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About Blue Water Thinking Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals. Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.  Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions,  thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs. Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners. Lastly, our formula for success is simple:  Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible. Job Description: Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Program Manager to support a large project at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  The Program Manager will oversee execution across multiple integrated workstreams, including program planning, federal oversight and audit response, recommendation management, acquisition risk governance, performance measurement and reporting, control environment improvements, strategic assessments, executive communications, and change management. The successful candidate will combine disciplined program leadership with deep knowledge of federal acquisition management, acquisition risk management, and oversight-driven transformation initiatives. This position operates on a hybrid work schedule. Remote performance may be permitted consistent with client policy and Government approval; the Program Manager must be available to attend deliverable reviews, governance sessions, and senior leadership briefings at federal facilities in the Washington, D.C. area as directed. Key Responsibilities: Serve as the contractor’s functional expert and day-to-day program management lead, maintaining proactive and responsive communication with the Contracting Officer’s Representative, Government program leadership, senior executives, and other client stakeholders. Lead and coordinate contractor personnel across all task areas, establishing clear roles, work plans, priorities, schedules, dependencies, and accountability for timely, high-quality performance. Oversee development, maintenance, and execution of the program management plan, including the integrated schedule, milestones, staffing, resource allocation, risks, issues, quality assurance, and performance controls. Manage contract execution and administration, including deliverable tracking, financial and labor-hour monitoring, staffing and vacancy management, compliance with task order requirements, change control, and support for contract modifications and closeout. Direct preparation of recurring task reports, status briefings, monthly progress reports, quarterly accomplishment reports, and period closeout reports, ensuring accurate reporting of accomplishments, planned activities, expenditures, risks, issues, and personnel status. Provide leadership for federal acquisition management and oversight activities, including strategic action planning, recurring external reporting, recommendation response packages, progress updates, closure requests, and long-term program improvement and exit-readiness strategies. Coordinate input and facilitate collaboration across federal organizations, acquisition subject matter experts, cross-functional workgroups, governance bodies, and