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Client is hiring a Principal Cyber Engineer, Portfolio Growth to play a crucial role in growing and advancing the Cyber Business Line. The position location is at our Chantilly, VA office with flexibility to work from our Columbus, OH main offices. Periodic travel to Columbus, OH, especially during the proposals, may be necessary. This position reports to the Cyber Solutions Division Manager.  

As a Principal Cyber Engineer, Portfolio Growth, you will play a crucial role in bridging technical solutions with business needs. You will be responsible for capturing and executing contracts across federal and commercial markets. This position requires strong leadership and coordination skills to manage project teams in a matrixed organization.
 

Program Management

• Define project/program requirements, identifying all elements of cost, schedule, and technical performance. 
• Assess the impact of scope, schedule, and budget change requests on the task and take requisite action. 
• Provide input on the required skill set mix necessary to execute major programs.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to internal management and external customers, providing reviews and updates on technical aspects, cost, and schedule.
• Actively manage risk using risk management fundamentals and terminology.
• Monitor the use of Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis by managers to make responsible decisions about the performance of subcontractors, partners, and others.
• Assess the program impacts of scope, schedule, and budget change requests and ensure that the requisite action is taken.
• Establish program performance metrics that ensure control of program execution and adherence to the strategic business plan.
• Proactively communicate with customers to ensure they are an integral part of the project for clarification of requirements and regular assessment of implementation progress.
• Build client relationships to sustain and expand business opportunities; strategically identify high growth/value opportunities.
• Manage or coordinate third-party activities, both external and internal.

Capture and Business Development

• Demonstrated understanding of capture processes to win new business
• Translating the technical approach into the program’s schedule and budget.
• Ensure timely development and delivery of compliant, responsive, innovative, and integrated technical solutions and management approaches that are competitive, cost-effective, and vetted with the customer prior to RFP release. 
• Establishing review procedures to ensure that proposed technical work can be accomplished as described within proposed cost.
• Coordinating the selection of proposal team member organizations (strategic partners, sub-contractors, universities, divisions, etc.) and the efforts of the proposal team. 

Mentoring and Leadership

• Serves as an influential coach/mentor to technical and professional staff alike
• Contributes input to the business unit strategic planning process 
• Prepares and presents presentations to internal and customer senior leadership to provide reviews and updates on technical aspects, cost, and schedule.   
• Ensures that programs and projects conduct safety assessments. Establishes guidelines for ensuring that adequate workplace safety measures that increase staff safety and foster a healthy work environment 
• Drive development of technical capabilities, including identifying new areas to develop, areas to shape out of, and help see client’s strengths and weaknesses
• Participate in investment discussion for research, capital, and training 
• Develop and maintain relationships with key technical leaders to foster project collaboration opportunities, technical skillset development, and technical quality
   

• Education & Experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related field to Cyber; or an equivalent combination of education and or experience in a related field
  • Prefer a masters or PHD but not required.
  • At least 12 years of experience demonstrating progressive responsibility in business development, program management or technical management 

• Technical Execution
  • Track record of leading the technical design and execution of reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or other CNO related projects
  • Seasoned experience in the full lifecycle of projects (requirements, design, research/engineering, test, documentation, and maintenance) 
  • Ability to speak to customers at varying levels of technical knowledge to relate value propositions to their mission

• Capture and Proposals
  • Demonstrated ability to grow the scope of programs through on-contract growth
  • Multiple examples of leading the entire technical solutioning and written volume for competitive proposals

• Administrative
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
  • Active SECRET clearance with willingness to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
     

• Experience acting as a dual-hatted senior engineer and program manager for Cyber projects
• Material participation in multi-year capture efforts
• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.