The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies is looking for a Program Manager to support our government customer. Preferred locations will be San Antonio, TX, Falls Church, VA or remote.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Act as the overall lead, manager and administrator for the contracted effort. Serves as the primary interface and point of contact with Government program authorities on technical and program/project issues. Oversees contractor execution of the contract requirements. Monitors and manages employee performance of program/project assigned tasks. Apply analytic techniques in the evaluation of program/project objectives. Track program/project status and schedules. Tracks, monitors, and reports daily execution of tasks assigned to all government teams supported under this contract.  Works with Project Coordinators/Deputy Project Managers to identify deficiencies in performance and task execution, identifies and implements corrective actions. Works with Project Coordinators/Deputy Project Managers to ensure tasks/workload is balances across all members of the team.  Ensures the teams have appropriate resources to successfully execute assigned tasks. Document individual team member performance on assigned tasks identifying outstanding performance and skill improvement needs. Attend and participate in meetings, conferences, and activities including: quality Improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, department meetings, and others as required. Serves as intermediary between the government team lead and the contracting team members.  Provides direction on task assignments to the team and reports task status to the government team members. Coordinates with Project Coordinators/Deputy Project Managers and government team leads identifying work efforts that cross team boundaries, and task transition to other teams. Report new team member onboarding processes execution (Status Report). Keeping abreast of policy and process changes required by the government, coordinate changes and implement new process actions as required with team members. Works with Project Coordinators/Deputy Project Managers to identifies trends, problems and shortages of technical skills to perform tasks; Reports deficiencies or potential task blockers to the government and contracting leads. Works with Project Coordinators/Deputy Project Managers preparing monthly statistical data of overall review process for higher management. Reviews and Quality Checks task deliverables to ensure all proper reporting and documentation is accomplished, ensure task deliverables are complete and fully respond to the task requirements and fully meets the government team leads and customer's expectations. Perform management, technical, or business case analyses. Apply government-instituted processes for documentation, change control management and data management. Lead the support in the update and/or creation of Process Improvement efforts, Task Execution/Task Documentation Manuals, Technical Directives or Technical Data Packages, Job Performance Aids, Task Deliverable Templates, Project Management documents, or other related data or task deliverable Products.

REQUIRED DEGREE/EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Healthcare Administration and/or 10 years’ experience working in the Military Health System. Program Management Professional certification and/or equivalency in experience. (Obtain within 6 months of employment) Lean Six Sigma training started within 6 months of contract award and completed within 1 year.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Recommended five to eight (5-8) years MHS experience in various leadership positions. Two (2) years’ experience teaching, writing, and evaluating curriculum. Two (2) years’ experience developing and deploying clinical performance metrics. Proficiency with basic SQL for data manipulation and/or SAS Institute’s statistical analysis software package. One (1) year experience software management and data retrieval. Minimum of three (3) years’ experience data mining and conducting detailed analysis within the Military Health System (MHS) Data Warehouses; must have a proven understanding of the MHS inpatient and outpatient data structures. Familiarity with advanced statistical concepts and modeling, and/or quantitative analysis courses Fifteen (15) years of cost analysis experience Familiarity with Defense Department Data Sources Ability to acquire skills/capabilities necessary to meet growing needs/demands of systems/software/hardware. Ability to critically examine and evaluate, problem-solve. Ability to deliver products on time, on schedule, within budget. Flexibility and ability to adapt to rapidly changing and often time-constrained environment. Able to read, write, speak and understand English. Demonstrated ability to effectively and clearly communicate analytical discoveries and appropriate recommendations/mitigation strategies to all levels of customers including Senior DHA leadership. Demonstrated ability to organize/participate/lead working groups to develop analytic products and byproducts or to develop/understand processes leading to effective optimization of analytic efforts. Demonstrated ability to provide accurate and timely analytical products containing well-reasoned and cogent discussion points providing leadership with substantiated options or courses of action. Demonstrated ability to undertake and complete multiple tasks with multiple deadlines simultaneously. Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products PLUS additional software/hardware skills and capabilities. Proven ability to synthesize disparate data from multiple sources and coalesce into an accurate and useful analytic product, incorporating Service and MHS strategic goals for use by leadership in both tactical and strategic decision making.

REQUIRED CITIZENSHIP AND CLEARANCE:

U.S. Citizenship Required
Active SECRET security clearance required. Ability to pass a background investigation.

 

The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOCs) is a fast-growing government service provider. Employees enjoy competitive salaries; a 401K plan with company match; medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage; tuition reimbursement; paid time off; and 11 paid holidays.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  We are proud to state that we do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you are a person with a disability and you need an accommodation during the application process, please click  to request accommodation. We E-Verify all employees.

The Alaka`ina Foundation Family of Companies (FOCs) is comprised of industry-recognized government service firms designated as Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)-owned and 8(a) certified businesses. The Family of Companies (FOCs) includes Ke`aki Technologies, Laulima Government Solutions, Kūpono Government Services, and Kāpili Services, Po`okela Solutions, Kīkaha Solutions, LLC, and Pololei Solutions, LLC. Alaka`ina Foundation activities principally benefit the youth of Hawaii through charitable efforts which includes providing innovative educational programs that combine leadership, science & technology, and environmental stewardship.

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