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# Program Manager at Core One

- **Company:** Core One
- **Location:** Charlottesville, VA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/coreone/jobs/8800789002

## Job description

Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical, operational and technical solutions to our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic, and growing company that values exceptional performance!

*This position is contingent on contract award*

*This position requires a TS/SCI Clearance*

Responsibilities:

- Manage project and contract operations to ensure production schedules, milestones, deliverables, and performance requirements are achieved in accordance with contract objectives.
- Manage and optimize personnel, system, technical, and operational resources to support mission requirements and ensure effective resource utilization.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers, government stakeholders, mission partners, and contract personnel to facilitate coordination and successful program execution.
- Manage project cost, schedule, performance, and risk by monitoring program execution, identifying potential issues, and implementing mitigation strategies to maintain contract objectives.
- Coordinate the identification, tracking, and resolution of production-related issues and operational challenges affecting mission execution, schedules, resources, or deliverables.
- Supervise the production of all-source intelligence analysis and manage programs of similar or greater size, scope, complexity, and mission requirements.
- Apply knowledge of the Intelligence Cycle, Collection Management Cycle, Identity Intelligence (I2), Biometric Collection Cycle, watchlisting, targeting operations, and formal intelligence production processes to support contract and mission execution.
- Apply knowledge of applicable intelligence regulations, publications, manuals, local policies, procedures, theaters of operation, deployment processes, and intelligence analytic techniques to ensure compliance and mission effectiveness.
- Organize and manage program activities in alignment with mission requirements, organizational goals, and the strategic direction of the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC).
- Develop, manage, and oversee contract budgets, operating plans, resource requirements, and financial performance to ensure effective allocation of program resources.
- Establish program performance measures and conduct periodic evaluations to assess program strengths, identify performance gaps, and implement process improvements.
- Conduct regular meetings and program reviews with customers, stakeholders, and contract leadership to communicate program status, address issues, and maintain alignment with mission objectives.
- Develop and deliver accurate, timely, and comprehensive program status reports covering cost, schedule, performance, risks, deliverables, staffing, and overall contract execution throughout the period of performance.

Qualifications:

- Possess a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in a Program Manager role or equivalent, with at least some relevant experience demonstrated within the preceding two (2) years.
- Demonstrate the ability to define complex problems, develop analytical approaches, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect, evaluate, and analyze data in order to develop informed recommendations and viable solutions.
- Demonstrate analytical leadership and subject-matter expertise in identifying, planning, developing, implementing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with the requirements and mission of the labor category.
- Demonstrate extensive experience providing strategic advice, technical guidance, and subject-matter expertise to Military Commanders, Senior Government Officials (GG-15 and above), Defense Planners, and senior policymakers, including officials at the Under Secretary level and above.
- Possess a Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Possess a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Desired Qualifications:

- Possess a 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.
- Experience leading a large-scale program with multiple CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Security Clearance:

- TS/SCI Clearance

Salary Range: $60,000 - $135,000

This range reflects Core One Solutions' current good-faith estimate for this labor category based on proposed contract pricing and comparable labor category rates. As this position is contingent upon contract award, final compensation will be confirmed based on the awarded contract's negotiated rates, applicable wage determinations, clearance requirements, and the selected candidate's experience and qualifications.

Core One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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## About Core One

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Core One delivers analytical, operational, and technical solutions to the most complex national security challenges facing the U.S. government.
- **Entity Type**: Private (revenue-funded, no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Sterling, Virginia, USA
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Patrick Moniz (CEO & Co‑founder), Joseph Koo (President & Co‑founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Defense, national security, intelligence, space manufacturing
- **Target customers**: U.S. government agencies (DoD, Intelligence Community, Special Operations)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Deliver solutions that anticipate and address the most complex challenges facing the U.S. national security community,” helping clients “secure enduring strategic dominance.”

## Products & Services
- **Mission Integration**: Fuses intelligence and defense expertise to craft solutions across blurred mission boundaries.
- **Intelligence Analysis**: Enables the intelligence community to produce actionable intelligence for threat mitigation.
- **Defense Programs**: Partners with the Department of Defense to deliver capabilities that deter aggression and ensure global stability.
- **Operational Support**: Provides advisory to the highest levels of the U.S. national security and defense apparatus.
- **Training & Logistics**: Designs and conducts over 5,000 exercises, red cells, and test environments; runs advanced special operations training courses.
- **Strategic Services**: Advisory, planning, and synchronization support for strategic initiatives.
- **Custom Technical Solutions**: Builds and scales secure, scalable technical solutions (30+ unique solutions delivered).
- **All-Source Analysis, Cyber Security, Data Science, DevOps, Cloud Architecture**: Various technical service lines deployed across 117 locations worldwide.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Annual Revenue**: ~$27M (as of ~2025, per LinkedIn data)
- **Headcount**: 107 employees (37% year‑over‑year growth, +50 people)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors disclosed. Key government partners include USSOCOM, DoD, and Intelligence Community agencies. Board member Mac Curtis joined in June 2025.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Awarded USSOCOM J59 Futures Planning and Synchronization Prime Contract (Jan 2025)
  - Awarded IC Division contract in Northern Virginia expanding software, data, and DevOps capabilities (Feb 2025)
  - Acquired Calhoun International (Dec 2024) and Global Research Analytics (Feb 2023)
  - Active job postings: 86 (monthly +21%, quarterly +19%, yearly +51%)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Mission focus**: Deep specialization in U.S. national security with a singular focus on government partners.
- **Discretion & trust**: Operates with “utmost discretion” to maintain operational security – a cornerstone of long‑term partner relationships.
- **Integrated intelligence‑defense capability**: Bridges intelligence and defense communities, offering seamless support across mission sets.
- **Proven scale**: Has rapidly established and scaled operations at 117 CONUS/OCONUS locations.
- **Talent pipeline**: Attracts experienced professionals from top defense contractors (e.g., Amentum, PAE, SAIC, GDIT).

## Strategic Focus
- Continue geographic and capability expansion through strategic acquisitions and prime contract wins.
- Grow technical services (software, data, DevOps, cloud) to complement traditional intelligence and operational support.
- Deepen relationships with USSOCOM, IC, and DoD by delivering integrated, forward‑leaning solutions.
- Maintain elite training and exercise capabilities to simulate modern threat environments.

## Why Work Here
- **Meaningful work**: Employees support critical national security missions that protect the country, with a culture of “relentless dedication.”
- **Culture**: Collegial, principled, and mission‑first; described as “highly effective team” that values adaptability, discretion, and integrity.
- **Benefits**:
  - Competitive, market‑based compensation and performance bonuses
  - 6% 401(k) company match, vested immediately
  - Health, dental, vision insurance (individual & family)
  - Paid time off, 11 paid federal holidays, parental leave (paid for new parents)
  - Flexible Spending Accounts (medical and child‑care, tax‑free)
  - Life & disability insurance at no cost
  - Training and certification reimbursements
- **Career growth**: Individual development plans; roles span Intelligence Analysis, Operations, Corporate, Application Development, Training & Logistics.
- **Locations**: Sterling, VA (HQ) and sites across the U.S. and overseas (Philippines). Many roles require TS/SCI clearance and may involve travel.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/office based on mission needs; emphasis on collaboration and focused teamwork.

## Sources
1. [Core One – About](https://www.coreone.com/company)
2. [Core One – Careers](https://www.coreone.com/careers)
3. [Core One – Homepage](https://www.coreone.com/)
4. [Core One – Job Board (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/coreone)
5. [Core One – LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/coreone)

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