Kyle Darling
Washington,United States
Summary
Cleared (TS), Senior Program Manager, Trusted Change Agent, Coach and Mentor with over 15 years of experience in Program Management and Government Support Contracting. Team Building, and Portfolio Management. Senior Acquisitions DoD Civilian PM,DAWIA Advanced Practitioner, as well as my Senior PM contractor experience has provided me with a wealth of knowledge of both sides of the equation and makes me a valuable leader and teammate to any organization.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Program Manager
RB Consulting, Inc.
09.2022 - Current
- Implemented Agile project management frameworks and tools, such as Scrum and Kanban, enhancing transparency, improving project tracking, and reducing time to market
- Leads team of Data and Information Analytics subject matter experts for implementation of Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship programs
- Coached and mentored cross-functional teams in Agile principles and practices, resulting in significant improvement in team collaboration and productivity, with an average increase in velocity of 15% across multiple projects
- Managed contract task order deliverables, over 45 workflows, 23 projects, and 12 strategic objectives for large procurement and logistics Federal Agency delivering over 1500 deliverables while exceeding customer quality and time standards
- Mentored cross-functional team of 16 subject matter experts in support of medical logistics software sustainment supported activities to integrate over 62 separate legacy software systems
- Lead Strategy Development, Continuous Improvement, and Change Management lines of effort, established directorate strategy and implementation plan
- Coached Agile Transformation at Team and Executive Level
- Facilitated multiple large- and small-scale meetings, enforced Scrum framework, and coached implementation of multiple continuous process improvement projects
- JIRA, Confluence, KANBAN, SCRUM, AGILE Coaching
Senior Acquisitions Program Manager
USN Senior Acquisitions Program Manager (CIV) DA 06, F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Managed government contracting lifecycle to ensure compliance with regulatory guidance (FAR) requirements were met
- Portfolio encompassed $6.4B in fielded end items of >130K in number, with annual contracts more than $500M, responsible for all cost, schedule, and performance of all projects within the portfolio
- Manages team and full lifecycle of support equipment including LCSP and all ILS functions with an Agile construct
- Provides overall direction, coordination and management of all facets and functions of a major technical program
- Serves as the single point of contact for the Naval Air Warfare Center and interfaces with headquarters, contractors, and other government activities involved in the program
- Directs the activities of a staff of assistant managers, project engineers, business managers, and/or functional specialists and overall technical/project direction of the program
- Prepares all planning documents associated with program organization, product development and material acquisition including budgets, schedules, reports, and associated records
- Implements national, headquarters, and local policies as they apply to the program
- Responsibility encompasses the full life cycle management including all LCSP and all ILS functions, the design, development, test and evaluation, production, deployment, and logistics support of all SE in support of the F-35 A, B & C
- The program consists of aviation support equipment items that have 4 applications across multiple systems on multiple aircraft variants & platforms and are used to support all JSF users in the US Air Force, Navy, Marine and International Partners both ashore and afloat.
Chief of Staff/Senior Program manager
NH-04 (1101, GS14/15 equivalent), Air Vehicle Program management Office, F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program USAF CIV
03.2020 - 03.2021
- Managed multiple projects with over 800 dispersed staff, delivering on time and within budget with no critical problems (projects included $100’s of millions in budgets)
- Demonstrated exceptional business acumen, not just in financial planning and analysis, but also in customer needs analysis
- Ability to influence colleagues and partners to achieve strategic goals to reduce project execution timelines
- Anticipated and addressed issues to minimize impacts to cost, schedule, and performance of project timelines to maximize on-time delivery and customer satisfaction
- Establishing, revising, or reviewing policies, procedures, mission goals and objectives, development of annual plan, and organizational flow to eliminate work barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, and implement quality improvements to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the Assistant Program Director for Development organization
- Development of strategic changes for providing products, services, and capabilities that increased communication and internalization of program mission, vision, and strategy
- Evaluates the impact of new resource levels such as budget cuts or increases, and updated estimates of resource requirements to consider new or revised objectives, technical capabilities, new acquisition strategies, etc
- Mitigating further risk and change fatigue while increasing team morale and productivity
- Assures that all planning is fully integrated with the overall program Team effort and that of other participating services, agencies, and countries when involved.
Senior Capability Developer
JHNA Contractor Support US Army
12.2019 - 03.2020
- Develop capabilities requirements for proposed ACAT 1C acquisition strategy
- Manage schedules for all deliverables for JCIDs process
- Represent the User as the Combat Capabilities Developer Develop Concept of Operations and requirements documents for approval
- Maintain schedule according to government acquisitions process
- Analyze current national Defense Strategy, determine risks and mitigation strategies to ensure the capabilities met global mission requirements, end-user needs, and increased user satisfaction.
Chief of Staff
Amelex Contractor Support
03.2019 - 12.2019
- Establishing, revising, or reviewing policies, procedures, mission goals and objectives, development of annual
- Analyzes needs and synthesizes requirements information to develop requirements for program initiatives and planning
- Identifies and plans for personnel and functional management support required to execute the acquisition plan
- Directs the preparation of documents, specifications, requirements, criteria, and standards which define needs and parameters of the program
- Evaluates the impact of new resource levels such as budget cuts or increases, and updates estimates of resource requirements to consider new or revised objectives, technical capabilities, new acquisition strategies, etc
- Provide Program Status Updates to JPO Executive Leadership Team, Services, Partners, and F-35 Governance Forums
- Understand, report, and mitigate program risks
- Promulgates, assigns, or arranges for management control techniques and procedures to provide accurate and comprehensive information concerning the status and progress of assigned programs
- Assist in reporting periodic and comprehensive assessments and evaluations of Country program goals and objectives that will provide a basis for long-range planning to improve F-35 Program management
- Assures that all planning is fully integrated with the overall program Team effort and that of other participating services, agencies, and countries when involved
- Synthesizes critical management issues, documentation, and relevant information to support program reviews
- Manage staffing, talent management, onboarding, and training plans through transformation to Agile, and significant PMO reorganization.
Senior Strategic Planner
Contract Support
08.2018 - 03.2019
- Represents the Chief National Guard Bureau (CNGB) in Department of Defense (DoD), international, interagency, intergovernmental, and non-governmental forums, Acting as the CNGB channel of communications on all J5 issues
- Coordinates with Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Combined Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)/ Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands (CCMD), the Services, the states/territories, and others as appropriate
- Advises and assists the CNGB with joint and combined/multinational training/exercises, interoperability, deliberate and programmatic planning matters
- Applies knowledge of research, analysis, planning, evaluation, and measurement techniques, and specialized knowledge of agency program areas, and related agency, state, and federal policies
- Represent the agency at committee meetings, sub-committee meetings, board meetings, hearings, and other public meetings.
Action Officer
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
01.2018 - 08.2018
- Provide oversight, management, and analytical support to the Director’s Action Group, which provides integrated reconnaissance solutions to satisfy Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense, and civil customers’ most urgent needs
- Develop executive-level presentations and papers for IC release, outlining directorate program successes and activities
- Track, file, close, and archive directorate deadlines and responses and evaluate/edit products
- Provide scheduling, coordination, and logistical support in preparing presentations/briefings for senior staff
- Author notification letters highlighting program milestones for Congressional staff members.
Teacher
Masters in Special Education, State Certified NC and VA, K-12
05.2016 - 01.2018
- Provide special education resource education
- Co-Teaching experience planning and delivery
- Tests and assessment delivery and interpretation
- Experience teaching is self-contained CCR classroom and co-teaching K-8.
Senior Project Administrator Chief Warrant Officer Retired
US Army
04.1992 - 04.2016
- Principal Subject Matter Expert advisor to 2-Star General Officer Command as part of the Support Operations staff for CCMD Single Sustainment Mission Command element
- To the Senior Executive team for global mobility and multi-modal transportation of cargo and freight
- Overseeing $billions of US and Coalition movement of personnel and material
- Manage multiple simultaneous projects and a staff of 22 analysts and 5 integrated project teams, while solving complex logistical challenges
- Maritime, land, air movement, theater opening, integrated strategic planning team
- Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary
- Responsible for advising and transitioning incoming Senior Commanders and staff in theater policies, guidance, contingencies, capabilities, and requirements as delegated as part of their tour of duty
- Teach, coach, and mentor entry, mid, and senior level logisticians
- Authored and Co-authored numerous decision and white papers including strategic planning guidance for current and future deployment directives; conducted briefings as required at multiple levels of command including service component and CCMD, in support of the authored documents
- Conducted research related to contingency planning and proposed changes to requirements regarding top level strategic bi-lateral and multilateral plans, packaged research via slide presentation briefings and white papers according to appropriate audience needs
- Developed written training plans to improve individual performance, provided guidance and monitored progress in goal achievement
- Managed all aspects of training and policy development for the organization including man-hour allocation and fiscal projections for annual budgets of over $30 million USD, contracts more than $2 million USD including forecasting, projecting, and identifying unfunded requirements.
Education
MA, Human Services Counseling-Business -
Liberty University
MA, Teaching Special Education -
Liberty University
B.S, Liberal Studies -
Excelsior University
A.S, Business Administration -
University of Management and Technology - UMT
Skills
- Project Leadership
- Change Management
- Staff Leadership
- Personnel Management
- Best Practices Implementation
- Relationship Management
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Issue Resolution
- Project Integration Activities
- Strong Analytical Skills
- Project Coordination
- Scope Management
- Policy Writing
- Analytical Skills
- Risk Management
- Progress Monitoring
- Corrective Action Planning
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Status Updates
- Program Review
- Strategic Planning
- Employee Motivation
- Agile Methodology
Certification
- Certified SAFe Agilist
- Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
- Professional Agile Coach - ICP ACC
Timeline
Senior Program Manager
RB Consulting, Inc.
09.2022 - Current
Senior Acquisitions Program Manager
USN Senior Acquisitions Program Manager (CIV) DA 06, F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program
03.2021 - 09.2022
Chief of Staff/Senior Program manager
NH-04 (1101, GS14/15 equivalent), Air Vehicle Program management Office, F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program USAF CIV
03.2020 - 03.2021
Senior Capability Developer
JHNA Contractor Support US Army
12.2019 - 03.2020
Chief of Staff
Amelex Contractor Support
03.2019 - 12.2019
Senior Strategic Planner
Contract Support
08.2018 - 03.2019
Action Officer
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
01.2018 - 08.2018
Teacher
Masters in Special Education, State Certified NC and VA, K-12
05.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Project Administrator Chief Warrant Officer Retired
US Army
04.1992 - 04.2016
MA, Human Services Counseling-Business -
Liberty University
MA, Teaching Special Education -
Liberty University
B.S, Liberal Studies -
Excelsior University
A.S, Business Administration -
University of Management and Technology - UMT
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