Program Manager - NGB DOMOPS J3

Celestar is seeking aProgram Managerto support theNational Guard Bureau (NGB) DOMESTIC OPERATIONS (DOMOPS) Analytical Service J3/4/7 Operations Directorate.The primary place of performance will be in Arlington, Virginia. If interested and meet the qualifications, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity.

ANTICIPATED AWARD: November 2026
ANTICIPATED START: November 2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years
LOCATION: Arlington, Virginia

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:Active TS/SCI (within 5 years)

About Us:

Celestar, a B&A Company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manages project operations to ensure production schedules are met, system resources are utilized effectively, and proper relationships are established between customers.
• Responsible for cost, schedule, performance, and risk identification/mitigation on projects, including but not limited to systems, tools, equipment, software, facilities, and other activities. Coordinates resolutions to production-related problems.
• Execute internal and external staffing processes as defined by the NGB J3.
• Facilitating workflow tasks to respective J3 functional areas and subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Coordinate with other workflow managers across the NGB JS, to determine appropriate action officers, coordinate extensions, and close actions once approved by the Government.
• Provide a daily status report of tasks assigned or created within NGB’s task management system to the DJ3, Division Chiefs, NGB J3 Action Officers, and Executive Officer (XO).
• Monitor and update NGB and NGB J3 content management systems and dashboards.
• Gather, input data, and produce system-based status reports on NGB J3 performance, personnel status, personnel training, awards, and usage metrics as directed by NGB
• Provide a status report once a week for NGB J3’s Division Chiefs meeting.
• Serve as the primary interface and point of contact with the COR.
• Monitor the overall effort and timeliness of deliverables.
• Manage and report on the program's financial and administrative aspects weekly to the J3 Director and Deputy Director

Required qualifications/skills (Must Be Reflected on Your Resume):

·        Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and twelve (12) years of experience

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Bachelor’s Degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional five (5) years of related senior experience, for a total of seventeen (17) years, in lieu of a master’s degree.

·        National Guard experience, highly preferred

·        Active TS/SCI (within 5 years)

·        Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirm completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.

·        Excellent oral and written communication skills.

·        In-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.

·        Mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursuing developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.

·        Ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.

·        In-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries, and clearly articulates key findings.

·        Ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests the analytic rigor of analytic products.

Come on board with a company that Values its Employees!

Celestar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Celestar Corporation prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same-sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; marital status; service member/protected veteran status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.