Program Manager

Goldbelt Professional Services specializes in providing expert resources for Public Health missions including scientific, technical, and administrative support from junior staff to high-level subject matter experts. Research and data driven, Goldbelt Professional Services' experts create solutions customized to the client's needs.

Summary:

We seek a Program Manager (PM) to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. The successful candidate will be placed as a GPS contractor at a CDC facility. CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. The Program Manager will report to GPS senior leadership and be responsible for the day-to-day management of various projects and tasks, overseeing the execution of timely, high-quality deliverables for the client.

Candidates must have the ability to report to the office physically at least 2-3 times a week based on Customer needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Serves as the primary client interface on CDC programs requiring daily interactions with client representatives.
• Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relations with subject matter experts, partners, and other stakeholders in meeting project-based deliverables.
• Leads significant matters such as program development, program budgeting, and auditing/evaluating program impact and performance.
• Supports developing and managing work breakdown structures and earned value management metrics.
• Provides guidance and expertise to clients on the execution of programmatic requirements.
• Early identification and resolution of issues related to project deliverables.
• Operates under an emergency response's intense deadline pressures and inherent changeability.
• Assist with strategy development for best approaches to managing projects with a health equity focus.
• Provides input and support to management for hiring decisions and human resource matters.
• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned programs in consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepares, finalizes, and submits narrative and financial reports or updates to key program leads in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Supports projects that enhance public health/public safety collaborations by identifying appropriate local partners, collecting qualitative and quantitative data, and disseminating project findings.
• Keep abreast of and develop specialized knowledge of project-related datasets.
• Serves as the contact person in the absence of team members.
• Provide input and support to program-related contracts and agreements.
• Formulates and monitors program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, and standards, and prioritizes to ensure consistency with departmental standard operating procedures.

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated ability to work well independently, be solution-oriented, motivated, and committed to customer and company success.
• Ability to handle a variety of constituencies, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a complex environment while balancing multiple, competing priorities.
• Excellent judgement and decision making with strong analytic skills; business intuition and business acumen.
• Track record of providing efficient, effective operational/program management execution
• Excellent judgment and decision-making; capable of working independently with ability to multitask successfully.
• Knowledgeable of techniques to anticipate and resolve program inefficiencies.
• Must adjust to priorities, schedules, and budget changes to ensure program outcomes.
• A strong sense of urgency and ability to manage deadlines.
• Highly organized with great attention to detail
• Ability to work with colleagues, clients, and other staff members at all levels of the organization.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable leading multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly collaborative team environment
• Highly proficient in using Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field or equivalent experience with 10 plus years' experience.
• Outstanding communication skills are required. The position requires the ability to demonstrate diplomacy and work professionally and collegially with a highly educated, scientific customer base that is under pressure and in the public eye every day.
• Prior experience working with the CDC is highly desired to understand the culture and environment.
• Professional experience in public health and in a program management role or, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and leadership. Philanthropic, nonprofit or government, and/or public health leadership preferred.
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and engaging in strategic partnerships, demonstrating and prioritizing customer service and leadership.
• Experience in program evaluation, including logic model development.
• Ability to obtain and maintain CDC clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working with CDC beneficial.

Pay and Benefits
At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.