instruction, and decisions to subordinates.
- Leads evaluations and reporting of program cost, schedule, and technical performance to include prediction of future program performance; assures that relevant programmatic information is shared.
- Reviews/recommends approval of Program Assessment Reports, which address contractor performance.
- Recommends resolution of deficiencies to CMO Commander.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Program Manager, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position. To qualify for the NH-03 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Experience directing the efforts of acquisition logistics and earned value management specialists performing agency technical operations. Experience using ACAT I program integration for risk identification and mitigation and earned value status reporting. Manage surveillance and evaluation of the achievement of contract Engineering and Acquisition (E&A) requirements on contracts that include research, design, development, test and production requirements. Review and recommend approval of comprehensive E&A surveillance reports which address contractor performance against all cost, schedule and technical requirements.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. How You Will Be Evaluated
The assessments for this job will measure the following Competencies: Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score. Once the application process is complete, a manual review of your resume and supporting documentation will occur to determine if you are eligible and among the best qualified as determined by the predetermined cutoff score. Your score is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. If you meet the minimum qualifications of this position, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire Assessment. This additional online assessment is required and must be completed within 48 hours of submitting your application (which may be prior to the closing date of this announcement), unless you have requested Reasonable Accommodation for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Your results will be kept on record for one year when applying for future jobs that require the same USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Other Information
This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: DoDI 1400.25-V300. Tour of Duty: Flexible FLSA: Exempt Bargaining Unit: No Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period. Selectee may be required to serve a supervisory trail/probationary period. Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition, Program Management, Advanced certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources. Financial Disclosure Required. Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 memorandum and the March 20, 2025 Frequently Asked Questions.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,808 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–138K/yr
- Florida median$121–199K/yr196 salary ranges
- US median$126–200K/yr7,786 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $114K, is 27% below the Florida median midpoint ($157K) — in the lowest quarter of Program Management salary ranges in Florida.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 331 open Program Management jobs in Florida and 10,808 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,235 postings).
- Education
- 4,233 of the 10,808 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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