Program Manager in McLean, Virginia at In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel

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Program Manager

US-VA-McLean

Job ID: 2026-1448
# of Openings: 1
Category: Technology Consulting
IQT

Overview

IQT's strategic investment activities involve ambitious, fast-paced, high-risk work programs that, when successful, deliver enormous mission impact to IQT’s Intelligence Community (IC) partners. These work programs, which span all technical areas, are powered by a team of tenacious, proactive, and creative Program Managers (PMs) that are experts in accelerating and maximizing impact. Our PMs are ‘go-getters’ with a strong desire to make a difference in a challenging yet rewarding environment.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage the deliverables, expectations, and relationships for 8-12 work programs involving portfolio companies and IC partners.
• Efficiently facilitate work program activities, coach portfolio companies, resolve conflicts, minimize delays, transfer deliverables, develop solution transfer plans, and wind down any late-stage work programs to minimize downstream issues.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with IQT staff, portfolio companies, interface centers, and IC partners around work program progress, issues, and results.
• Drive impact for IC partners by enabling successful solution transfer efforts, accelerating solution transfer timelines, facilitating multi-partner engagements, strengthening existing IC partner relationships, and identifying new potential users of portfolio company technologies.
• Strategically identify areas to increase IQT’s value-add to portfolio companies, to include supporting the development of new work programs in conjunction with other IQT staff.
• Diligently record all program information in internal systems to include regular and timely updating of program progress, contract/deliverable updates, and solution transfer projections/details.

Qualifications

• Due to contractual reasons, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• B. A. or B.S. degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in technical program/project management; familiarity/comfort with contract language a plus.
• Experience in a people-focused role; proven ability to develop stakeholder relationships and manage expectations.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment; ability to exercise flexibility and good judgment in complex situations.
• Candidates with active top-secret clearance preferred; at a minimum, candidate must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.