Director, Technology Program Management

Responsibilities

As one of the world’s leading mission capability integrators and transformative enterprise IT providers, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 18,000 employees “Do The Can’t Be Done,” solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Peraton’s Space & Intelligence Sector, National Programs (NP) Business Unit (BU) has an immediate need for an experienced Operating Unit (OU)  Director to lead a portfolio of programs. This position will report to the Vice President & General Manager of National Programs.

Responsibilities:

• Assume overall responsibility for the success of the OU and its portfolio of programs generating $90 - 110M in annual revenue.
• Meet financial commitments across multiple programs while driving on-contract growth and successfully defending our positions during recompetes.
• Oversee program/contract execution, mentor/coach program managers, create growth strategies, meet financial commitments, engage customers and manage relationships, retain, develop, and grow the workforce, and manage partners.
• Foster and mature key relationships within the customers’ organizations and commit to consistently high customer satisfaction.
• Manage and maintain the OU budget against the annual operating plan (AOP), meeting financial and business growth objectives.
• Develop and deliver timely, accurate, and complete communication to executive leadership, the OU, and your customers, including contractual, financial, technical, and corporate status.
• Coordinate and integrate with leaders across the NP BU and the enterprise to drive overall enterprise success.
• Lead by example, demonstrating ownership of the NP culture and the practices required to adopt and grow the culture across the workforce.
• Lead efforts to identify, attract, and retain top technical and functional staff for the OU.
• Proactively resolve inter- and intra-organizational issues and concerns.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 16+ years of related professional experience, including a minimum of 10 years of experience within the Intelligence Community. 
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Program Management, including financial and technical oversight and reporting, with the demonstrated ability to meet customer and business commitments, identify and implement creative approaches to avoid/address/resolve challenges, and lead teams of senior leaders.
• Experience managing a portfolio of programs across multiple contract types, including Cost Plus and FPLOE/T&M.
• Demonstrated success managing high performing contracts supporting the Intelligence Community.
• Proven record as an impactful team leader, including overseeing program/contract execution, mentoring/coaching program managers, creating growth strategies, meeting financial commitments, engaging customers and managing relationships, retaining, developing, and growing the workforce, and managing partners.
• Demonstrated business acumen that includes a fundamental knowledge of contracts, human resources, talent acquisition, finance, security, and contracts.
• Established and demonstrated relationships with senior government leaders and decision-makers.
• Detail-oriented, with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.

 Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or related technical field, such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, information technology, management information systems.
• Expert working experience with NRO
• 2+ years successfully managing a portfolio of programs generating $60M+ in annual revenue.
• Successful capture and/or new business experience.
• Demonstrated experience with the Space Situational Awareness / Space Domain Awareness mission, Mission Management, Mission Data Processing, the Sace Protection mission, and/or Space Mission System Engineering & Integration.

Peraton Overview

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 a