AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the top 100 employee-owned companies in the United States. Employer Ownership means, that at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, we treat each other with respect. Every member of our team has a vested interest and benefits from MISSION SUCCESS. We all have the same goals – particularly in service to our nation’s War Fighters; providing, team-focused, mission-essential support in challenging environments. Being truly effective means pushing beyond basic requirements. We build skilled and committed teams of experts. We conduct our work with a sense of purpose; loyal to the mission, our clients, each other and to the long-term success of the company.

WANTED: Experienced Task Order Program Manager with a current and active TS/SCI clearance, and with demonstrated experience in Research, Engineering and Development efforts for defense organizations. We are building our OUSD (R&E) mission engineering team! The work will be located in National Capital Region.

As the Program Manager you will:

Lead a team of driven, supportive and highly skilled DOD research, engineering and development professionals. Develop relationships with customers across the DoD R&E community. Find the right talent to support highly technical studies and analysis in support of the DoD’s most pressing technology research areas Enjoy flexibility managing your work hours and personal needs with a single accrual leave plan. Receive a robust benefits package that includes Employee Stock Ownership Plan!

A week in the life of the Program Manager:

Develop strategic solutions to guiding and managing DoD technology communities. Create high performance teams to support applied and emerging research and transition into the hands of the nation’s warfighter community.  Act as the single point of contact to manage all programmatic matters of task order and managing the day-to-day operation of the task order. Serve in a supervisory capacity in planning, developing, and executing major research, engineering, and development efforts for defense organizations. Demonstrate creativity, foresight, initiative, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented problems. Drive continuous improvement.