Program Manager

Overview

Program Manager (LMOPS-2025-24367):

Bowhead seeks a Program Manager to provide leadership and contract management support across multiple installations and contracts that are primarly supporting logistics, transportation, and warehouse services. It is preferred that this Program Manager will work out of our Huntsville, AL office but remote work is a possibility for the highly qualified candidate.

Responsibilities

Essential functions will include:

• Provide overall program leadership and day-to-day oversight for multiple non-technical service contracts supporting logistics, transportation, warehouse, and repair operations

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Government CORs/ACORs, ensuring contract compliance, responsiveness, and professional engagement

• Lead and manage supervisory staff and frontline employees, enforcing standards of conduct, performance expectations, and accountability

• Identify performance, behavioral, or compliance issues and initiate corrective actions in coordination with HR and Operations leadership

• Oversee workforce planning, staffing levels, scheduling, and coverage to ensure uninterrupted mission support

• Manage subcontractor and vendor coordination, where applicable, to support repair, transportation, and logistics requirements

• Monitor contract deliverables, reporting requirements, and metrics to ensure timeliness and quality

• Proactively identify operational risks, team dynamic issues, and mission impacts; implement mitigation strategies

• Support budgeting, cost control, and financial tracking in coordination with Finance and Operations

• Assist with business development activities, including proposal writing, technical narratives, staffing approaches, and past performance content

• Support transition-in/transition-out activities and continuous process improvement initiatives

• Ensure compliance with Bowhead policies, labor agreements, safety requirements, and Government regulations

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A Bachelors degree is required at a minimum, however additional years of experience and certifications may be substituted for a highly qualified candidate.

• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience managing logistics, transportation, warehouse, or repair support services in a Government or industrial environment is required.

• Demonstrated experience managing SCA-covered and unionized workforces , including compliance with CBAs and labor standards.

• Proven ability to lead teams, address employee conduct issues, and execute corrective action when required.

• Experience supporting multiple contracts or sites simultaneously with competing priorities.

• Strong knowledge of Government contracting environments, including COR engagement and performance management.

• Experience contributing to business development activities , including proposal writing and operational planning.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface effectively with Government leadership.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and standard contract reporting tools.

• Ability to pass background checks and meet site access requirements at supported locations.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds

• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time

• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must currently hold a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.

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Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug & alcohol screening and/or random drug screen, and must follow UIC's Non-DOT Drug & Alcohol Testing Program requirements. If the position requires, an applicant must pass a pre-employment criminal background history check. All post-secondary education listed on the applicant's resume/application may be subject to verification.

Where driving may be required or where a rental car must be obtained for business travel purposes, applicants must have a valid driver license for this position and will be subject to verification. In addition, the applicant must pass an in-house, online, driving course to be authorized to drive for company purposes.

UIC is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics EOE/D/V. In furtherance, pursuant to The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq., and federal contractual requirements, UIC and its subsidiaries may legally grant certain preference in employment opportunities to UIC Shareholders and their Descendants, based on the provisions contained within The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity postershere (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

All candidates must apply online at www.uicalaska.com , and submit a completed application for all positions they wish to be considered. Once the employment application has been completed and submitted, any changes to the application after submission may not be reviewed. Please contact a UIC HR Recruiter if you have made a significant change to your application. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), persons unable to complete an online application should contact UIC Human Resources for assistance www.uicalaska.com/careers/recruitment/ .

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

UIC Government Services (UICGS / Bowhead) provides innovative business solutions to federal and commercial customers in the areas of engineering, maintenance services, information technology, program support, logistics/base support, and procurement. Collectively, the fast-growing Bowhead Family of Companies offers a breadth of services which are performed with a focus on quality results. Headquartered in Springfield, VA, we are a fast-growing, multi-million-dollar company recognized as a top Alaska Native Corporation providing services across the Department of Defense and many federal agencies. Bowhead offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short/long-term disability, and 401(k) retirement plans as well as a paid time off programs for eligible full-time employees. Eligible part-time employees are able to participate in the 401(k) retirement plans and state or contract required paid time off programs.

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ID 2025-24367

Category Logistics & Transportation

Location : Location US-Remote

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Secret

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Travel Requirement 10% - 25%