Senior Program Operations Manager

Purpose and Impact:

Amentum Technology Inc. (ATI) is the Large Business Team Lead for a newly awarded five-year contract in the Maryland area.  The program delivers enterprise-wide cybersecurity, Risk Management Framework (RMF) support across the customer’s enterprise.

The Senior Program Operations Manager (SPOM) is a senior PMO leader reporting directly to the Program Manager. The SPOM is the day-to-day operational engine of the PMO — orchestrating cost, schedule, risk, performance, staffing, and deliverables across several Prime Technical Task Orders (TTOs). The SPOM also facilitates team-wide PMO operations across Prime contracts.

This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact program operations on a strategic cybersecurity contract, work shoulder-to-shoulder with senior customer counterparts and shape outcomes that protect and support resources.

Work Schedule: In office, Monday–Friday, 5 days/week, 8 hours/day. Program hours are flexible within 0600–1800, core hours are 1000-1400. On-call availability required to support PMO surge events and incident response.

Essential Responsibilities:

As the senior operational leader, the SPOM is accountable for:

• Leading day-to-day PMO operations across the contract teams; serve as deputy operational authority and trusted delegate to the Program Manager for execution decisions on cost, schedule, resource allocation, and customer engagement.
• Develop and drive team workflows and processes.
• Own monitoring, tracking, and reporting of performance, schedule, cost, and risk across all TTOs using software tools and analysis.
• Manage the CDRL and non-CDRL deliverables portfolio, including Financial Report, Status, Compliance and Inventory.
• Coordinate and facilitate the recurring PMO business tempo: Status Meetings, Standups, Monthly Status Reviews, and Quarterly Program Reviews.
•  Issue immediate verbal and written notification to the CO/COR within one working day of any event that may jeopardize cost, schedule, or technical performance.
• Lead Capabilities/Needs List process to anticipate and resolve customer needs, long-term direction shifts, and mission surges
• Coordinate requirements with the PMO functional team: TTO Leads, Contracts Manager, Subcontracts Manager, Finance/Accounting Lead, Recruiting, Program related Coordinator, CSSO, and Asset Manager.
• Partner with the Finance Lead on EAC, accruals, invoicing, reporting, and limitation of funds notifications; ensure cost performance stays within funded ceilings.
• Maintain the Contractor Position Roster Log (CPRL/eCPRL) in coordination with the CSSO.
• Govern the Risk Register inside the shared PMO Portal; lead monthly risk review cadence, update mitigation owners, and elevate program-level risks to impacted parties and the customer.
• Coordinate Government Furnished Property/Equipment (GFP/E), Materials & Procurement, Travel, Training, and Section 508 Compliance in partnership with TTO Leads PMO asset team, internal and external stakeholders.
• Update the SOPs, Plans and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for incoming TTOs, surges, and contract-level changes.
• Champion the ATI team and drive cooperation across the PMO team at ATI space, instill consistent processes, tools, and customer-facing deliverables.
• Mentor junior PMO staff — including certification tracking, cross-training across MPO contracts, and career development planning.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands: Position is performed on-site at ATI PMO facilities and customer site. (Columbia, MD, Hanover, and customer locations within 50-mile radius of Fort Meade, MD). Work is also performed inside a Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and requires extended periods at a workstation, frequent in-person and virtual stakeholder engagement, and sustained focus across concurrent technical and management priorities. Occasional after-hours and surge response is required. Travel: less than 10%, primarily local to customer and partner sites.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

• Demonstrated mastery of DoD/IC program management on Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) or comparable cost-reimbursable contracts.
• Proven ability to manage several concurrent Technical Task Orders (TTOs), CDRL deliverables, and non-standard teaming structures such as JV, MFT or LSMFT.
• Working knowledge of NIST RMF, authorization workflows, and cybersecurity service operations.
• Strong financial and EVM literacy: EAC, BOE, FLHER, accruals, invoicing, award-fee management, and customer reporting (CDRs, QARs).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Power BI, ServiceNow, SharePoint, CostPoint and PM