Program Planning & Control Manager (PP&CM)

Program Manager

Responsible for managing the Earned Value Management (EVM) team. This position supports the Kratos portion of the Sentinel program for the US Air Force. Key responsibilities of the position are delivery of the Integrated Program Management Data Analysis Report (IPMDAR) and Cost and Software Data Reporting (CSDR) reporting requirements. Additionally, responsible for maintaining the Earned Value Business System certification.

Essential Job Functions :

• Manage the Sentinel program in support of maintaining Kratos' DCMA certified Earned Value Management System.
• Lead monthly Change Control Board to review and approve Baseline Change Requests.
• Lead program IMS reviews to review the Critical and Driving Paths ensuring any anomalies are resolved.
• Interface with customers with respect to the EVM Data deliverables and system compliance.
• Drive the EVM team, including Control Account Managers, in a collaborative manner to provide the leadership team informative data enabling sound decision making.
• Lead the yearly Comprehensive Estimate at Completion.
• Mentor Control Account Managers in the practices of EVM.
• Ensures the program cost baseline satisfies contractual requirements.
• Develops and executes programmatic budgets and financial plans that align with the program baseline.
• Brief Senior-Level Customers on EVM metrics and schedule performance.
• Ensures Schedule Risk Analyses are performed upon request.
• Develops program unique standards and process instructions for planning, scheduling, baseline control, EVMS, financial controls, subcontract cost integration, and Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) compilation and analysis.
• Ensures compliance with American National Standards Institute / Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748 (ANSI / EIA-748) and CACI Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and associated internal company procedures.
• Assists with determining the critical path of the program based on schedule progress and established task dependencies.
• Transfers data between Primavera and Cobra and ensures accuracy of data.
• Develops and maintains artifacts and other program documentation.
• Supports DCMA Surveillance activities.
• Working knowledge of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Integrated Master Planning principles and practices.
• Manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously within common processes and procedures.
• Handle complex program planning, cost estimating, budgeting, financial tracking, resourcing, and monitoring of short term and long-term multiple-disciplinary teams and project objectives.

Other Job Functions : Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility : Manages a team Schedulers and Earned Value Analysts.

Required Experience : Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required :

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