Senior Program Manager

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead execution of a large-scale, mission-focused technology program spanning software development, systems engineering, transition, operations, and sustainment.

 

The Program Manager will serve as the primary management interface to the Government, providing accountability for contract execution, customer engagement, staffing, schedule, cost, subcontractor coordination, risk management, and delivery across a complex technology environment.

 

This role is ideal for a proven program leader who can bring structure and accountability to multiple concurrent workstreams while partnering closely with technical leadership. The Program Manager will maintain program-level visibility and drive execution across development and operations while technical authority remains with the appropriate architecture and engineering leads.

Key Responsibilities

Program Execution

• Lead overall program execution and serve as the primary management interface to the Government.

• Manage the integrated program schedule, staffing plan, contract deliverables, risks, dependencies, and performance commitments.

• Coordinate concurrent development, systems engineering and integration, operations and sustainment, transition, and G2PS activities.

• Maintain visibility into major technical, staffing, schedule, and operational issues and drive appropriate actions toward resolution.

• Coordinate major program milestones, including MVP, pilot, initial operating capability, tenant onboarding, and full operational capability.

• Ensure development, transition, and operational activities remain aligned with customer priorities and contractual commitments.

• Balance competing program priorities while maintaining focus on delivery, customer satisfaction, and mission outcomes.

Staffing & Team Leadership

• Develop and maintain a time-phased staffing plan across prime, subcontractor, vendor, and contingent personnel.

• Coordinate recruiting, retention, clearance readiness, backfill, and surge actions for hard-to-fill technical positions.

• Ensure key personnel and technical leads have clearly defined responsibilities and appropriate decision authority.

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and Operations & Sustainment organizations.

• Manage subcontractor performance and ensure workshare remains aligned with defined program responsibilities.

• Foster effective collaboration, accountability, and communication across the program team.

Performance & Governance

• Establish and maintain program operating rhythms for status, risk, issue, opportunity, staffing, financial, and technical reviews.

• Coordinate service-level performance, customer feedback, and corrective actions with the Service Delivery Manager.

• Ensure technical, management, staffing, and cost assumptions remain consistent across the proposal and execution baseline.

• Provide concise, actionable Government reporting that clearly communicates program status, blockers, decisions required, and recovery actions.

• Maintain appropriate visibility into program performance and ensure emerging issues are identified, escalated, and addressed in a timely manner.

Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.

• 12+ years of relevant program, technical, or delivery-management experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing large, classified IT, software, cloud, platform, or systems-engineering programs.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and Operations & Sustainment (O&S) organizations.

• Experience managing subcontractors, staffing, schedules, risks, and customer reporting.

• Working understanding of software and platform delivery lifecycles and modern cloud or DevSecOps environments.

• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent development, transition, and operational responsibilities.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with Government and executive stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to establish accountability, coordinate across multiple organizations, and drive complex program activities to successful completion.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial:

• NRO or Intelligence Community program-management experience.

• Experience with developer platforms, software factories, or cloud modernization programs.

• Experience transitioning incumbent enterprise IT or mission-platform environments.

• PMP or comparable program-management certification.

• ITIL or service-management experience.

• Experience managing multi-domain or classified cloud environments.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.