Position Responsibilities:
- Provide program-level leadership for multiple AV initiatives across DCPS facilities
- Coordinate and align related AV efforts to ensure consistency with program objectives, timelines, and available funding
- Develop and maintain high-level program plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk tracking
- Provide oversight and direction for AV initiatives, including: Classroom instructional technology, Conference room and meeting space AV, Video conferencing and hybrid collaboration systems, Digital signage and presentation systems
- Coordinate work among internal DCPS teams, OCTO partners, facilities staff, vendors, and AV integrators
- Ensure AV initiatives comply with District policies, cybersecurity requirements, accessibility standards, and operational guidelines
- Monitor delivery risks, resource constraints, and cross-initiative dependencies
- Review vendor performance and address escalated technical, schedule, or scope issues
- Support site coordination, readiness assessments, testing, and acceptance activities as required
- Prepare consolidated program-level status reports, metrics, and briefings for agency leadership
- Support transition of completed AV systems to operations and support teams
- Ensure all assigned AV initiatives align with overall program goals and are delivered successfully
- Experience equivalent to a mid-level Program Manager (approximately 6-10 years)
- Proven experience overseeing multiple related initiatives within a technology, AV, or infrastructure program
- Demonstrated experience managing AV, IT, or technology programs in complex environments
- Strong ability to coordinate vendors and cross-functional stakeholders
- Solid understanding of AV systems at a program and integration level (audio, video, control, conferencing, and network dependencies)
- Experience managing schedules, reporting, documentation, and deliverables across multiple workstreams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and dependencies in active operational environments