Program Manager – Technology Programs

Job Description

Senior Program Manager | Peraton

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Peraton, located in Chantilly, VA. Peraton is a next-generation national security company that delivers highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect the nation and allies across various domains. This role is crucial for an experienced program leader to drive the execution of a large-scale, mission-focused technology program, ensuring accountability and successful delivery across complex environments. The Program Manager will serve as the primary management interface to the Government, providing leadership for a critical national security mission.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: In-person Chantilly, VA
• Pay: $146000–$234000 yearly
• Team: Leads multidisciplinary engineering and Operations & Sustainment organizations, coordinating prime, subcontractor, vendor, and contingent personnel.
• Mission: Owns the execution of a large-scale, mission-focused technology program from development through sustainment, serving as the primary management interface to the Government.
• Tech Stack: Software development, systems engineering, cloud, DevSecOps, developer platforms, software factories, multi-domain or classified cloud environments.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Execution: Lead overall program execution, serving as the primary management interface to the Government for a large-scale technology program.
• Integrated Management: Manage the integrated program schedule, staffing plan, contract deliverables, risks, dependencies, and performance commitments.
• Resource Coordination: Coordinate concurrent development, systems engineering and integration, operations and sustainment, transition, and G2PS activities.
• Team Leadership: Develop and maintain staffing plans, coordinate recruiting and retention, and lead multidisciplinary engineering and Operations & Sustainment organizations.
• Performance & Governance: Establish program operating rhythms for status and reviews, provide concise Government reporting, and ensure alignment with customer priorities.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Program leader with 12+ years of relevant program, technical, or delivery-management experience, focusing on large, classified IT, software, cloud, platform, or systems-engineering programs. Must possess an active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and Operations & Sustainment (O&S) organizations, managing subcontractors, staffing, schedules, risks, and customer reporting.
• Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with Government and executive stakeholders, working understanding of software and platform delivery lifecycles and modern cloud or DevSecOps environments, and proven ability to establish accountability, coordinate across multiple organizations, and drive complex program activities to successful completion.
• Bonus: Experience with NRO or Intelligence Community program management, developer platforms, software factories, cloud modernization programs, transitioning incumbent enterprise IT or mission-platform environments, PMP or comparable program-management certification, ITIL or service-management experience, or managing multi-domain or classified cloud environments.